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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.

Rebecca and Jonathan McManus, of Cooperstown, announce the birth of a son. Sawyer David McManus was born on July 1 at Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown.

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With the primary election just days away, local voters will soon weigh in on choices for Otsego County treasurer, area county boards, Oneonta mayor and several town races.

COOPERSTOWN "" At Wednesday's county board meeting, representatives were briefed on the findings of a nine-month study of housing in Otsego County.

COOPERSTOWN _ Otsego Manor will be operating in the black this year. In a year of declining sales and bed-tax collections, the Otsego County Board of Representatives received this welcome news Wednesday at its monthly meeting.