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Lynch, Malone Behind Attempt At Oust Murphy, Colleague Says

Lynch, Malone Behind Attempt At Oust Murphy, Colleague Says ‘I’m Very Angry,’ Says Brzozowski.  Manager Can Succeed, He Adds ONEONTA – Common Council members Mike Lynch and Larry Malone are behind efforts to oust City Manager Martin Murphy, Bob Brozowski, one of three Council members that want to give Murphy time to succeed, said this morning. “I’m very angry,” said the usually mild-mannered Council member. Brzozowski said Wednesday’s meeting, purportedly called an initiative of a “360 review” of Murphy’s performance to date, was…

Oneonta Common Council Approve New Fire Truck

Acting On Study, Common Council Votes To Buy $1.1 Million Fire Truck ONEONTA –  On the recommendations of the Center for Public Safety’s 2014 study, Common Council Tuesday evening unanimously agreed to authorize the purchase of a brand new 100 Mid Mount Platform Fire Truck from Ferrara Fire Apparatus Inc in Louisiana to replace the failing 1987 ladder truck. “This has been in the works for a long time,” said Council Member Larry Malone.  “We’ve managed to squirrel away $400,000, so we…

Common Council Special Meeting Unites City Hall, Residents

Common Council Agrees To Work Through Issues By LIBBY CUDMORE • www.allotsego.com ONEONTA –  When City Manager Martin Murphy read The Daily Star on Wednesday, April 22, he was surprised to see that Council Member Mike Lynch, Fourth Ward, was quoted as saying that he had conversations with city workers who felt “either that they’re not getting the respect they deserve or they feel that they have no voice.” It was news to him.  “Until recently, I was not aware of concerns by…

Oneonta Councilman Larry Malone Announces He Won’t Seek 2nd Term

Oneonta Councilman Larry Malone Announces He Won’t Seek 2nd Term ONEONTA – Common Council member Larry Malone, a Hartwick College economics professor and protege of former Mayor Dick Miller, told his colleagues a few moments ago he won’t run for a second term this fall. “Working to improve our city with my fellow Council members has been tremendously rewarding,” he said at this evening’s Common Council meeting.  “Our successes come from casting aside politics and always putting the interest of Oneonta citizens first.…

Fully Implement Charter, Rissberger, Malone Say

Fully Implement Charter, Rissberger, Malone Say   ONEONTA   The city’s new charter, barely 2 years old, can certainly be adjusted, but, more important, the letter and the spirit of the document needs to be fully implements.   That the opinion of Common Council members David Rissberger, who chaired the Charter Commission, and Larry Malone.  Both were elected to Council after serving on the commission.   Mayor Dick Miller has asked all former members of the Charter Commission to participate…

Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

Now through March 30, new annual subscribers to “The Freeman’s Journal” and AllOtsego.com (or subscribers who have lapsed for two or more years) have an opportunity to help their choice of one of four Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice:

Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, Cooperstown Food Pantry, Greater Oneonta Historical Society or Super Heroes Humane Society.