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Happenin’ Otsego: 09-12-23

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 Senior Resource Fair & Public Hearing FOR SENIORS—10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Seniors Resource Fair. Includes 40+ community organizations offering information on health and wellness topics and services. Public hearing to follow at 1 p.m. on how to make Otsego County an age-friendly community. Presented by Otsego County Office for the Aging. Southside Mall, 5006 State Highway 23, Oneonta. (607) 547-4232 or visit https://www.otsegocounty.com/departments/n-r/office_for_the_aging/news_and_events.php COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS—8-9 a.m. Networking group discusses Oneonta’s past, present and future. No…

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Camera Conversation Continues Monday at Public Hearing No. 2

Camera Conversation Continues Monday at Public Hearing No. 2 By CASPAR EWIGCOOPERSTOWN A Notice of Public Hearing published in “The Freeman’s Journal” on March 16 advises that at its meeting next Monday, March 27 at 7 p.m., the Cooperstown Board of Trustees will consider implementation of a policy covering the installation, operation and maintenance of stationary cameras in public places, as well as the use of images from those cameras. A Short HistoryThe need for, and desirability of, having cameras…

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Board weighs opt out, referendum as state’s deadline approaches

Board weighs opt out, referendum as state’s deadline approaches Some two dozen Cooperstown residents were almost evenly divided in comments during a public hearing Monday, December 6, to address a pending Board of Trustees vote that would find the Village opting out of allowing the retail sale of marijuana within Cooperstown’s borders. New York legalized the sale of marijuana in April, and allowed local governments to choose whether they want dispensaries and lounges where customers could smoke on-site. To opt…

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Cooperstown Law Requires Wearing Masks Downtown

Cooperstown Law Requires Wearing Masks Downtown Approved By Trustees, Mandate May Be In Effect This Weekend By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Inn at Cooperstown proprietor Marc Kingsley started things off with a pointed critique of the Village of Cooperstown’s proposed mask-mandate law. “You are focusing only on mask wearing and an absolutely obscene fine if caught not wearing one,” he declared at the Monday, Aug. 10, public hearing in a steamy third-floor ballroom at Village Hall.…

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Public Hearing Tonight On Bassett Parking Lot

Public Hearing Tonight On Bassett Parking Lot COOPERSTOWN – The Village Board is planning a public hearing on Bassett Hospital’s proposed 150-space parking lot at Susquehanna and Walnut at 7 p.m. this evening during its January meeting. The plan will require demolition of the four homes now on Riverside Drive.…

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Citizens, Go To Monday’s Public Hearing, Ask Board To Delay Zoning Code Vote

AllOTSEGO.com MINI-EDITORIAL Citizens, Go To Monday’s Public Hearing, Ask Board To Delay Zoning-Code Vote The Cooperstown Village Board has scheduled a public hearing at 7 p.m. Monday night – that’s tomorrow, Oct. 28 – on the proposed zoning code revisions. Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh said, “The law may or may not be adopted on Monday, depending on public input and trustee decision.” It’s too soon.  Cooperstown residents should show up and say so. The zoning code has broad implications for the…

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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 Presenting Tribute Band ‘The Eagles Experience’ TRIBUTE – 8 p.m. One of Nations top Eagles tribute band ‘The Eagles Experience’ presents evening of Eagles greatest hits & fun. General Admission, $20. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-431-2080 or visit foothillspac.org…

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4-Way Stop Sign Eyed For Glen, Grove Corner

Village Hall Hearing At 7 Today 4-Way Stop Sign Eyed For Glen, Grove Corner COOPERSTOWN – The Village Board is planning at public hearing at 7 p.m. today on whether to erect a four-way stop sign at Glen Avenue (Route 28), the village’s northern gateway, and Grove Street.   The hearing will be at 22 Main St., the Village Hall. The move is proposed by Trustee Richard Sternberg, who chairs the trustees’ Public Safety Committee,  who said there have been three…

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Trash Cans With Computers Enhance Downtown Security

PART ONE: DOWNTOWN UPGRADES Trash Cans With Computers Enhance Downtown Security By JIM KEVLIN • Special www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – “How big are they?” asked the dimunitive Merrilyn O’Connell on learning computerized trash cans to be installed in downtown Cooperstown this summer will have to be attached to the sidewalk to erase any chance they will fall over on someone. Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch sought to reassure O’Connell – it seems they aren’t as tall as Deputy Mayor Cindy Falk –…

Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

Now through March 30, new annual subscribers to “The Freeman’s Journal” and AllOtsego.com (or subscribers who have lapsed for two or more years) have an opportunity to help their choice of one of four Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice:

Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, Cooperstown Food Pantry, Greater Oneonta Historical Society or Super Heroes Humane Society.