Cooperstown Man, 45,

Charged In Vandalism

Of 'Mask On Main' Signs

COOPERSTOWN – A 45-year-old, Luke Smith, 67 Chestnut St., was arraigned in Otsego Town Court this afternoon on charges of spray-painting big Xes on 12 "Mask on Main" signs late Monday night in Business District.

Five of the signs were 24- by 36-inch sandwich boards at the entry to Cooperstown's downtown, designed to alert visitors that mask-wearing is required on Main Street sidewalks between Fair and Chestnut streets, and on adjacent sections of Pioneer Street.

Seven were 12- by 10-inch signs in "rain gardens," the plantings that line Main Street.