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Randal Mowers

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Supervisor-elect Discusses Future Plans

Rivera’s victory is a sea change in the town, where in the 2023 election Republican Randal Mowers ran unopposed and in 2021 won with around 77 percent of the vote against Teresa DeSantis, who also just won a seat on the town board this month. Rivera will succeed his opponent, Interim Town Supervisor Brett Holleran...…
November 27, 2025
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Richards Avenue Gas Explosion Not Over for Residents

Richards Avenue is located in the normally tranquil section of Oneonta known as West End. People seek out housing there due to its solidly constructed single-family units—mostly built in the 1940s, according to realtor Jo Bordinger, who grew up in West End and described it as “an Ozzie and Harriet neighborhood.”…
April 18, 2024
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Local java purveyors eye Starbucks plans

Local java purveyors eye Starbucks plans Ready or not, a new Starbucks is about to be unleashed in Oneonta in summer 2022. While many may celebrate the brand-name lattes and cappuccinos, some locally owned coffee shops are concerned about the effect this will have on their small businesses. The Starbucks rises on Oneonta’s south side — Route 23 near Buffalo Wild Wings — an area already congested with traffic and large businesses such as WalMart, Southside Mall, and a variety…
January 27, 2022
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A look at key local contests

A look at key local contests By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Oneonta Mayor The months-long race to replace longtime Oneonta mayor Gary Herzig comes to an end next week when voters choose between Common Council members Mark Drnek (D) and Len Carson (R). The League of Women Voters hosted the candidates in a debate last week, during which Carson thanked Drnek for joining him in running a “gentleman’s campaign.” Drnek said he feels he is in “good shape”…
October 28, 2021
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MOWERS: Holleran Wants Oneontans Running Their Own Town

LETTER from RANDAL I. MOWERS Holleran Wants Oneontans Running Their Own Town To the Editor: As expected of me, I am going to tell it like it is! In my almost three years serving on the Oneonta Town Board, I can assure you that Brett Holleran is by far the right candidate for the job of town board member. Never, ever would he allow outside special-interest groups to enter town hall and take over the meeting! Others have let this…
October 30, 2019

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