Town of Tully Fall Clean-Up Day Moved to October 3
The Town of Tully’s annual Fall Clean-Up Day has been rescheduled to Friday, October 5, 2026, from its originally announced October 11 date. The change was made after hearing from residents who had conflicts with the original date. We hope the new date will allow more members of the community to take advantage of this popular fall service.
Clean-Up Day will be held from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the Village Treatment Plant on Community Drive in Tully.
The event is open only to Town and Village of Tully residents. Proof of residency is required and must show a street address. P.O. boxes will not be accepted as proof of residency. Residents must also accompany their vehicle to the drop-off site. No proof of residency means no dumping.
What You Can Bring
Most general household rubbish will be accepted, along with appliances and metal, electronics, lawn and garden waste, vehicle batteries, computers with flat screens only, empty drums and pails that have been cut in half, and televisions of all sizes.
For safety, all items must be less than 10 feet in length. Any tanks or equipment must have all oil, gasoline and antifreeze completely drained before arrival. Loads containing unacceptable materials may be turned away.
Items That Will NOT Be Accepted
Please do not bring rechargeable or disposable household batteries, fluorescent tubes, brush, garbage, recyclables, pails with lids, whole drums, paints or chemicals, oil, gasoline, antifreeze, hazardous waste or mattresses.
Please note that mattresses will not be accepted this year.
Tire Disposal
Tires must be off the rim. Fees are currently:
· All tires: $5.00 each
· Large tires: $35.00 each
Prices are subject to change, so residents are asked to bring exact cash.
Help Us Keep the Line Moving
Residents are encouraged to separate materials before arriving so crews can unload vehicles quickly and keep traffic moving.
Because of increasing disposal costs, trailers longer than 8 feet will not be allowed through the gates, and each household is limited to one load.
For questions, please contact the Town or Village office.
Thank you for helping keep Tully clean, and please remember the new date: Saturday, October 3!
Please Keep Grass Clippings Out of the Roadway
As mowing season continues, the Town would like to remind residents to please keep grass clippings, leaves, and other yard debris out of the roadway.
It may seem harmless to let the mower discharge grass toward the street, but clippings on pavement can create a genuine safety hazard. Fresh or wet grass can become extremely slippery, particularly for motorcyclists and bicyclists, who have far less contact with the roadway than a four-wheeled vehicle. Even a thin layer of wet clippings can reduce traction and force a rider to brake, swerve, or change position unexpectedly. New York’s DMV specifically warns that road conditions that may be minor for a passenger vehicle can pose much greater hazards for motorcycles. NY DMV
Grass clippings can also wash into drainage systems, where they may contribute to clogged storm drains and poor drainage. If they reach streams, ponds, or lakes, decomposing grass can add nutrients to the water and contribute to unwanted algae growth.
New York Vehicle and Traffic Law also prohibits depositing material on a highway when it is likely to injure a person, animal, or vehicle, and requires removal of material that interferes with the safe use of the highway. NYSenate.gov
If clippings accidentally end up in the road, please take a moment to sweep or blow them back onto your property, not farther into the roadway.
A freshly cut lawn looks great. A freshly grass-covered road does not.
Tully Parks and Recreation
We had a fabulous community day! Thank you all for coming out and enjoying this wonderful day and congratulations to all of our rec athletes who won the youth category in the parade!
We also had a nice turn out for our 2nd annual Kettle Lakes run, thanks to all who ran and walked. Congratulations to Aiden Klein(23:57.58) and Kala Rounds(26:40.72), top male and female in our 3 mile race, and also to Grace DePaul(1:11:28.24) and Zachary Shostak(1:23:37.45), top female and male for our 10 mile race. And let us not forget our most adorable little runners!
News from Tully Free Library
Our new Early Childhood Paralibrarian, Miss Hannah, welcomes our littlest learners to our library story times! Baby & Toddler Story Time takes place on Mondays at 10:30 AM, and Preschool Story Time is on Wednesdays at 10:30 AM. Join us for stories, songs, games, rhymes and playtime every week!
Programming for older kids starts up again in October with Hollis, our new Youth and Teen Paralibrarian. Check our website for dates and time for Teen Advisory Club, Creative Writing and Animation Clubs, plus monthly crafts!
There’s still time to get a new to you item for your home library at our Book Sale, which will run through the end of the month.
Registration for our 16th annual Turkey Trot will open on October first. This fun, family event will be held on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26. Please check our website for more information.
Enjoy the autumn, and we look forward to seeing you at the library!
