‘Say Their Names’ OK’d In Village, Too Mayor Questions Doubleday Field Locale By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A memorial to black lives lost to racial injustice and police brutality was approved for display in Cooperstown by the Village Board during its meeting this evening. “It’s a great idea,” said Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch. The memorial, spearheaded by Jennifer Dibble, Hartwick, would include laminated photos of black men and women from the “Say Their Names” memorial database,…
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PUBLIC HEARING SET ON MASKING One Business Already Cited For Failing To Require Masks By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – At the Village Board’s first in-person meeting since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Monday revealed that an unnamed Main Street business has already been issued a citation for failing to comply with the state’s mask requirements. “Our police have been walking Main Street, and so far, only one business has not been compliant…
Debate Held Tonight Over Zoom Tillapaugh, Katz, Endorse Buttermann For Assembly COOPERSTOWN – Ahead of his democratic primary debate against Corey Mosher, Assembly candidate Dan Buttermann has received endorsements from Mayor Jeff Katz and current Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh for the 121st Assembly District seat. “I’ve known Dan for years,” said Katz. “He’s a great listener, engaged and active, and a thoughtful person. More than that, he’s a good and decent man, exactly the kind of person we need in…
$5M Redo of Doubleday In Time For Anniversary By JIM KEVLIN• Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – “Personally, for me, The Sandlot Kid, in a place of prominence,” said Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch when asked about the most meaningful part of the $5-million-plus redevelopment of Doubleday Field. “He’s so special.” Victor Salvatore’s bronze sculpture of a barefoot farm boy with a bat on his shoulder was installed in 1939, when the Doubleday Field grandstand was completed. “One of the true icons of…
EDITORIAL Turn On Porch Light For Hometown Heroes In New York City, folks are leaning out their windows beating on pots and pans at 7 each evening, an appreciative salute to the First Responders in our latest national trial: Healthcare workers, from ambulance drivers to surgeons, and everybody in between. In more sedate Cooperstown, Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch had an appropriate alternative: the Porch Lights for Support campaign. (Thankfully: lawnmowers will be roaring soon enough.) The idea is for residents…
Trolley Service Suspended Until July 1 Paid Parking, Parks Remain in $3.8M Budget COOPERSTOWN – Though the Cooperstown Village Board had considered a late start or suspending it entirely, they voted that paid parking will go into effect on Memorial Day weekend as part of the $3.8 million budget approved during their monthly meeting. Trustee Cindy Falk estimated that revenues will only be $100,000 for the year, down from $463,000 last year. “It’s a huge punch in the gut,” said…
Village May Put Off Paid Parking Until July By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Paid parking could be suspended into the middle of the summer, according to Village Trustee Cindy Falk, who proposed the idea during a budget hearing streamed live over YouTube this evening. “Our paid parking is closely aligned with visitors, and it’s a situation that’s impossible to predict,” she said. “I wonder if at this point, we should consider putting off paid parking until…
MAYOR TILLAPAUGH DECLARES: Turn Your Lights On To Support Heroes Of COVID Pandemic COOPERSTOWN – In a proclamation issued this morning, Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch established a Porch Lights For Support program, starting tonight. Before you go to bed, she asked Cooperstown residents, turn on your porch lights as “a visible way to show support for all essential workers…in gratitude for all those working to keep us safe.” The idea picks up on New York City folks making a ruckus…
Village Board Races Shaping Up 3 Democratic Candidates Seek Separate Independent Lines COOPERSTOWN – Joining Republican Mary Margaret Robbins Sohns, the three Democratic incumbents for Village Board filed for independent lines on the March 18 ballot by the 5 p.m. deadline Tuesday evening. In addition to having her name on the Democratic ballot line, Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch will appear on the “Village United” line. Trustee Joe Membrino’s line is “Liberty Party,” and Trustee MacGuire Benton’s, “Many Voices, One Village.”…
Santa Arrives At Renovated Pioneer Park By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com When Santa arrived at his Cooperstown cottage on Friday, Nov. 29, he arrived at the brand-new Pioneer Park. “The last design I could find was from 1965,” said Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch. “There haven’t been a ton of changes since then.” In 2018, the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce kiosk was updated with a touch screen, and a bike rack and bike repair station were built as part…