Oneonta News

ONEONTA _ The SUNY Oneonta student, city alderman and former Hartwick College president running for mayor say they will stump Saturday during the Fourth of July celebration in Neahwa Park.

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

ONEONTA _ The Smokers Choice store on Chestnut Street was robbed at knife point on the Fourth of July in a "brazen" daylight heist that netted more than $5,000, according to city police.

Three Oneonta-area women face felony drug charges after cocaine, crack and heroin were allegedly found in their vehicle in Orange County last week.

Monday 06 Jul Monday, July 6, 2009 at 09:33AM ONEONTA, NY) The IronBirds ran into phenomenal starting pitching on Sunday night as right hander Clemente Mendoza led Oneonta past Aberdeen, 6-4. Mendoza started off the contest with five perfect innings for the Tigers.

New York state has awarded $510,000 to develop three new centers to help people recovering from addiction to alcohol, drugs or gambling.

Sunday 05 Jul Aberdeen IronBirds Lose First Game of Road Trip To Oneonta Tigers, 7-2 Sunday, July 5, 2009 at 11:11AM ONEONTA, NY) The seven game road trip got off to a rocky start in Oneonta on Independence Day as the IronBirds were upended by the Tigers, 7-2. Southpaw pitcher Nick Haughian toed the rubber for the visiting 'Birds and through three ...

According to the Syracuse office of the U.S. Postal Service, all post offices nationwide will be open today, although most will shorten retail lobby hours and close at noon.

A Walton teen died in a one-car motor vehicle accident this morning, state police at Sidney said.

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London, June 29 : A team of scientists has claimed to have solved the curious case of the missing legs in many frogs, by suggesting that the deformed frogs are actually victims of the predatory habits of dragonfly nymphs, which eat the legs of tadpoles.

ONEONTA _ The Common Council on Thursday approved two measures to fill a void created by the sudden resignation of the city's recently hired chamberlain.

EDMESTON _ Maddy Smith, 5, of West Oneonta, read 1,000 books in eight months. Maddy, who will enter first grade in September, is part of the 1,000 Book Club at Edmeston Central School.

Plans for a 1,000-acre music festival complex in Springfield are on hold. Madison Square Garden Entertainment has not purchased land near the intersection of U.S. Route 20 and Continental Road, where its annual three-day festival was to be held.

A fire that gutted a vacant Meridale house Friday morning is being investigated as suspicious in origin, a Delaware County fire official said.

ONEONTA _ A 19-year-old Oneonta man was arrested early Thursday morning in connection with a stabbing on Dietz Street.

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.

Tara Campoli and Elayne Mosher fell in love after meeting as college students in Oneonta, where they live and work.

ONEONTA _ A blaze just after midnight this morning heavily damaged a Sixth Ward duplex and killed three dogs.

ONEONTA _ A $1 million flood-prevention project on Oneonta Creek can proceed without a local share of the cost, Mayor John Nader said Tuesday.