Bound Volumes

June 25, 2026

85 YEARS AGO

June 25, 1941

60 YEARS AGO

Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller has arranged to speak here next Tuesday morning to the Fifth Annual Executive Conference of the New York State Broadcasters Association which opens Monday at the Otesaga Hotel. Tentative plans call for the Governor to arrive here by helicopter shortly before 11 a.m. to address the convention. The helicopter will probably land on the Cooperstown Country Club golf course. Community antenna television broadcasting will be the subject of a panel discussion at the conference.

Approximately 75 people attended a public hearing Monday night at the Village Library Building at which two changes in the Village Zoning Code were discussed. The hearing was called by the Board of Trustees to get public reaction to proposals to change the zoning code to allow the erection of multi-family dwellings under special permits in areas classified as R-1, and give jurisdiction to the Zoning Board of Appeals to carry out responsibilities in these areas. Presidential Homes, Inc. wants to develop a large-scale apartment complex on Estli Avenue in an area classified R-1. An informal poll of those attending showed 20 persons were in favor and 13 opposed to the project and a change in the law.

June 22, 1966

35 YEARS AGO

The village has hired 10 people, including six returning staff members, to work in its Lester G. “Red” Bursey summer playground program. New staff members are Assistant Director Janette Lyons and counselors Patrick Shepard, Jacinda Hall and Abigail Clark. Returnees are Director Rosemary Brodersen, Assistant Director Jean Harris and senior counselors Karen Wood, Amy Rank, Karli Olin, Jeffrey Harrington and Patrick Murray. The program begins on July 1. Each day’s activities will begin with swimming lessons at 8:15 a.m. Children who won’t be taking swimming lessons will begin their day at 9:30 a.m. at the Cooperstown Elementary School playground.

June 26, 1991