Wells Turns Back Challenge To County Board Petitions ONEONTA – Independent county board candidate Wilson Wells in is for the duration. The county Board of Elections this morning rejected a challenge to independent Wilson Wells’ petitions to run in District 14, Oneonta’s Wards 7 and 8. The election is Nov. 5. The challenge was filed by retiring Ward * Common Council member Joe Ficano, a Democrat. A fellow Democrat, Jill Basile, is running in District 14, and would have been…
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The Young Turks Benton On Cooperstown Board; Oliver, Wells Aiming For County By LIBBY CUDMORE • Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal ONEONTA – Community engagement doesn’t have a minimum age requirement. MacGuire Benton, 21, of Cooperstown, and two Oneontans, Clark Oliver, 21, and Wilson Wells, 23, have all thrown their hats into the ring of local politics. “Our age group is horrible about voting,” said Oliver. “And I think part of that is that we don’t have people who…
Again, Oneonta’s Wells Runs For County Board ONEONTA – Wilson Wells is making a second bid to represent District 14 on the Otsego County Board of Representatives. Now 23, the lifelong Oneontan graduated from OHS in 2014 and in 2018 from SUNY Oneonta with a double major in political science and criminal justice. Wells serves on both the Fundraising and Marketing Committees of Orpheus Theatre, taught at Oneonta Nursery School for a number of years, and currently volunteers as a…
Wilson Wells COUNTY BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES, DISTRICT 14 COMMUNITY OF RESIDENCE: Wilson is a lifelong resident of the 8th Ward of Oneonta. EDUCATION: Wilson graduated from Oneonta High School in 2014, and will be graduating from SUNY Oneonta in May of 2018 with degrees in Political Science and Criminal Justice. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Wilson has worked as a Studio Engineer at TownSquare Media in Oneonta, a teacher’s assistant at Oneonta Nursery School, and the Coordinator of Outreach on the re-election campaign of Senator Rand…