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The anticipation had to have been enormous. Bob Graham had his clarinet at the ready, along with 5,999 other young instrumentalists and vocalists, as they awaited the nod from the world-famous conductor.

COOPERSTOWN _ At the end of six-hour meeting Wednesday, the Otsego County Board of Representatives adopted a 2010 budget that will raise the county budget levy by 6.27 percent.

COOPERSTOWN _ True to his word, Otsego County Sheriff Richard Devlin Jr. packed the county courthouse Tuesday night with more than 200 ``public safety partners'' who argued against budget cuts aimed at his department.

Tonight at 7 at the Presbyterian Church on Pioneer Street in Cooperstown, the League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown Area will present a forum on the future of MOSA.

Telephones at local hospitals and clinics have been extra busy with calls from residents concerned about swine flu, according to hospital officials who emphasize prevention over panic.

COOPERSTOWN _ Otsego County will operate a fall cleanup program in the next two months, allowing residents to discard certain household items for free.

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One challenger for the Otsego County Board of Representatives won Tuesday. Democrat Linda Rowinski defeated incumbent Republican Scott Harrington in a race for the District 13 seat on the Otsego County Board of Representatives.

Many schools in the area are experiencing increasing student absences from flu-like symptoms, county health officials said Monday.

By Tom Grace Cooperstown News Bureau At the conclusion of Otsego County's full-board budget workshop sessions, the 2010 tentative budget called for a tax-levy increase of about 30 percent.

A public school district will close Thursday because a third of the staff and students have symptoms of flu.

Worcester Central School will be closed today because of an increasing number of absent students, many with flu-like symptoms, and staff illnesses, Superintendent Gary Kuch said Wednesday.

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The third annual Not-Only-Antiques Auction of the Greater Oneonta Historical Society will be held on Friday at Lettis Auction House on Reynolds Avenue in Oneonta.

By Tom Grace Cooperstown News Bureau Last Thursday, a delegation of Otsego County officials visited a gas well being drilled by Gastem USA in the town of Maryland, and according to a couple of reports, they liked what they saw.

A Massachusetts man who stole a hot dog from another man sitting under a tree in a park was sentenced to 18 months in prison.

A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing a hot dog from a man as he sat under a tree at a city park.

The state Department of Transportation recently announced several projects that will affect local drivers.

By Tom Grace Cooperstown News Bureau Today from noon to 9 p.m., voters in Otsego, Delaware and Chenango counties will select nominees in several races to represent their parties in the Nov.

Otsego County Treasurer Myrna Thayne, whose term is expiring, will not be on the general election ballot in November following the results of Tuesday's Otsego Republican primary.