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Tuesday Evening, ZBA Considers Downtown Hotel Height Variance

Tuesday Evening, ZBA Considers Downtown Hotel Height Variance COOPERSTOWN – The height variance required by developers of a four-story downtown hotel is on the agenda at Tuesday’s village Zoning Board of Appeals meeting, which begins at 5 p.m. at 22 Main. The developers, BTP Cooperstown, are seeking relief from a 42-foot height requirement, in effect since 1962, for buildings in the Business District. One of the partners, Tom Lagan, said the developers can meet the parking requirement by leasing spaces…
June 1, 2015

Russ Bachman Agrees To Run For Betty Ann Schwerd’s Sea

Russ Bachman Agrees To Run For Betty Ann Schwerd’s Seat COOPERSTOWN – Russ Bachman of Edmeston, who filled in as acting county treasurer for several months in 2013, is running for county representative in District 10, county Democratic Chair Richard Abbate of Cooperstown announced a few minutes ago. The seat is now held by Betty Ann Schwerd, a Republican turned Conservative.   She has said she may not run again. Bachman, previously an assistant county treasurer, filled in when Dan Crowell,…
June 1, 2015

Keith Olbermann To Interview Jeff Katz

Keith Olbermann To Interview Jeff Katz COOPERSTOWN – Mayor Jeff Katz will be interviewed on his new book, “Split Season:  1981 Fernandomania, The Bronx Zoo and The Strike That Saved Baseball,” on Keith Olbermann’s ESPN2 show at 5 p.m. Monday. Katz, whose book was published Tuesday, May 19, will be in ESPN’s studios in New York at 2:45 p.m. for a pre-taping of the interview. So far, the mayor said, the book, his second, has been very well received.  The…
May 31, 2015

Promoted, Julie Sorensen Succeeds Dr. John May As NYCAMH Director

Promoted, Julie Sorensen Succeeds Dr. John May As NYCAMH Director FLY CREEK – Julie Sorensen, Ph.D., MA, BA, has been named director of Bassett’s New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health, succeeding Dr. John May.  Sorensen is also director of the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety, which works out of the same offices as NYCAMH. Dr. May co-founded NYCAMH with Dr. David Pratt in the early 1980s. Since its founding, NYCAMH has grown and developed into a…
May 29, 2015

Marietta Challenges Hulse For Seat On County Board

Marietta Challenges Hulse For Seat On County Board COOPERSTOWN – Andrew Marietta, regional director of the New York Council of Nonprofits for the past decade, announced a few minutes ago he is running for the county Board of Representatives in District 8, which includes the Town of Otsego and Village of Cooperstown west of the Susquehanna River. At Democrat, he is challenge Rick Hulse Jr., the Republican incumbent. “At the county, we have to go up a level and make…
May 28, 2015

By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.allotsego.org COOPERSTOWN – The law says that there is to be no standing or parking within 20 feet of a fire station driveway. But when Fire chief Jim Tallman tried to pull the aerial truck into the station on Chestnut Street after a call, he saw an OPT driver smoking a cigarette, waiting for his passengers. “He saw me,” Tallman told the Village Board Tuesday at its May meeting at 22 Main. “But I wasn’t able to get into the driveway until he left.” It’s been an ongoing issue – buses parking too close to the fire station driveway even being repeatedly asked to move forward. And now the Village Board has stepped in, asking the county to relocate the bus stop to the 197 Main St. entrance of the county office building. “This was addressed in 2010 and 2011,” said Trustee Cindy Falk. “We would ask buses to pull forward, and within weeks, they’d be parking on the apron again.” But the relocation, some feared, would cause more trouble. A letter from the Schlather & Birch law firm, located at 192, read, “We would call your attention to the extreme congestion on a daily basis, especially when court is in session,” and suggested that a bus stop be relocated to Railroad Avenue. “A bus stop between the Agway building and the railroad would work quite well,” they wrote. Paul Patterson, OPT transportation director, was at the meeting, and suggested that, instead, a cement pad be poured a few feet up so that the buses would park closer to the corner of Leatherstocking Avenue, but the shelter could remain in place. “People are familiar with that stop,” he said. “Putting it on Railroad Avenue or upper Main is away from where people congregate.” “Some people might have trouble walking up that hill to the County Building,” said Paul Clark. “The bus and fire companies should be able to solve this.” Trustee Jim Dean also had a suggestion. “The bus stop is in the wrong place,” he said. “Move it to the other corner of Leatherstocking. A straight line is the best line.” But Tallman brought up concerns that buses there might cause problems with people turning right off Leatherstocking, pulling out of the Doubleday Lot or off Fowler Lane. “You’re taking your life in your hands at that intersection,” he said. The board decided ultimately to table the vote and take it back to the county to continue looking for a solution. “We’re trying to encourage public transportation,” said Dean. “This stop is the face of public transportation in Cooperstown.”

Cooperstown Board Debates Whether To Move Bus Stop By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – The law says that there is to be no standing or parking within 20 feet of a fire station driveway. But when Fire chief Jim Tallman tried to pull the aerial truck into the station on Chestnut Street after a call, he saw an OPT driver smoking a cigarette, waiting for his passengers. “He saw me,” Tallman told the Village Board Tuesday at its…
May 27, 2015
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