Sheriff Richard Devlin announced on Wednesday, Jan. 19, he will seek his fifth term to lead the Otsego County Sheriff's Department.

Local animal shelters have reported they have received donations in memory of Hollywood icon Betty White.

Dr. James Dalton is the new board president of Otsego 2000, a nonprofit organization that "protects the environmental, scenic, cultural, and historic resources and economic well-being of the Otsego Lake region and northern Otsego County," according to a media release.

Oneonta Public Transit consolidated four bus runs into two starting Monday, Jan. 17.

 The Otsego County Board of Representatives unanimously voted to keep the same leadership as last year during its first meeting of 2022, held Wednesday, Jan. 5.

There was a steady flow of people of all ages seeking a COVID-19 test at the testing sites in Milford and Oneonta Friday, Jan. 7.

Fenimore Art Museum will present four virtual tours focusing on the museum’s collections.

The first day of the state-run COVID-19 testing site in Milford was busy Wednesday, Dec. 29.

 The Otsego County Chamber of Commerce has announced the winners of its annual awards. The awards were presented in late December, according to a media release from the chamber.

New York farmers were invited to participate in a statewide Vision 2050 plan survey.

The Otsego County Department of Health reported Monday that two more people had died of COVID, bringing the county’s total to 95.

Otsego County Sheriff Richard Devlin Jr. announced Tuesday, Dec. 21, the temporary closure of two housing units in the Otsego County Jail because of staffing issues.

Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown and Cobleskill Regional Hospital have been placed on a statewide list of facilities that have occupancies of 90 percent or more, and must limit non-essential elective procedures, Bassett Healthcare Network announced Tuesday, Dec. 21.

The Community Foundation of Otsego County announced Tuesday, Dec. 14, that former Cooperstown Mayor Jeff Katz has been hired its first executive director.

Threats against Otsego County Department of Health employees over state COVID-19 mask mandates had county representatives talking about safety during the county board’s Dec. 15 meeting.

Bassett Healthcare Network plans to build a state-of-the-art hands-on simulation lab on the third floor of A.O. Fox Hospital and has asked the Otsego County Board of Representatives to spend some of the American Rescue Plan Act funds it received to help pay for it.

The Otsego County Board of Representatives set a public hearing and said farewell to three members and the county attorney during its Dec. 15 meeting.

 Otsego County’s public health director warned last week that the COVID-19 pandemic in the county has hit record levels.

Part of the 2020 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has returned to Oneonta and will be used as part of a Habitat for Humanity home.

 Non-essential elective procedures were halted at A.O. Fox Hospital in Oneonta for two weeks, Bassett Healthcare Network announced Thursday, Dec. 9.

An Oneonta man will try again to gain a seat in the state Assembly.

The Otsego County Board of Representatives approved its 2022 budget during a Dec. 1 board meeting.

A Kansas man, accused of attempted murder in Hartwick, was sentenced Monday to treatment a state psychiatric center.

The Otsego County Board of Representatives held a last-minute budget workshop Monday, Nov. 29, to iron out the 2022 budget, which is scheduled to be approved during Wednesday’s board meeting.

 Shannon Sears is cultivating something new on her family’s Middlefield farm.

Big game hunters flocked to area sporting goods stores last week to stock up on supplies in preparation for the start of hunting season Nov. 20.

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli released a report Thursday, tracking New York’s local demographic changes based on 2020 Census data and an interactive online map that breaks down population statistics by age, race and ethnicity, along with housing trends, in New York’s cities, …

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — For more than a century, the Chief Uncas cruised the waters of Otsego Lake, where the Susquehanna River gets its start. Soon, the boat will ply the waters of the Susquehanna 300-some miles south.

A pair of upstate legislators is asking the federal government to take action to make sure roads get plowed this winter.

Otsego County officials announced Monday, Nov. 15, the county-operated ambulances would start operating Tuesday, Nov. 16.

Cooperstown’s dreams of a perfect season and a state championship came to an end Saturday, Nov. 13, as the Hawkeye boys fell to Section I Champion Alexander Hamilton 4-0 in the Class C State Semifinals in Goshen.

The Art Garage will have an open house and reception for area residents and visitors from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19, with an outdoor portable warming pit and complimentary hot beverages inside.

The Susquehanna Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has designated November as “SQSPCA Supporter Appreciation Month.”

A  Bassett Healthcare Network doctor has published a book chapter about the about the challenges faced by transgender patients and their medical providers in rural communities.

The pending COVID-19 vaccine-or-testing mandate and the county’s “tiny homes” project for the homeless highlighted the Otsego County Board of Representatives’ Nov. 3 meeting.

Susquehanna Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals officials announced the launch of a new annual fund donation tier in September, the Helping Paws Society, aimed at securing donors at the levels of $1,000 and more. The tier was created “to meet the growing need for SQSPCA services…