Otsego County News

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Otsego County Treasurer Myrna Thayne has filed a tentative 2010 county budget that calls for increasing the property-tax levy by $1,148,718, or 11.11 percent.

Only one election in Otsego County remained undecided Wednesday, although the results will not be official until Tuesday.

The Otsego County Board of Representatives' Wednesday meeting was canceled Nov. 12, and Sheriff Richard Devlin Jr.

The Otsego County Conservation Association is giving a nod to three local initiatives having a positive impact on the county's environment.

County clerks from many upstate New York counties said they'll converge on Albany on Monday to lobby Gov.

DELHI _ The Delaware County Board of Supervisors approved two grants from the state Office of Homeland Security to cover the cost of purchasing communications and animal-sheltering equipment.

RICHFIELD SPRINGS _ A 19-year-old Herkimer man was arrested Thursday in connection with the alleged sale of cocaine in the village of Richfield Springs last March.

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.

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.