St. Leo’s Church
I’m sure you are looking forward to some colorful, beautiful fall days! We here at St. Leo’s Church certainly are, but we’re also looking ahead to the coming holiday season. We will again be selling Christmas wreaths. To know how many to order, we are again asking people to call (315) 413-9849 or email (stleosbazaar@gmail.com) to preorder your wreaths. If you have specific requests about color, please include your phone number in your message or email so someone can get back to you. All wreaths must be ordered by Friday, November 6 th. Thank you for your continued support! We are looking forward to seeing you!
WHAT LIES BENEATH THE SOUTHERN HILLS?
Tully Valley’s geology, mining history and 1993 landslide raise questions residents say should be answered before construction begins.
By Southern Hills Wind Watch
Editor’s Note: The following article was submitted by a community organization and has been edited for length and formatting. Its contents reflect the views and opinions of the submitting organization and should not be interpreted as an official position, endorsement, or statement of the Town of Tully. The Town of Tully has taken no official position regarding the subject matter presented below.
A landscape that is still moving
Before New York approves the proposed Maple Harvest Wind Project, residents deserve clear evidence that the Southern Hills can safely support 27 industrial wind turbines nearly 680 feet tall. This is not an argument against renewable energy. Tully already supports utility-scale and community solar projects. The question is narrower: Is this unusually complex landscape an appropriate place for construction of this magnitude?
The concern begins beneath the valley floor. The Tully Valley contains more than 400 feet of glacial lake sediments, with roughly 60 to 80 feet of saturated clay and silt above fractured limestone and gypsum. Groundwater continues to move through that underground system, and mudboils, where pressurized groundwater carries sediment upward through weak layers, were first documented in 1899 and remain active today.
The U.S. Geological Survey began intensive study of the valley in 1991 and continues to monitor groundwater movement, mudboils and subsidence. Nearly a century of solution salt mining, from 1889 to 1986, also altered the groundwater system and contributed to land subsidence. Documented consequences included two collapsed road bridges and the relocation of a petroleum pipeline and underground telephone lines.
The hills have their own history
The valley floor is not the only place where instability has been documented. The surrounding hills contain numerous rock fissures, and the effects of decades of solution mining permanently changed the area’s underground geology.
Then came April 27, 1993. Approximately 1.3 million cubic yards of earth and clay failed on Bare Mountain and moved into the valley. Homes were destroyed, families were displaced, and Tully Farms Road was buried beneath as much as 15 feet of material. The event remains a powerful reminder that the Southern Hills are not ordinary terrain.
The scale of the proposal
Maple Harvest proposes 27 industrial wind turbines on ridges that include Bare Mountain, Dutch Hill and Curtin Road Ridge. Construction would require large reinforced-concrete foundations, deep excavation, crane pads, new access roads, underground electrical collection systems and sustained use of heavy equipment.
How much weight?
Based on comparable New York wind projects, a single turbine foundation may contain about 1,068 cubic yards of concrete and more than 140,000 pounds of reinforcing steel. The foundation alone can weigh more than 4.4 million pounds. With the tower, blades, hub and nacelle added, the completed turbine and foundation could weigh approximately 6 to 7 million pounds, depending on the final turbine model.
Using those estimates, all 27 turbines could represent roughly 162 to 189 million pounds of concrete, steel and machinery distributed across the Southern Hills. Thirteen turbines proposed on Bare Mountain, Dutch Hill and Curtin Road Ridge alone could account for an estimated 78 to 91 million pounds. These figures are estimates based on comparable projects and could change with the final turbine and foundation design.
Weight is only part of the engineering picture. Wind turbines also transmit changing forces through their towers and foundations as the blades rotate and winds vary. Their foundations are designed to resist vibration, cyclic loading, bending and strong lateral forces throughout their operating lives.
The question is not whether risk is proven
None of this proves that the Maple Harvest project will cause landslides, sinkholes or groundwater damage. It would be inaccurate to make that claim. But the region’s documented history of mudboils, subsidence, sinkholes, rock fissures, groundwater movement, bridge failures and a major landslide makes careful, site-specific investigation a reasonable expectation before construction begins.
Residents are asking to see independent hydrogeologic studies, site-specific geotechnical investigations, slope-stability analyses, groundwater modeling and clear plans for protecting private wells, streams, wetlands and nearby homes. They are also asking how decades of USGS research were incorporated into the project review.
The burden should not be on residents to prove that something could go wrong. Those proposing and approving a project of this scale should demonstrate, through transparent and independent science, that this particular landscape can support it safely. If that science exists, the public should be able to see it.