I was not in favor of this project when I sat on the NY Forward Planning Committee and was pleased that it was not funded through those efforts. Seeing this project happen so soon, funded through other means, is a shock to all of us on Pioneer Street.…
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When Iron String Press received the first e-mail from a concerned citizen who said they knew nothing about the Village of Cooperstown’s plans to install a cantilevered viewing platform at the terminus of Pioneer Street, we were surprised. It was not news to us, because we had covered the village’s NY Forward $4.5 million grant process from beginning to end, and the viewing platform was one of a number of projects being considered for funding.…
Having lived at 20 Pioneer Street for over 24 years, we have never encountered a proposal that jeopardizes our way of life environmentally, economically, and in terms of community health—more than this one.…
Regarding the complaints made by the neighbors: You live next to a very popular public park—with picnic tables, trash receptacles, park benches, an award-winning landscape buffer by the lake, walkways, a bandstand, all with a spectacular public view of a gorgeous lake.…
According to Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh, the project—some eight years in the making—was conceptualized as a result of public input, including the village’s 2018 Parks Survey and numerous public charrettes for the 2016 Comprehensive Plan, which emphasized the need for greater ADA-compliant accessibility and access to Otsego Lake via Lakefront Park for non-boaters, including a walking/fishing pier.…
I am writing about the impending Lakefront Viewing Platform slated to be built out over the water at the end of Pioneer Street that is now out to bid. Some of us on the block have only just found out about this project moving forward through contractors bidding on it. While I am not in favor of this project in this location, my letter today is about the failure of the village to inform anyone who will be directly impacted by…
The Smithy to present first exhibition of the gallery season STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Smithy art gallery at 55 Pioneer Street in Cooperstown is opening for its first showing, running through July 27. The exhibition, entitled ‘Air’, will feature artwork by both members and guests of the Smithy. The theme of ‘Air’, as the title suggests, is all about capturing the “invisible force in our daily lives” the Smithy wrote in an email. “Apart from its literal…
Trustees Agree To Remove Sign That Angered Residents By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The village of Cooperstown will remove a controversial solar-powered speed limit sign from Pioneer Street. The village’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously Monday, April 26, to remove the sign, which was in front of 100 Pioneer Street and told motorists heading south on Pioneer if they were exceeding the village’s 30-mile-per-hour speed limit. The meeting was held in person in the village ballroom at 22…
LETTERS from CATHE ELLSWORTH A Bad Sign I Placed On Pioneer To the Editor: Having lived on Upper Pioneer Street for some 36 years, it was indeed distressing to read John Webb’s “Letter to the Editor” in last week’s paper. The very idea of placing a solar-powered speed sign in one of Cooperstown’s residential neighborhoods is beyond the pale. It is made even more reprehensible given the fact that not only was the sign a gift to the village by…
Pioneer Returns To Parallel But Not All Residents Are Pleased…