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Retired Planner Karen Sullivan Wins Recycling Leadership Award

Retired Planner Karen Sullivan Wins Recycling Leadership Award ONEONTA – Karen Sullivan, retired county planning director, yesterday received the Lifetime Recycling Leadership Award from the state Association for Reduction, Reuse & Recycling. Sullivan has long worked to make the county more environmentally friendly, said Pat Knuth, executive director of The Arc Otsego, which nominated her.  Among other accomplishments, Sullivan initiated the county’s mattress-recycling program  and helped launched the annual Hazardous Waste Collection, now more than 20 years old. “Karen has…

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ARC Otsego Opens Otsego ReUse Center

ARC Otsego Opens Otsego ReUse Center ONEONTA – ARC Otsego celebrated the grand opening of their Otsego ReUse Center on Duane Street this morning with a ribbon cutting ceremony and tours of their location. Betty Li set up in the old Bresees’ warehouse, ReUse acts as a collection station for usable items that were destined for the landfill. “Since our soft opening in November, we have already kept over fourteen tons of usable items out of our landfills.” remarked Pat…

Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

Now through March 30, new annual subscribers to “The Freeman’s Journal” and AllOtsego.com (or subscribers who have lapsed for two or more years) have an opportunity to help their choice of one of four Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice:

Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, Cooperstown Food Pantry, Greater Oneonta Historical Society or Super Heroes Humane Society.