Town of Springfield officials have asked the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to settle a dispute with the Town of Otsego over which municipality should be the “lead agency” and key decisionmaker about a controversial plan to build 126 homes west of Otsego Lake.…
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“Without a complete Site Plan application, any determination regarding which community may sustain the greatest environmental impacts, and which agency has the broadest governmental powers to investigate such impacts, is premature,” Huntsman wrote.…
The Town of Otsego will take a second look at proposed changes to its comprehensive plan after the blueprint for land-use laws drew complaints from residents and a Manhattan developer who owns hundreds of acres.…
An attorney representing a Manhattan developer who wants to build 126 homes west of Otsego Lake says Otsego town officials attempted to change land-use rules without following procedures for public notice and open meetings.…
Representatives for Manocherian Brothers/Pan Am Equities presented a revised sketch plan to both the Otsego and Springfield town planning boards last week. The proposed housing development spans both towns with 776 acres in Springfield and 749 acres in Otsego.…
Alvin M. Walker Jr. “Merk," 90, of Huff Road in Pierstown, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 9, 2026 when his hardworking heart finally wore out. Merk was the son of the late Alvin M. and Mary Walker. He is survived by Carol, his wife and best friend of 63 years; daughter Amy and her husband Christopher; son Steven and his partner Sylvia; and son John and his husband Keith.…
The proposal’s 765 acres and 59 lots in the Town of Otsego and 760 acres and 52 lots in the Town of Springfield represent what was noted at the Otsego meeting to be the largest single property division in either town in decades.…
According to Farmer, the original master plan for the 22-acre parcel along Otsego Lake was developed in 2011 and approved in 2015, at which time OLT received a Special Permit to operate Brookwood Point as a recreational facility with no further conditions from the Town of Otsego.…
Ordinarily, I would have loved to have OLT as a neighbor. Believing that OLT holds itself out as an organization dedicated to preserving land in its natural state, I was pleased to have OLT as a neighbor. However, OLT’s conduct, as it affects my enjoyment of my home, has caused me both stress and distress.…
Otsego Planning Board OKs Animal Shelter Plan DETAILS IN THIS WEEK’S FREEMAN’S, HOMETOWN…
