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Trustees Pondering Culverts, 'Heroes' Banners, Sign Law

By KRISTIAN CONNOLLY
COOPERSTOWN

The two most-discussed topics at the Cooperstown Village Board of Trustees meeting on Monday, August 26 had trustees looking both low and high across the village landscape.

On the one hand was an issue related to amending a Special Use Permit in order to allow the construction of dwellings over a stream and culvert on a private property in the village. On the other hand was whether to pursue a request made by interested parties to update village law in order to allow signs to be hung from utility poles in the village.

While neither matter was ultimately decided by the trustees on Monday, both will be the subject of future board meetings and/or public hearings, beginning with the next meeting on Monday, September 23.

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