Milford News

State Sen. James Seward, R-Milford, and his Democratic challenger, Caroline Town Supervisor Donald Barber, have filed nominating petitions to run for the 51st District state Senate seat this year.

By MICHELLE MILLER Staff Writer MILFORD - Milford Central School Superintendent Peter Livshin told the class of 2008 that Friday night's graduation ceremony would probably be the last time the students would ...

By MICHELLE MILLER Staff Writer MILFORD - Frank Spurchise has been teaching fifthand sixth-grade science at Milford Central School since 1973, but says all good things come to an end at some point.

MILFORD _ The Otsego County Conservation Association is looking for volunteers to help with manual eradication of the water chestnut, an aquatic invasive species threatening Goodyear Lake.

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

Question of the week: With the school year ending, what are your plans for summer vacation? "I'm going to the pool when it opens, and then I might go to riverside camp.

In response to a family tragedy, a Cooperstown woman has succeeded in a campaign to improve road safety.

"School food programs are in trouble," according to Bainbridge-Guilford Central School food-service director Kathy Benedict.

In Otsego County Court on June 9: a Heidi A. Morgan, 23, of Bainbridge, was sentenced to three years in prison, three years' post-release supervision and ordered to pay $71,400 in restitution for second-degree ...

MILFORD _ A Milford teacher has immersed her eighth-grade students in local history to give them a better picture of life in earlier times.

Bonnie Elisha Atwell and Kevin Hosea Myers were joined in marriage April 16 in Castries, St.

For nearly 52 years, Frank Slocum has volunteered with the Unadilla Fire Department.

Bayla Akulin said persistence, not charm, led to her crowning the third time she competed in the Miss Otsego Teen-Ager Pageant, which was in Oneonta on Saturday.

What is white, brown, black, blue-gray and buff, has a hooked beak and flies with rapid wing-beats? Birdwatchers in Cooperstown who saw a pair with such characteristics said at first they were mystified.

Unless the issue of capping school property taxes is handled correctly, some educational programs could be in jeopardy, several area superintendents said.

WEST ONEONTA _ Single-payer, universal health insurance was in focus at a forum Wednesday night sponsored by a local activist group.

The CROP program run by the Otsego-Northern Catskills Board of Cooperative Educational Services has received funding for 12 participating schools, according to a media release.

Otsego County has an interim county, surrogate and family court judge: Richfield Springs lawyer Jhilmil Ghaleb, 43.

ONEONTA _ Bells could be heard ringing through the hills of Oneonta on Saturday as Hartwick College graduates took the last steps of their undergraduate college careers.

MILFORD _ Civil War-era soldiers from Milford will be remembered Saturday with a re-enactment camp and the opening of a historical exhibition.