Fisher Cat Does So Well Here 6-Day Season Planned In Fall By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com GARRATTSVILLE – The fisher cat became so rare everywhere except the Adirondacks, no trapping of the weasel relative was allowed between the mid 1930s and late 1940s. In the 1970s, 50 were transplanted to the Catskills. In the 40 years since, they have migrated to Otsego County and multiplied to the point that a six-day trapping season is contemplated this fall to keep the…
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ON WAMC Natural Gas Debate Heating Up In his weekly “Morning Headlines” segment on WAMC Public Radio, Albany, Hometown Oneonta & Freeman’s Journal Editor Jim Kevlin this morning discussed op-ed pieces on natural gas and the Constitution Pipeline that appear in this week’s print editions, AND ARE REPRINTED BELOW. CLICK HERE TO HEAR THIS MORNING’S REPORT ISSUE & DEBATE New Pipeline Won’t Cure Otsego County’s Poverty Editor’s Note: Kate O’Donnell, Ph.D., is a professor of sociology at Hartwick College.…
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Fisher Cat Management Plan To Be Detailed In Talk Tonight GARRATTSVILLE – DEC Senior Wildlife Biologist Michael D. Clark will provide details on a recently completed management plan on the fisher cat at 7 this evening at the New Lisbon Town Hall, 908 County Route 16. The talk is sponsored by the Butternut Valley Alliance. The DEC completed the Fisher Management Plan in December 2015. It details the results of a recent DEC study of fishers across the state, including…
Oneonta Rotary Gives $1,300 To OHS Wrestling Program…
Buses From Coop, Oneonta Will Go To Pipeline Protest Buses will be leaving from Oneonta and Cooperstown to a rally against the Constitution Pipeline Tuesday, April 5. Reserve a seat at StopThePipeline.org or contact Otsego 2000 at admin@otsego2000.org, 547-8881. The rally will be in Capital Park in Albany, and participants will March to the state Department of Environmental Conservation offices. The DEC must deny the Constitution’s water quality certificate by the end of April or the project with move forward…
Girl Scouts Add 1,400 Books To Tenfold Plus Campaign…
IN MEMORIAM: James Arbas, 89; Farmer, Laurens Town Assessor OTEGO – James Arbas, 89, a Laurens dairy farmer and town assessor there, passed away at his home on March 28, 2016. Born May 13, 1926, in Bridgeport, Conn., he is the son of the late Matias and Virginia Arbas. Jim spent his childhood on the family farm in Fairfield, Conn., with his sisters Josephine, Anna and his brother Herman.…
IN MEMORIAM: Martha Herrling, 94; Home Economics Teacher In New York WEST DAVENPORT – Martha Moore Herrling, 94, a retired home economics teacher, died March 25, 2016, at Focus Rehabilitation & Nursing in Index. She was born Nov. 8, 1921, in Lafayette, Ind., the only child of William and Aileen Moore. Her early years were spent in Campbell, Ohio, a suburb of Youngstown.…