The Village of Cooperstown Local Planning Committee met on Tuesday, August 22 to review projects submitted following an open request for proposals associated with the village’s New York Forward grant. On March 2, the Village of Cooperstown was awarded a $4.5 million NY Forward grant, one of three Mohawk Valley winners of the first round of the new state grant program created to invigorate and enliven downtowns in New York’s smaller and rural communities.…
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On August 11, the results of the Village of Cooperstown New York Forward Community Survey were released. The report, which can be found in its entirety on the village website, was prepared by Highland Planning. The online survey—intended to gauge community members’ perceptions of opportunities within the Village of Cooperstown in order to inform the $4.5 million funding investment by the NY Forward program—was hosted on Survey Monkey from June 19 to August 7 and received 162 responses.…
Congratulations, Mayor Tillapaugh, on the wonderful job you are doing with the upgrades of our quaint little village. The streets, sidewalks, and now Doubleday Field and parking lot are outstanding. Our “Perfect Village” gets better and better thanks to you, Mayor Katz and the local village officials now and in the past.…
The Local Planning Committee for the Cooperstown New York Forward program will hold its third meeting on Wednesday, August 23 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the Cooperstown Village Hall, 22 Main Street. The meeting is open to observers from the public, with an opportunity for public comment.…
Cooperstown Central School graduate Charlotte Pope is the recipient of the Cooperstown Rotary Foundation’s 2023 Catherine Davis Black Scholarship. Pope was acknowledged at this year’s CCS Commencement Ceremony on June 25th and received the $1,500.00 scholarship at the July 18th Rotary Club of Cooperstown luncheon at The Otesaga Resort Hotel.…
Governor Kathy Hochul visited Cooperstown on Monday, July 17 to officially unveil the new renovations at historic Doubleday Field. Hochul, Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh, State Senator Peter Oberacker, Assemblyman Chris Tague and Baseball Hall of Fame President Josh Rawitch spoke on the history of Doubleday, the restoration project and the continuing importance of baseball.…
Earlier this month, a press release from Glimmerglass State Park announced Otsego Lake’s first toxic algae bloom of 2023. Though it soon proved to be a false alarm, it sent a ripple of anxiety through the surrounding community.…
What we’ve got here,” said the jail warden in “Cool Hand Luke,” “is failure to communicate.” According to Steve Wilson, Otsego County administrator, this comment aptly describes the present state of affairs resulting in the county’s issuance of the State of Emergency Declaration and Emergency Order No. 1 with regard to housing migrants in Otsego County.…
Coop Mayor Launching Welcome Initiative Tomorrow COOPERSTOWN—“Welcome Home Cooperstown,” a new initiative from Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh, will kick off a series of monthly meet and greets on Tuesday, May 2 from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Village Hall at 22 Main Street. The goal is to welcome area newcomers, assist them in building connections to established residents and institutions, and encourage them to make Cooperstown their permanent home. Information about community events will be available and refreshments will be served. All members of…
USS Cooperstown ‘Voyage’ Continues By CASPAR EWIGNEW YORK CITY The saga of the joint venture between the United States Navy and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum began on July 26, 2015 in Doubleday Field. Then Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus floated the idea to Jane Forbes Clark, chairman of the NBHoF Board of Directors, of naming one of the recently established littoral class of fighting ships the USS Cooperstown. Ships are often named after states and…