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ONEONTA _ SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher will visit the SUNY Oneonta on Monday, July 13.

No evidence of tornadoes was found in Delaware County on Tuesday, a National Weather Service official said, and an observer for Oneonta reported June as the second-coldest recorded.

We were in the Greater Plains sixthgrade wing after school, and my 5-year-old daughter, Allie, was begging for a glimpse of her older sister's classroom.

The Greater Oneonta Historical Society recently announced its summer tour schedule.

Ten confirmed cases of swine flu have been reported in Otsego County, including two at Oneonta High School.

In the latest of a disturbing series of cemetery vandalism over the last decade, two Walton teens were charged Sunday with desecrating a marble gravestone at the Walton Cemetery.

Student absences at Morris Central School nearly doubled Friday, a day after a letter was sent to parents alerting them to a swine-flu cluster at the school.

Six students at Morris Central School tested positive for "swine flu" on Wednesday, school and health officials said Thursday.

Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School, Kingston, presented its annual Joseph C. Donchess Distinguished Service Award to four people who have demonstrated exceptional service to the community and Wyoming Seminary.

Laurens Central School has again taken top honors at the Pageant of Bands. The 60th Annual Sherburne Pageant of Bands featured new schools along with perennial participants, including Laurens, which won the Albert Whitney Overall Achievement Award.

Step Back in Time features community news items from The Daily Star 25 and 50 years ago.

The Morris J. Edwards American Legion Post 168, will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Legion hall, 38 W. Main St.

M. Dan Morris of Ithaca was named 2009 Engineer of the Year by the Broome Chapter of the NYS Society of Professional Engineers at the Engineers Week dinner.

The man whose Cobleskill trustee candidacy last year sparked a criminal investigation has pleaded guilty, the Schoharie County District Attorney's Office said Tuesday.

ONEONTA _ The Oneonta Police Department will host a free crime-prevention seminar at 6 p.m. Wednesday for city residents.

Next Saturday is a big day for the Humane Society of Schuyler County. Not only are these local animal lovers having their annual Cans for Cats collection at Wright's Beverage in Watkins Glen, they're also hosting the grand opening of a thrift shop on Franklin Street, also in Watkins Glen.

A 29-year-old Morris man was charged with impersonating a police officer and sent to Chenango County Correctional Facility on $10,000 bond.

Monroe County bar will honor 2 lawyers Lawyers David M. Schraver and Karen L. Morris will be honored by the Monroe County Bar Association today during a Law Day luncheon Schraver, former president of the association and a lawyer at Nixon Peabody, will receive the annual Adolph J. Rodenbeck Award, given to a legal professional who displays ...

In Otsego County Court April 16 before state Supreme Court Justice Michael Coccoma: James A. Wise, 48, of Morris, pleaded guilty to third-degree criminal possession of marijuana.