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What do you want for Christmas?
Hey Kids, Santa Claus has designated The Daily Star as an official mailbox for your letters to him this Christmas season. In addition to getting your letters to St. Nick, we'll also publish as many as we can in the Dec. 19-20 Weekend Edition of The Daily Star.
What are you thankful for?
Thanksgiving will be Nov. 26 this year. The holiday gives us all a chance to relect on what is important in our lives. We want to know what you, no matter what your age, are thankful for this year. Tell us, in 75 words or fewer, and we’ll print as many as we can in the Nov. 21 and 22 Lifestyle section.
Readers Choice - Best of the Best 2009
Business Card Directory
Your monthly source for area business professionals. Local businesses and their business cards
SUNY Oneonta Weather Cam
"Located on the roof of the James Milne Library at SUNY Oneonta, the WeatherCam provides a view of the sky from the horizon to the zenith and through about 210 degrees of azimuth centered on the southwest. The view looks across the picturesque Susquehanna Valley, with the Southside of Oneonta visible to left and Hartwick College on its hillside to the right." - oneonta.edu
List of Otsego County contested board races
Mosquiot-Bite Prevention
People who are planning outdoor activities can go to weather.com, where a Mosquito Activity Forecast is provided.
CDO Information
Kevin Price, executive director of the Chenango-Delaware-Otsego Workforce Investment Board, said businesses, job-seekers and workers interested in training and job opportunities offered through stimulus funding may contact a One-Stop Career Center nearest them.
Mayor John Nader's 2009 State of the City Address
This is my 4th State of the City address. In preparation I took some time to look back over the past three in search of recurring themes, key points, places where our efforts have been successful and other instances in which these efforts have left much to be desired.
Area Easter Services
Celebrate Easter in one of the following locations
Village election chart
Listed below are results in area village elections Wednesday.
Submit your St. Patricks day photos and video
Did you particpate in a pub crawl? Maybe you went to a St. Patricks Day parade? If you've got photos and video we want to see them! Submit your St. Patricks Day photos and video to The Daily Star to be included in a online reader gallery.
The Weekly Star - Dealer Locations
The Daily Star is excited to launch The Weekly Star, a free publication that can be found most anywhere our daily product is sold. Every Friday, we will present a week in review of our top stories and really focus on the positive news within our communities.
When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Don't Skimp on Their Ad Budgets
With corporate managers under enormous pressure to control costs and maintain liquidity in the current credit crisis, advertising budgets often appear to be a dispensable luxury in the struggle to survive. Executives who succumb to that temptation, however, put the long-term future of their companies at risk, according to Wharton faculty and advertising experts.
What is Auto ConX?
Auto ConX is a new service on The Daily Star website to expand off of our automotive classified ads. Auto ConX provides regular people and dealers alike, the opportunity to sell their car, van, truck and more quicker than ever by exposing their inventory to thousands of people a day.
Snow Blower Safety
As winter delivered another storm Wednesday, Bassett Healthcare officials in Cooperstown issued safety suggestions for using snow blowers. Safety tips include:
Oneonta snowfall rules
ONEONTA _ The city of Oneonta is reminding residents and visitors of the following rules that are in effect for the winter months:
Baseball Hall of Fame Roster
Year-by-year inductees to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame (BBWAA: Elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America; VC: Elected by the Veterans Committee; NL: Elected by the Veterans Committee based on Negro league career; SCNL: Elected by the special committee on the Negro Leagues and the Pre-Negro League):
Best of the Best of 2008 Winners!
The results are in! Thanks to all of our loyal readers for their votes, and congratulations to all of our winners!
Congratuations to our Baby Contest Winners!
Grand Prize: $2500, Second Prize: $1000, Third Prize: $500. Contest and Prizes were sponsored by A.O. Fox Hospital and The Daily Star.
First Aid & CPR Classes
The American Red Cross will conduct several first aid and CPR classes in Oneonta in December. To register for these classes, call 785-7027.
Area Jobless Rate Performance
Non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for area counties, as reported by the state Department of Labor:
Winner of the BBQ Grill
Congratulations Mary Simpson! Mary is the winner of a BRAND NEW BBQ GRILL provided by Bruce Hall True Value Home Center in Cooperstown and Richfield Springs!
Presidential Results
View the results of the 2008 Presidential Elections shown from an MSNBC widget. Widget updated every 20 minutes.
Sample Ballot
View a sample ballot from the elections on November 4, 2008. The sample ballot reproduced below is being used in the 20th Congressional District in Delaware County. Ballots in other area congressional districts, state Senate and Assembly districts, and counties and towns will not be the same. Candidates for president and the statewide proposition, however, are statewide.
Screenings of SPLIT: A Divided America
A recently-released documentary co-produced and written by a former Oneonta man explores the divide between left and right, liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans - and blue states and red states.
Youth Risk Behavior Survey Report
2007 Otsego County Youth Risk Behavior Survey Report - High School Student Responses. Information related to story in todays paper.
2008 Beijing Olympics
Medal Tracker, TV & Online listings, Latest News and photos, brought to you by NBCOlympics.com
Area Sex Offenders
An interactive map showing names, locations and classes of area sex offenders. The state of New York warns that anyone who uses this information to injure, harass, or commit a criminal act against any person may be subject to criminal prosecution.