Otsego County News

COOPERSTOWN _ The idea of selling Otsego Manor, Otsego County's nursing home, was discussed briefly at Wednesday's county board meeting.

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

Two teenaged inmates in Otsego County jail were charged June 22 after a fight with two incarcerated teens, including one who was taken to a hospital, Otsego County deputies said in a media release.

All voters in Delaware County and thousands in Otsego County will cast ballots the new-fashioned way this year, on optical scanners.

Oneonta Town Councilwoman Janet Hurley-Quackenbush, a Republican, is running for the District 4 seat on the Otsego County Board of Representatives.

Depending on who you talked to, Sherburn M. Becker was either a good neighbor or a bad neighbor during his time in South Worcester.

Medications and how to afford them, using them as directed so that we get the proper benefit and disposing of them safely when we no longer need them are issues that affect many of us in our daily lives.

COOPERSTOWN _ In Otsego County Court on Thursday before Judge John Lambert, an Oxford man was convicted of fourth-degree grand larceny.

MIDDLEFIELD _ A man who previously lived in Milford and Daytona Beach, Fla., was arrested Tuesday after a joint investigation by Otsego County deputies and the state Division of Parole.

On Wednesday, state police conducted an underage drinking enforcement detail to ensure that various convenience stores were not selling alcohol to minors, according to a media release.

Tom Grace The Daily Star Rock `n' roll returned to Doubleday Field in Cooperstown on Friday night as Crosby, Stills & Nash performed before some 3,000 fans.

A bill that would prohibit text messaging while driving and increase safety measures for teen drivers passed the Assembly unanimously today and moved to the Senate, where it will be stalled unless that chamber resolves its leadership stalemate.

Covalent Energy has been given three permits to drill for natural gas in Otsego County, according to Jonathan Kelafant, the Arlington, Va.-based firm's president.

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

"Who controls the New York state Senate?" It's a trick question until at least today, when the chamber is scheduled to enter session and a judge may be forced to answer that question for the legislators.

Although HIV/AIDS is less prominent in our local newspapers, we should not operate under the illusion that living with HIV or AIDS is less onerous than ever.

A New York City teenager has been charged after State Police say he caused an explosion at a Job Corps facility inA Otsego County.

MIDDLEFIELD _ A Brooklyn man awaiting a trial on drug charges was arrested Friday for allegedly beating up another man at the Otsego County jail in April.

With a case of swine flu recently confirmed in Otsego County and the first upstate death from the virus announced Wednesday, the epidemic is hitting close to home.

Just as it is true that lightning can strike the same place twice, for Oneonta, fire can strike twice.