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Political Candidates Speak Out: Backgrounds, Goals Explained – Otsego County Sheriff

Political Candidates Speak Out: Backgrounds, Goals Explained Meet the Candidate for Otsego County Sheriff for Election Day, November 8, 2022 Publisher’s Note: We sent out an e-mail asking the candidates for the major political races next week to share information about themselves, so our readers can get to know them a little better. Every candidate had the opportunity to return their answers. We asked them: A. Please tell us about yourself.B. If you were elected to office, what are your…

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Are We Doing Political Debates Right? Let’s Talk About It

Editorial for November 2, 2018 Are We Doing Political Debates Right? Let’s Talk About It League of Women Voters’ moderators lost control of the Monday, Oct. 22, debate between the incumbent Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr., and his challenger, retired state trooper Bob Fernandez. Not the candidates – the League, to the point where moderator Barbara Heim of Oneonta threatened at least twice to shut it down and send home the 150+ attendees who packed The Fenimore Museum…

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Suspect Detained in Laurens Double Homicide

Suspect Detained in Laurens Double Homicide LAURENS – Otsego County Sheriffs have detained a suspect in a double homicide in the Town of Laurens last night. Sheriff Richard Devlin Jr. said that a relative of the deceased called 911 at 8:49 p.m. to report that they had found two adult family members dead inside their residence.  Devlin declined to specify the age, gender or relationship of the deceased.…

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Investigator May Be Hired In Jail Probe, Frazier Says

Investigator May Be Hired In Jail Probe, Frazier Says Investigation Should Be ‘Professional, Complete,” Chairman Says As Personnel Records Scrutinized By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The county should hire an investigator to make sure the probe of the county Sheriff’s Department is “done in a professional and complete manner,” county Rep. Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, recommended this morning. Frazier, chair of the county board’s Public Safety & Legal Affairs Committee, made that announcement before his committee went into closed…