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To Otsego County Treasurer Daniel Crowell for encouraging the use of "tax clubs." The ``tax clubs'' _ interest-earning accounts dedicated to paying taxes _ would operate something like Christmas clubs.

Body text"/}MORRIS _ Assemblyman Pete Lopez, R-Schoharie, will host a town hall meeting Thursday for residents of the towns of Butternuts and Morris.

Federal prosecutors were led to Zvi Goffer, the ex-Galleon Group LLC employee accused of leading an insider-trading ring, by leads that began with former hedge fund traders Mark Lenowitz and Erik Franklin, prosecutors said.

A Vestal man died in a fiery crash on Interstate 88 after his vehicle struck ice and crashed into a tree, according to state police at Troop C in Sidney.

Body text"/}Otsego County officials are asking local banks to offer special savings plans to their customers to help them pay their taxes.

State police say a northern New York man picked the wrong vehicles to steal from.

Trooper Jill E. Mattice, a former resident of the Cleveland Hill area of Cheektowaga, was killed when her cruiser collided head-on Wednesday with a tractor-trailer about 25 miles southwest of Cooperstown.

This week there is a mystery that perhaps some reader might shed light and information on.

From NEW YORK STATE POLICE TROOP "C" HEADQUARTERS: Suspects Arrested in NBT Bank Robbery in Grand Gorge, NY On January 20th, 2010, at approximately 9:00 AM, Christopher M. Seamans 340 Shanty Creek Rd.

Body text"/}Suspects involved with the robbery of the NBT Bank in Grand Gorge on Tuesday were arrested in Atlantic City on Wednesday, state police at Sidney said.

Body text"/}State police at Oneonta Trooper Jill E. Mattice died Wednesday when her police car collided with a tractor-trailer on state Route 23 at about 2:50 p.m. in the town of Morris, according to a media release from state police in Sidney.

New York State Police in Delaware County are on the hunt for a man who they say robbed a bank in Grand Gorge.

An early morning structure fire at 2 Terrace Hill Road in the Village of Bainbridge was reported under control shortly before 9 a.m., according to Chenango County's Emergency Management Office.

A 19-year-old Massachusetts man is facing drug charges after he was stopped Monday by state police on Interstate-88 eastbound in Sidney.

JOHNSON CITY -- Once upon a time, retailers were flooded with returns on the day after Christmas.

Here is a list of what is open and closed in observance of the Christmas and Yew Year's holidays.

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

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

A man recently tried to do the right thing and have a woman, who he met that night at a bar, drive him home because he had too much to drink.

From NEW YORK STATE POLICE TROOP "C" HEADQUARTERS 823 STATE ROUTE 7 SIDNEY, NEW YORK 13838: Subject arrested for Assault 2nd Degree On December 10, 2009 at approximately 8:21 a.m., Chenango County 911 received a call concerning the welfare of a female resident at 6 Johnson Street, Bainbridge, N.Y. Further information indicated the female resident ...