County Board contest could be close By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The race for Otsego County Board of Representatives District 3, which covers Laurens and Otego, could stand among the more competitive contests on November 2. Republican incumbent Richard Brockway once again faces off against Democrat Caitlin Ogden in a repeat of their 2019 campaign for the seat.…
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County Board Rematch Emerging In District 3 Ogden Plans Challenge To Brockway By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com LAURENS – A rematch is shaping up this fall in the race for the county Board of Representatives’ District 3. As they did in 2019, Democrat Caitlin Ogden, Laurens, will again face Republican Rick Brockway, West Laurens, to represent the towns of Laurens and Otego. “I am running to give the people of Laurens and Otego the representation on the county…
LETTER from AMY CROUSE-POWER Ogden Will Be Problem-Solver Working For District 3, County To the Editor: I’m so pleased that Caitlin Ogden is running to represent District 3 (Laurens-Otego) on the county Board of Representatives. Caitlin brings to the race a life of public service. She spent her high school years volunteering to help rescued marine life. She moved to New York seeking open spaces and a sense of community often found in Upstate New York, and over her 13…
LETTER from ANDREW MARIETTA Bi-Partisanship Moving Otsego County Forward To the Editor: I’ve driven all over New York State and worked with community organizations and their leaders, and there is a commonality that unites them all: an investment in a better future. The same can be said for Otsego County, where success and momentum are building. Our county has no shortage of dedicated and committed leaders who put service to their communities first and strive to improve them. It isn’t…
EDITORIAL Democrats Signal Plans To Republicans Otego-Laurens District 3 Shift Can Take Away GOP’s Majority Friends, the Democrats are coming to get us, and it isn’t going to be pretty. Chad McEvoy, the local party’s brainy director of communications, sent out an email on Oct. 1 that affirms an editorial that appeared here in early summer – the future of party politics in Otsego County will be determined in District 3, where two newcomers, Republican Rick Brockway and Democrat Caitlin…
THE McEVOY MEMO County Manager, Certainty; Energy, Pot Still Up In Air Editor’s Note: Chad McEvoy, the Otsego County Democratic Party’s communications director, emailed this memo Oct. 1, alerting county Democrats they are one seat away from winning a majority on the county Board of Representatives, and what it means if that happens. By CHAD McEVOY • OCDC Communications Director In 2019 the political stars are aligning just right to give Democrats the best shot yet at capturing an outright…
CONTROLLING COUNTY BOARD National Strife Caused Ogden To Run For County Board Seat By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com LAURENS – When Caitlin Ogden was 11 and living in Palm Harbor, Fla., west of Tampa, her parents learned of a Black Arabian for sale near their native Elmira, and determined to buy it for their horse-loving daughter. When they contacted the seller, it was gone. But the horse’s cousin, two months younger, was available. Thrilled at the gift, Caitlin…
OTSEGO COUNTY 2019 PRIMARIES Dist. 3 Candidate Jumps Claim On Independence Line LAURENS – Rick Brockway, Republican candidate for the county board from District 3, expected to coast onto the Independence Party line yesterday, Primary Day in Otsego County. Instead, Laurens-Otego Democrats packed the polls and, by 30 votes to 4, seized the line for their candidate, Caitlin Ogden. “Our campaign has a great deal of momentum and we’re looking forward to November,” MacGuire Benton, Cooperstown village trustee and Ogden…
FORMER CHAIR RETIRING Clark Doesn’t File Petitions For Reelection Brockway, Ogden Vie In District 3 By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A dominant actor appears to be leaving the political stage: By today’s 5 p.m. deadline, county Rep. Kathy Clark, R-Otego, the former two-term board chairman, had not filed petitions to run again for her District 3 seat. Absent an independent filing, it appears that either Republican Rick Brockway, the outdoors columnist and farrier from Laurens, or…
Caitlin Ogden Announces County Board Candidacy LAURENS – Caitlin Ogden, the Grant and Development Specialist at the Baseball Hall of Fame, has announced her candidacy for District Three on the Otsego County Board of Representatives. Ogden holds a Masters in Arts in Museum Studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program. Ogden moved to upstate New York in 2006 with her horse in pursuit of a rural small town life. She has since spent her career working in the nonprofit sector.…