CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE NAME: Randal I. Mowers OFFICE BEING SOUGHT: Oneonta Town Councilman COMMUNITY OF RESIDENCE: Town of Oneonta EDUCATION: Graduate, Oneonta High School, Class of 1977 Graduate, Milford BOCES Auto Tech, 1977 (Two-year course) Graduate, Superior School of Auctioneering, 1975 Lifetime Studies Graduate, Gordon I. Mowers and Betty J. Mowers School of Common Sense and Respect PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Grew up in the business world, at former Gordon Mowers Southside Gulf. As auctioneer, mentored under Rex Acurso, James Lettis, John Kinsey,…
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IN MEMORIAM Richard A. Murphy, 66; Coach, Educator; Town, County Leader ONEONTA – Richard A. Murphy, 66, after 35 years as a speech therapist, 20 years in real estate, 28 years as a Little League coach and 12 years in public office, died at home Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016, after a long battle with a brain tumor. He was born on Sept. 19, 1949, in Floral Park, the son of Eugene F. and Frances V. (Leahy) Murphy, and was raised…
LETTER TO ALLOTSEGO.COM EDITOR Town Board: Offer Would Raise Fire Fee Only 15¢ Per Thousand Editor’s Note: This letter from the Oneonta Town Board arrived too late for this week’s editions of Hometown Oneonta and The Freeman’s Journal. Due to its timely nature, we are publishing it as the first Letter to the Editor of our website. To the Editor of AllOTSEGO.com: The Town of Oneonta is protected by two fire districts. West Oneonta protects the town basically west of…
Fresh, Brainy Town Board Needs Issue: Create Greater Oneonta Editorial for The Freeman’s Journal/HOMETOWN ONEONTA Edition of Thursday-Friday, Dec. 18-19 2014 Say you were elected to the Oneonta Town Board, determined to prevent fracking from happening in the town. Then, you discover, there’s no natural gas under the town. Now what? You’re bright, energetic. You get along well with your equally brainy and motivated colleagues, who find themselves in the same quandary. That came to mind Monday evening, Dec. 15,…
Letters Dispute Water-Plant Editorial From Oneonta Town Board Member Andrew Stammel To the Editor: …Your editorial and coverage has been based upon several incorrect facts and assumptions and made illogical conclusions. It is generous of the editorial to suggest that I should be a spokesperson on behalf of the Town Board but that is not my role. My job is not to advocate for the Board, or a party, or special interests but to advocate for the people. I support…
Democratic Primary Firms Up For Oneonta Town Board Seat ONEONTA – A contest is heating up for the Oneonta Town Board seat vacated when Republican Janet Hurley Quackenbush joined the county Board of Representatives Jan. 1. Democrat David Rowley, the retired school superintendent, submitted petitions to run on both the Democratic and Republican lines this fall. And Republican Patricia Riddell Kent, whom the town board appointed to fill Quackenbush’s seat, did the same. Both of Rowley’s petitions were challenged, however…
