OCCA To Hold Meet, Greet Conservationist of Year To Be Honored SPRINGFIELD The Otsego County Conservation Association will host its “Mohican Meet and Mingle” on Friday, June 9 from 6-9 p.m., adjacent to the historic Ellen Biddle Shipman Garden at Mohican Farm in Springfield. OCCA Executive Director Amy Wyant, board members, and staff will be on hand to talk informally about the organization’s projects and initiatives in areas such as clean energy, environmental education, planning, conservation and more. “We believe…
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Hesse Home in Otego: a Virtual 18th-century House and Home Museum By TERESA WINCHESTEROTEGO For 33 years, Buzz Hesse, a trained archeologist and former owner of the auction house Hesse Galleries, has lived with his wife, Jackie, in a house built in the late 18th century. He loves to tell the story of how he first spotted the structure in Laurens, later purchased it, then disassembled it, and ultimately found an ideal site for the house in Otego.The moment he…
News In Brief: June 8, 2023 Photo Contest Is Extended OTSEGO COUNTY—Whether you honored those who served our nation in the armed forces over the recent holiday weekend, enjoyed a picnic or parade with family and friends, went sightseeing or just relaxed at home with the kids, please send us your favorite Memorial Day Weekend photographs. Iron String Press staff will choose their favorite photo, to be printed in “The Freeman’s Journal” and “Hometown Oneonta” and shared on the AllOtsego…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, JUNE 9 Mingle With Conservation Association MEET & MINGLE – 6-9 p.m. Join the Otsego County Conservation Association for a “Meet & Mingle” party featuring food, meaningful conversation on everything from clean energy to environmental planning, and the presentation of the Conservationist of the Year Award for 2023. Tickets, $25. Mohican Farm, 7207 State Highway 80, Cooperstown. (607) 547-4488 or visit occainfo.org/mohican-meet-and-mingle/…
BFS, Lake Organizations Announce Otsego Lake HAB Testing Strategy By WRILEY NELSONSPRINGFIELD SUNY Oneonta’s Biological Field Station announced its 2023 Otsego Lake Research and Cyanobacteria Monitoring Plan as part of the ongoing effort to study and control harmful algal blooms in Otsego County. The sampling strategy will focus on variations in temperature, nutrients, algal and cyanobacteria abundance, and toxin concentration along depth gradients in the heavily-affected north end of the lake. Additionally, the BFS has increased watershed stream monitoring and…
The spirit of creativity that has defined the Cherry Valley for generations is being renewed and rejuvenated in a new venue, and its director has now been selected for a $10,000.00 state grant to expand her work this summer.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, JUNE 8 Garden Discussion Hosted By The Master Gardeners GARDENSIDE TALK—5-8 p.m. The Otsego County Master Gardeners host this edition of the gardenside talks featuring Dr. Douglas Tallamy, professor of agriculture and natural resources at the University of Delaware, who has written a number of books, including “Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants,” and over 100 research papers. Hosted online by the Otsego County Master Gardeners. (607) 547-2536 ext. 228 or visit cceschoharie-otsego.org/events/2023/06/08/bringing-nature-home-to-new-york POSTPONED TO…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7 Chop Back Invasive Plants Then Enjoy Evening Refreshments CHOP & CHEESE—6-8 p.m. Get out your gloves, pruning shears, and a beverage of choice and chop back the invasive Japanese knotwood followed by light refreshments in the garden overlooking Otsego Lake. Bags, snacks and soft drinks provided. Registration required. Mohican Farms, 7207 State Highway 80, Cooperstown. (607) 547-4488 or visit occainfo.org/calendar/chop-cheese-4/ BLOOD DRIVE—10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Save up to three lives with the American Red Cross.…
Air Quality Health Advisory In Effect OTSEGO COUNTY—As of 9:50 a.m., the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has issued air quality health advisories for Tuesday, June 6 in effect for Long Island, New York City Metro, Lower Hudson Valley, Upper Hudson Valley, Adirondacks, Eastern Lake Ontario and Central Regions. Air quality levels have been plunging due to smoke from wildfires in the eastern Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and Quebec. Above, color photos taken from Cooperstown’s Lakefront Park…
Volunteers Needed for Susquehanna River Cleanup COOPERSTOWN—Volunteers are needed for the sixth annual Susquehanna River cleanup in Cooperstown on Sunday, July 29. The event will take place from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cleanup is organized by the Cooperstown Lions Club in partnership with the Rotary Club of Cooperstown, Rotary E-Club of Global Trekkers, the SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station Dive Team and Otsego County Conservation Association. Volunteers are needed on—and in—the river, as well as onshore. Tasks include…
