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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Waits Over An Hour, Record Haul Seen On Hazardous Waste Day Advertising Called Key To Success By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MIDDLEFIELD – Tonnage and volume are still being tallied, but the car count is in, and 920 vehicles lined up to drop off paint, e-waste, prescriptions – you name it – at Household Hazardous Waste Day Saturday, Sept 21, at the county government’s Meadows Office Complex. That was up from 500 last year, almost double, county Planning Director…
Annual Trash Day Packed, With Waits Up To 90 Minutes Due To Crush, Drop-Off Extended Until All Served At Meadows Complex By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MIDDLEFIELD – “A record,” Erik Scrivener, the senior county planner, called out as he directed drivers, some who had been lined up this morning for 90 minutes, to their final destination: the annual Hazardous Household Waste Day at the county’s Meadows Office Complex. By 9 a.m., probably sooner, traffic was backed up ¾-miles…
CLICK TO READ ‘TINY HOMES, BIG IDEAS’ First 2 Tiny Homes In Place At Meadows Brian Wilcox, of Wilcox Construction Co., Norwich, top, examines the first two of 15 “tiny homes” behind the county’s Meadows Office Complex, Town of Middlefield. The small structures are a county Board of Representatives’ initiative to provide temporary housing for the county’s homeless. Inset, Senior County Planner Erik Scrivener examines the space in one of the structures where the bathroom will be located. The bathroom…
With Paper Replacing Plastic, Does County Want 2¢ A Bag? So Far, 27 Counties Decide To Opt Out By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – On March 1, 2020, “single-use” plastic bags will be banned from New York State supermarkets and other stores. That’s settled. The question still remaining is whether the Otsego County Board of Representatives will charge a nickel for each paper bag used. That’s not settled. County Planning Director Karen Sullivan and Planner-Trainee/Recycling Coordinator, Shane…
Twice As Many Countians Say Homes In Bad Shape v. Good COOPERSTOWN – An online survey of 374 Otsego County people released today found twice as many say their home are in bad shape vs. “excellent” shape. The survey, by the county Planning Department and Otsego Rural Housing Assistance, found 14 percent of respondents believe their homes are “excellent”; 27.6 percent ranked their homes as “poor” or “needs immediate attention.” More than half of respondents (58 percent) rated their homes…
IT’S BACK! Northern Transfer Station Reopens, Ending Many’s Trek To Schuyler Lake…