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.…
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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.…
With regard to HABs, BFS advises members of the public to “Know it. Avoid it. Report it.” According to a press release, folks should keep watch along the shoreline and at the water surface, especially in sheltered areas such as boat slips and small coves.…
On Thursday, August 7, SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station staff announced that early stage harmful algal blooms have been observed on Otsego Lake near Kingfisher Tower and at the BFS main laboratory, located at Rat Cove.…
The summer of 2022 marked the first major harmful algal bloom—or HAB—in Otsego Lake, resulting in the closure of the public beach at Glimmerglass State Park as well as the Village of Cooperstown-owned Three Mile Point and Fairy Spring parks. Though not to the scale that some New York State counties have seen, the negative effects of HABs on public health have been raising concerns.…
Following the Sunday Hall of Fame Induction in Cooperstown, Cooperstown and Middlefield residents woke to find white nationalist recruiting posters hanging on the backs of stop signs and on utility poles. Both the Village of Cooperstown and Town of Middlefield told concerned residents that signs on telephone poles needed to be reported to NYSEG; otherwise, there was not much they could do.…
Much of what has been accomplished to date has been “below the surface,” but we are now entering the public outreach phase and encourage everyone to attend the first public meeting later this summer to learn more about what is being done and, most importantly, what you can do. In the interim, and to that end, we also encourage you to attend the 2nd Annual BFS Open House at 4 p.m. on July 31, join the Otsego Lake Association, and…
Upcoming events at the Springfield Library, the Middlefield Volunteer Fire Department's next fly-in pancake breakfast and new advances in blood stem cell and bone marrow transplants are among the topics covered in this week's news briefs.…
