News Briefs: May 22, 2025

Transfer Station Up, Running

ONEONTA—Otsego County Waste Management and Recycling Coordinator Kyle King announced on Friday, May 16 that the Southern Transfer Station in Oneonta will resume normal operations on Monday, May 19, which includes acceptance of all scaled municipal solid waste and construction and demolition debris. The Southern Transfer Station is open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. The Northern Transfer Station in Cooperstown will resume normal operating hours on Monday, May 19 as well, which are Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to noon and Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon.

OCCA Announces Events

OTSEGO COUNTY—The Otsego County Conservation Association released its schedule of public events for the early summer. There will be a Homeschool Nature Walk at Basswood Pond at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, June 10. OCCA and Mohican Farm, 7206 State Route 80, request volunteers for a Japanese knotweed removal effort at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11. The next invasive species removal day will be held at the Weaver Lake launch in the Town of Warren on Thursday, June 12. Participants should meet at the Mohican Farm site for transportation. Two shifts are available, from 9:30-11:30 a.m. and from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The next Get the Kids Out event will be held at Mohican Farm at 1 p.m. on Thursday, June 19, as will a composting workshop at 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 21. Local farmer and herbalist A.C. Stauble will lead a summer foraging walk at 2 p.m. the same day at 415 County Road 41 in West Edmeston. Foraging expert Shane Gardener will run a similar program for mushroom foraging at 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 29. There will be a Summer Bog Walk at 800 Zachow Road in Hartwick at 1 p.m. on Sunday, July 6. OCCA will partner with the SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station for a program on freshwater ecosystems at the BFS Main Laboratory, 5838 State Route 80, at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 13. To register for any program or view a full calendar, visit occainfo.org/calendar.

Youth Ensemble To Perform

ONEONTA—The Little Delaware Youth Ensemble will celebrate its 25th season with a spring concert at Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center from 4-7 p.m. on Sunday, June 1. In addition to performances by the beginning violin group, preparatory orchestra, main orchestra, and visiting alumni, there will be ceremonies in honor of LDYE founder Julie Signitzer and major sponsors. For more information, visit ldye.net.