Local news feed from The Daily Star in Oneonta, New York. Covering local and breaking news for Oneonta and all of Otsego county, and surrounding areas.
Public Meetings: Saturday-Wednesday, May 16-20, 2026
May 15, 2026, 11:00 pm | Source
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Kids & Screens: Schools look to keep students off personal devices
May 15, 2026, 10:00 pm | Source
Tyler McBride walked about his middle school classroom in rural Arkansas years ago during a period of silent reading as students sat in quiet, fixated on the texts before them.
On the Bright Side: Walton students build bicycles in transportation class
May 15, 2026, 10:00 pm | Source
Walton Central School students have built a range of bicycles with unique designs in their transportation class this school year.
School budgets, board votes and propositions on ballots in Otsego, Schoharie
May 15, 2026, 10:00 pm | Source
Residents will head to the polls Tuesday, May 19, to vote on school budgets, propositions and board of education members, and local libraries allocations and boards of trustees.
Man charged with felony after crashing into Oneonta Lowe's
May 15, 2026, 9:50 pm | Source
The man who drove a vehicle into the Oneonta Lowe's store has been charged with first-degree reckless endangerment, a Class D felony, according to a New York State Police news release.
Cherry Valley community members plant hundreds of trees
May 15, 2026, 9:40 pm | Source
Several members of the community in Cherry Valley planted a riparian forest buffer of 525 native trees and shrubs along the Cherry Valley Creek behind the Old School on Saturday, May 2.
'Fly-in' breakfast coming to Middlefield Saturday
May 15, 2026, 8:30 pm | Source
The Middlefield Volunteer Fire Department is hosting a "fly-in" pancake breakfast 7:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 16 at the Cooperstown-Westville Airport, at 866 state Roue 166 in Cooperstown.
City work may affect traffic Tuesday
May 15, 2026, 4:04 pm | Source
A pair of projects will affect traffic in the city of Oneonta on Tuesday.
Oneonta airport off-site obstruction removal mapping completed
May 14, 2026, 10:00 pm | Source
The aerial mapping portion of the off-site obstruction removal project at the Albert S. Nader Regional Airport has been completed, and the city is in the middle of conducting outreach to landowners to discuss the data and its impact on…
Downsville covered bridge closes after inspection
May 14, 2026, 10:00 pm | Source
The Downsville covered bridge closed this week for inspection work, and Delaware County Department of Public Works announced Thursday, May 14 that it plans to keep the bridge closed to through traffic “for the foreseeable future due to structural deficiencies,”…
Annual dorm move-out generates thousands of items for giveaway
May 14, 2026, 9:00 pm | Source
Following the end of college move-out season, thousands of items in good condition discarded by SUNY Oneonta students will be offered to the community free of charge next week.
Sheriff: Inmate threw bodily fluids at guards
May 14, 2026, 5:00 pm | Source
An inmate at the Otsego County Correctional Facility incurred further charges after he allegedly threw a jug containing his urine at corrections officers on two occasions, according to a news release from the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office.
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