Richmondville News

WORCESTER _ Crews will be repairing guardrails on Interstate 88 in the eastbound lanes between exit 19 for Worcester and exit 20 for Richmondville beginning at about 7:30 a.m. this morning, state officials said.

The Cobleskill Partnership Inc., or CPI, is a nonprofit dedicated to developing the village's downtown as a destination for shopping and recreation.

Police are investigating a fatal accident in the Town of Day, in Saratoga County.

A Richmondville man is dead after a motorcycle accident in Edinburg. Saratoga County Sheriff's Deputies said Robert Hurn, 45, hit a boat trailer Saturday afternoon.

A motorcyclist from Schoharie County died after crashing into a boat trailer being hauled by a Jeep near Great Sacandaga Lake.

An Oneonta middle school student was one of the stars at a recent award ceremony hosted by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth and held at Siena College in Loudonville.

The annual Freihofer's Run for Women was held in downtown Albany for the 31st time Saturday morning, but the first 30 were without Mathilda Scott of Cobleskill.

Jefferson The Memorial Day parade in Jefferson will start at the school at 1 p.m. Friday, May 29, and stop at Evergreen Cemetery at 1:30 p.m. The Jefferson Central School band will play, and the Stamford American Legion Post Colorguard.

View of a Richmondville group home run by Schoharie County ARC. Hilary Cudmore, left, and Jennifer Bell, claim they were fired from Schoharie County ARC after they reported a co-worker for abusing a disabled resident.

Stock Building Supplies will close five of its nine locations in New York by June 30, according to a report by The Daily Star newspaper.

Five Stock Building Supply stores in the area will close June 30, leaving about 100 employees without work, a local employee said Thursday.

Repair work on Interstate 88 will begin Monday in Schoharie County, the state Department of Transporation said in a media release.

A 24-YR-OLD WOMAN FROM RICHMONDVILLE IS SAID TO BE DOING OK....AFTER GIVING BIRTH ON THE THRUWAY YESTERDAY.

Cobleskill Deputy Mayor Alexander a oeSandya MacKay said he voiced the idea during a recent meeting of the Schoharie County Village Officers Association after viewing operations at a composting facility in the village of Waterville in Oneida County.

A woman from Richmondville gave birth in an unusual place Sunday, the New York State Thruway.

Her husband, Stewart recalled, had recently lost his job. In today's economy, such calls are distressingly common.

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

Prior discussions and informational sessions were held last year after landowners were approached by individuals looking to secure leases to drill for natural gas believed to be plentiful beneath the ground.

COOPERSTOWN _ State Sen. James L. Seward will attend a meeting of the Cooperstown Rotary Club today to update members on the state budget and other state issues affecting Otsego County.

The state Department of Transportation awarded Lancaster Development Inc. of Richmondville a $63 million project to reconstruct a portion of Route 17 as part of its transformation to Interstate 86.