Published: October 11, 2008 04:00 am         

Area News Roundup

{"headline18"/}Otsego County sets hours for fall waste disposal

COOPERSTOWN _ Otsego County has set hours for the first phase of its fall cleanup program.

On Oct. 20, 23, 27, and 30, county residents will be able to discard solid waste, but not household garbage, without paying a fee at the Northern Transfer Station in Fly Creek.

According to the county Planning Department, the following items will be accepted that day: furniture, rugs, carpeting, mattresses and box springs, toys and textiles.

Also being accepted will be construction and demolition debris including wood, sheet rock, shingles, siding, plumbing and electrical fixtures; rubble and yard waste.

Materials that will not be accepted include household food waste and other regular bagged garbage; liquid wastes; hazardous wastes; televisions and other home electronics; and appliances.

For all four days, the Northern Transfer Station will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

For more information, call 547-4225 or visit www.otsegocounty.com/solidwaste.

{"headline18"/}Culvert to be replaced

WEST ONEONTA _ The town of Oneonta will be replacing a culvert on Southside Drive on Tuesday.

There will be no thru traffic between Glen Drive and Swart Hollow Road during the construction, which will start at 8:30 a.m.

Residents with questions about the project may call the town Highway Department at 432-4581.

{"headline18"/}Firefighter returns home

ONEONTA _ The Oneonta firefighter hospitalized Thursday with chest pains while at the scene of a sport utility vehicle fire is back home, a fire official said Friday.

The firefighter was released from A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital.

On Thursday, a Ford Explorer parked near a garage at 26 Maple St. caught fire at about 3 p.m.

The firefighter was taken to Fox for observation, though the name was not released, a fire official said at the time.

An official reached Friday said he was not authorized to release the name.

{"headline18"/}Sex offender arrested

UNADILLA _ A 28-year-old registered Level 1 sex offender faces a felony charge for allegedly failing to report an address change.

Chad D. Walters, who was formerly of the Bainbridge area, moved to the Unadilla area but did not report the move to the state Division of Criminal Justice within 10 days, according to the Otsego County Sheriff's Office.

Walters turned himself in to the deputies and was issued an appearance ticket dated for Oct. 20 in Middlefield Town Court.

A Level 1 sex offender is deemed by the state as the least likely category of sex offender to commit a new crime. Walters faces up to four years in prison if convicted.