New Year’s Day Swearings-In Set In Oneonta, Cooperstown ONEONTA – Mayor Gary Herzig, Town Supervisor Bob Wood, county board reps and local elected officials will be sworn in for new terms at 1 p.m. Monday, Jan 1., at Hartwick College’s Shineman Chapel. The new county Democratic chair, Kim Muller, will emcee. Meanwhile, that morning, the new county treasurer, Allen Ruffles, will be sworn in at 11 a.m. at the county courthouse in Cooperstown by county Judge John Lambert.…
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CLICK HERE FOR SAMPLE BALLOTS Voters Deciding Today On County, Town Races Retired assemblyman Tony Casale, above, right, introduces Cooperstown insurance man Ben Novellano, Davenport, to Cindy Seward, left, seated next to her husband, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, at this morning’s Cooperstown Rotary Election Day Pancake Breakfast, a traditional stopping off point for candidates and politicians. Novellano, a Cooperstown Rotarian, chairs the club’s Pancake Breakfast Committee. Next to Casale is his wife, Theresa, and son Vince, Otsego County Republican…
HE AIMS TO SUCCEED CROWELL Ruffles Declares Run For County Treasurer COOPERSTOWN – Citing his experience as deputy county treasurer, Allen Ruffles – raised in Edmeston, now living in Cooperstown – today officially announced his candidacy for Otsego County treasurer. With wife Amy and their two children, Mia and Cooper, by his side, and flanked by the county’s top elected Republican, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, and top elected Democrat, current County Treasurer Dan Crowell, Ruffles made the announcement in…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, JUNE 1 Exhibit Of Local Art OPENING RECEPTION – 5:30-7 p.m. “Our Town” exhibit featuring works by the students of the Cooperstown High School. The Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 NY-80, Cooperstown. Info, www.fenimoreartmuseum.org/Our-Town YOUNG PROFESSIONALS – 6-8 p.m. Come meet young professionals from the Otsego area. Allen Ruffles will host with representatives from local businesses like Bassett, NYSHA, NYCM, NY Life, and Otsego County. They will be giving resume and application tips, interviewing advice, and presenting…
Casale: Ruffles Happy With GOP, Never Sought Democratic Backing COOPERSTOWN – Responding to his Democratic counterpart a few moments ago, county Republican Committee Chairman Vince Casale said county treasurer candidate Allen Ruffles doesn’t want a Democratic cross-nomination. “Mr. Ruffles has only sought the Republican nomination,” said Casale. “He has never reached out to the Democrats at all,” and he has no plans to do so now.…
Party Will Seek ‘Good Democrat’ To Run For Treasurer, Abbate Says COOPERSTOWN – The Democratic county chairman, Richard Abbate, said Republican county treasurer candidate Allen Ruffles has the right to appear before the county committee and ask for its endorsement. But, Abbate said a few moments ago, Ruffles, current deputy county treasurer, is unlikely to get it. “I think we have enough problems with Republicans in this country,” he continued. “We’re looking for a good Democrat.”…
GOP Endorses Ruffles As County Treasurer Democrat Crowell Supports His Deputy, Too By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MILFORD – The Otsego County Republican Committee over the weekend unanimously endorsed Allen Ruffles, Democratic treasurer Dan Crowell’s deputy, for county treasurer. “We are very pleased to have a candidate of this caliber,” said GOP County Chair Vince Casale. “Allen’s experience is second to none. He will be a great candidate and certainly a tremendous asset to our county as our treasurer.”…
County Treasurer Crowell Says He Won’t Run Again COOPERSTOWN – County Treasurer Dan Crowell has announced he won’t seek a third term, and will be “whole-heartedly” supporting his deputy, Allen Ruffles, former Key Bank branch manager, for the the job. Crowell said he is considering career options both in the military – he is a captain in the U.S. Army Reserve – and the private sector. Crowell issued this announcement at 12:51 this afternoon:…
Allen Ruffles Appointed Deputy County Treasurer COOPERSTOWN – Allen Ruffles of Edmeston, Key Bank manager in Cooperstown, is joining the county Treasurer’s Office as deputy treasurer, Treasurer Dan Crowell announced this morning. The position has been vacant for six years, since Carol McGovern was recruited as clerk of the county Board of Representatives. Crowell, whose second four-year term expires at the end of next year, said “there’s a huge scope of activity” within the office, and his plan is to train…
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