JOSEPH M. POTRIKUS Candidate, Otsego Town Board RESIDENCE: Fly Creek EDUCATION: Associates Degree; SUNY Morrisville PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Co-owner of Greener World Landscape Maintenance since 1999. Board member, New York State Turfgrass Association, Advisory Board member, SUNY Delhi Horticulture Program, Board Member, Otsego County Development Corporation. COMMUNITY/POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT: Currently chairman of Town of Otsego Planning Board, Planning Board member for past seven years, served a two year unexpired term as a Town of Otsego Councilman, served four years on Town of Otsego…
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CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRES IN THE NOV. 3 LOCAL ELECTIONS ADDED WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28 JEFF BACK, ONEONTA COMMON COUNCIL, WARD 4 LAURA DOHNER, ONEONTA COMMON COUNCIL, WARD 4 MICHELLE OSTERHOUDT, ONEONTA COMMON COUNCIL, WARD 4 CRAIG GELBSMAN, OTSEGO COUNTY BOARD, DISTRICT 12 AMY HORNBURGHEILVEIL, OTSEGO COUNTY BOARD, DISTRICT 12 GARY KOUTNIK, OTSEGO COUNTY BOARD, DISTRICT 11 ANDREW MARIETTA, OTSEGO COUNTY BOARD, DISTRICT 8 JOSEPH POTRIKUS, OTSEGO TOWN BOARD BENNETT SANDLER, OTSEGO TOWN BOARD RICHARD STERNBERG, OTSEGO TOWN BOARD ADDED PREVIOUSLY ANDREW STAMMEL, OTSEGO…
ANDREW MARIETTA CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY BOARD, DISTRICT 8 COMMUNITY OF RESIDENCE: Fly Creek EDUCATION: I have a bachelor’s degree in history and certificate in business administration from Creighton University. Furthermore, I earned a master’s in museum studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program. I also have my NYS insurance broker’s license. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Following graduation from the Cooperstown Graduate Program, I worked in marketing and fundraising at the Fenimore Art Museum and The Farmers’ Museum. I transitioned to the New York…
HERZIG PRIORITY: GOOD JOBS, BENEFITS Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig, appointed last month but up for election next Tuesday for a term to begin Jan. 1, was interviewed by AllOTSEGO.com’s Don Mathisen on his plans. This is the second of five excerpts that will appear on this website daily through Saturday. TOMORROW, HERZIG ON BUDGET…
District 7 Without Representation After Beth Rosenthal Resignation ROSEBOOM – The county Board of Representatives’ District 7 (Cherry Valley, Middlefield and Roseboom) is without representation until the end of the year after the recent resignation of two-term county Rep. Beth Rosenthal. Rosenthal, a Democrat elected in 2012 and reelected in 2014, recently moved to the Albany area. Her home in Roseboom recently sold, so she no longer had an in-county residence. She served on three committees: Intergovernmental Affairs, Performance Review…
Details On Waterpark, Plus Political Letters This Week PICK UP FREEMAN’S, HOMETOWN AT THESE FINE ESTABLISHMENTS…
CAR HITS PEDESTRIAN IN CITY’S DOWNTOWN ONEONTA – A car hit a pedestrian at the corner of Main and Chesnut at approximately 10:40 this morning, according to Police Lt. Douglas Brenner. City police are at the scene at this hour. Check back for further details.…
CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRES IN THE NOV. 3 LOCAL ELECTIONS ADDED MONDAY, NOV. 2 DAN SULLIVAN, COUNTY BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES, DISTRICT 9 RUSS BACHMAN, COUNTY BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES, DISTRICT 10 DAN WILBER, COUNTY BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES, DISTRICT 10 ADDED SUNDAY, NOV. 1 JANET HURLEY QUACKENBUSH, COUNTY BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES, DISTRICT 4 ADDED SATURDAY, OCT. 31 ED LENTZ, COUNTY BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES, DISTRICT 5 MEG KENNEDY, COUNTY BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES, DISTRICT 5 ADDED FRIDAY, OCT. 30 DANA MARIE LEVINSON, ONEONTA COMMON COUNCIL, WARD 5 MADOLYN…
Paul van der Sommen CANDIDATE FOR ONEONTA COMMON COUNCIL NAME: Paul van der Sommen COMMUNITY OF RESIDENCE: City of Oneonta 1st Ward EDUCATION: BA Sociology – SUNY Oneonta 1976 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Owner/operator of the Oneonta Tennis Club, Owner/operator of Lommerrijk, Inc. – tennis court construction. FAMILY: Married to Susan King van der Sommen. Children: Kevin, Nicole & Samantha. Grandchildren: Connor & Chloe. IN TWO OR THREE SENTENCES, EXPLAIN YOUR PHILOSOPHY OF GOVERNMENT: Government is an essential part of maintaining the democratic rights of our society.…
IN MEMORIAM: Al O’Brien, 84; Proprietor Of Cooperstown Motel COOPERSTOWN – Albert K. O’Brien, 84, proprietor of the Cooperstown Motel, died Oct. 23, 2015, after a long battle with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable adult inherited infirmity. He was born Feb. 12, 1931, in the Methodist-Episcopal Hospital in New York City. He was raised in Springfield Center in the family’s four generation home as well as in several different sections of New York City. While attending high school as a…