The Clarvoes, who have lived in Hartwick since 1980, are long-time advocates for environmental issues, including the importance of recycling. One of their largest recycling efforts was the restoration of a building in the hamlet of Hartwick, reusing many of the materials in the building and employing construction methods to ensure energy conservation.…
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Bryan LoRusso and several former Town of Hartwick employees want Hartwick Town Board member Chris Briggs to resign. A contingent of concerned Hartwick residents wants LoRusso, also a Town Board member, to resign. Hartwick Town Supervisor Robert O’Brien will be relocating before the end of the year, leaving that post unfilled. And the town’s attorney, William Green, has resigned, effective January 1, 2025.…
CLARVOE NAMESAKE AT WORK Styrofoam Recycling Begins At ReUse Center By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Martha is here, and she’s going to make Otsego County cleaner. Named for “avid recycler” Martha Clarvoe, an active OCCA committee member and former president, Martha – the machine – is the new polystyrene recycler, just installed at ARC Otsego’s ReUse Center. “It takes 30 pounds of Styrofoam and condenses that into a four-foot cube,” Bill Hardy, the ReUse Center’s Manager,…
Clarvoe, Guenther Honored For OCCA Contributions…
Cooperstown Bat Uses Wood Twice – For Its Product, And To Heat Plant By LIBBY CUDMORE • AllOTSEGO Waste not, want not is how Tim and Connie Haney see it. “We’ve paid for the wood,” said Connie. “We might as well use it.” The owners of the Cooperstown Bat Company will tell two-thirds of the wood used in making their custom bats gets turned into sawdust. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be useful. After two brutally cold winters…