OLA has always been proactive in its efforts to preserve the quality of our lake. This year we initiated “The Pledge to Keep Otsego Lake Healthy” by stressing individual responsibility and best property and lake management practices.…
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After a decade as 7th District county representative, and decades more in local elected office, David Bliss is retiring. He has endorsed fellow Republican James McCartney for the seat. Bliss will still appear on ballots under the Conservative line, having missed the deadline to be removed.…
“We are excited to have made such progress so early on in our campaign,” said Susie Lasher Knight, Project Fairy Spring coordinator and capital campaign chair.…
I am writing in support of Leslie Berliant’s candidacy for the 7th District representative on the Otsego County Board, representing the residents of Cherry Valley, Middlefield and Roseboom.…
These small surface blooms were associated with other lake debris (bits of plants, foam, etc.), officials said, and were short-lived and therefore not photographed for reporting to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.…
An opening reception on Friday night at the Cooperstown Art Association, registration for this weekend's SQSPCA Barktoberfest and Dog Show, a reading by The Writrixes in Cherry Valley, and CCS sports results are among the topics covered in this week's news briefs.…
According to the e-mail, small surface blooms were also observed on Wednesday, September 17 during periods of calm winds, though they were short-lived and therefore not photographed for reporting to the DEC. The current weather pattern of warm, clear skies lends itself to the development of intermittent blooms of this type, officials said.…
A Fly-In Pancake Breakfast at Cooperstown/Westville Airport, free FOIL training, an Otsego Lake Watershed Protection Program survey and a benefit dinner in support of Bob Croft are among the topics covered in this week's news briefs.…
Harry E. Snyder, 77, of Middlefield passed away on September 7, 2025. He was born September 10, 1947 to Lewis J. and Caroline S. (Gay) Snyder. Harry first attended school at the Middlefield Schoolhouse and then Cherry Valley Central School, where he graduated in 1965.…
Twenty-three years ago, “The Freeman’s Journal” was reporting on the Generic Environmental Impact Statement, or GEIS, on the capacities of the Cooperstown region. Developed by Community Planning and Environmental Associates of Berne, under the leadership of Nan Stolzenburg and in collaboration with other environmental science agencies, the 243-page draft of the GEIS was released for public comment in May of 2002.…
