Otsego County News

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

ONEONTA _ Lucy Bernier will replace Judge Walter L. Terry III on the Oneonta City Court bench.

Only five votes separated Otsego County's treasurer candidates in unofficial results released Tuesday night by the Otsego County Board of Elections.

A local man was jailed on burglary and robbery charges after refusing to leave a residence early Friday morning, Oneonta city police said.

"Crazy people are going to be crazy no matter what you do." These are the words of Rep.

A Unadilla man was arrested Friday in connection with burglaries in Oneonta and elsewhere in Otsego County.

In Otsego County Court on Monday before Judge John Lambert, Ruthann F. Zupo, 29, of Portlandville, pleaded guilty to and was sentenced for second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument.

EDMESTON _ Otsego County's fiscal woes dominated discussion Monday night when the District 10 candidates for the county board met in a forum at Pathfinder Village in Edmeston.

A Hobart man was arrested on felony drug charges in two counties Wednesday after going through a traffic-safety checkpoint on state Route 28 in Milford, Otsego deputies said Thursday.

COOPERSTOWN _ In Otsego County Court on Oct. 19 before Judge John Lambert, Jesse J. Miller, 20, of Springfield Center, pleaded innocent at arraignment to a charge of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, cocaine.

ONEONTA _ A deal for the city to acquire 1 Dietz St. as part of the redevelopment of the former Bresee's complex moved closer to being finalized this week.

Staff Report Saturday morning, Oct. 17, the Cooperstown Police Officer William Henn joined deputies from the Otsego County Sheriff's Office in an attempt to locate a person wanted by the Utica Police Department.

The Cooperstown Board of Trustees has voted to restore funding needed to provide 24-hour police department coverage for the village.

An 89-year-old man died from his injuries after his car crashed into a mobile home in Otego on Wednesday afternoon, the Otsego County coroner said Thursday afternoon.

On October 21, 2009, the New York State Police at Sidney, New York, arrested 26 year old DEVANDRA V. PERSAUD of Valley Stream, New York, for the "B" Felonies of Kidnapping 2nd degree and Criminal Use of a Firearm 1st degree.

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

All residents from Blenheim, Gilboa, Conesville, Otego, and Unadilla are invited and encouraged to attend.

COOPERSTOWN _ A 22-year-old woman was arrested in the village of Cooperstown on Saturday for allegedly having 13 syringes filled with heroin.

Two fires Sunday damaged southern Otsego County homes. The first blaze struck 383 County Highway 48 in Otego at about 1:40 p.m. The second involved a home on Baker Hill Road in West Oneonta at about 3:15 p.m. A dog was killed in the Otego fire, and a firefighter suffered a minor ankle sprain in the West Oneonta fire.

A long-awaited bridge-replacement project in the town of Oneonta has hit what may be a fatal snag.