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County Reps Pick Bliss As Chairman

COUNTY BOARD REORGANIZES County Reps Pick Bliss As Chairman Dem Koutnik Paired With Republican In Succeeding Kathy Clark, Ed Frazier By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The Otsego County Board of Representatives this morning elected David Bliss, the former Middlefield town supervisor just elected to his second term, to be its chairman this year. The vote was 10 “ayes,” two absentions, one absence, and a single “nay” from Kathy Clark, R-Otego, the chair Bliss replaced. Unanimously,  the…

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POWERS CHALLENGE TO CLARK FIZZLES

TAKING THE OATH POWERS CHALLENGE TO CLARK FIZZLES County Board Chair Reelected Unanimously COOPERSTOWN – The only thing missing was white smoke coming out of the chimney at 197 Main. The attempt by county Rep. Jim Powers, R-Butternuts, to replace Kathy Clark, R-Otego, as chair of the Otsego County Board of Representatives had completely fizzled by this morning. The three-year chairperson was routinely reelected shortly after the county board’s reorganizational meeting was called to order at 10 a.m. today. It was…

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Mayor Katz Prepares To Name Trustee Joan Nicols’ Successor

Mayor Katz Prepares To Name Trustee Joan Nicols’ Successor COOPERSTOWN –  Expressing appreciation for Village Trustee Joan Nicols’ contribution, Mayor Jeff Katz said today he will seek to appoint her successor before deliberations begin in early January on the 2016-17 village budget. Mrs. Nicols, who resigned Monday, said her husband, Hank, the former village police chief and Democratic county chairman, will be recuperating from a rotator-cuff operation over the next few months in a warmer climate, so she would have been unable…

Mayor Dick Miller: Soldier, Executive, Leader In Academe, Friend To Oneonta

Mayor Dick Miller:  Soldier, Executive, Leader In Academe, Friend To Oneonta Editor’s Note: This is a profile of Mayor Dick Miller that appeared in the Jan. 8, 2010, Hometown Oneonta, a few days after his swearing in. By JIM KEVLIN ONEONTA – The first 20-some years, “I was living in Nirvana.” Dick Miller was raised in George Eastman’s golden Rochester, where Kodak’s 65,000 jobs were so good some people would routinely buy a new car every year when bonuses were…