Tom Murray
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Dec. 24, 2012 - 2:51 pm
Above: A poster that includes clippings from newspaper coverage about fracking regulations in Cobleskill, posted on the Sharon Springs Against Hydrofracking Facebook page on Saturday.
The debate over how hydraulic fracturing will be regulated in towns... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Nov. 7, 2011 - 11:00 am
Sample Ballot - Cobleskill (Schoharie County)
Contested races:
Town Supervisor: Tom Murray (Democratic, Conservative, Independence), Kenneth Hotopp (Republican, Freedom)
Town Clerk: Tina Ward-Shuart (Democratic, Conservative, Independence), Sheila Hay-... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 - 6:14 am
As regular readers of this website will no doubt remember, Tom Murray -- Cobleskill's N-bomb-dropping, national-news-making town supervisor -- has been facing some righteous citizen outrage lately. Much of it is coming from a group calling itself ACCORD (... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 - 10:57 am
WTEN reports on last night's town board meeting in Cobleskill, where supervisor Tom Murray said (again) that he's determined to stay put despite repeated calls for his resignation.
"I've done nothing wrong," Murray said.
Once again, here are the words... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 - 11:53 pm
Tom Murray
Despite being allegedly caught on tape calling using the N-word in a national scandal that has already caused Cobleskill Mayor Mark Nadeau to resign, Cobleskill Town Supervisor Tom Murray doesn't see any reason to leave his job.
In a statement... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 22, 2010 - 9:44 am
It's official: The drama surrounding Cobleskill's village mayor and town supervisor, who were caught on tape dropping N-bombs, is now national news. The AP has weighed in. So has the Huffington Post.
Mayor Mark Nadeau resigned Tuesday, at a meeting that... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 21, 2010 - 8:41 am
According to the Times-Union, Cobleskill mayor Mark Nadeau -- who was caught on tape using the N-word along with Town Supervisor Tom Murray -- resigned in front of a large crowd at a village meeting last night:
He said that he was resigning, in part, to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jul. 16, 2010 - 9:35 pm
The town officials who got caught on tape using racial slurs in Cobleskill are finding themselves at the center of a firestorm. On Monday, the Times Journal reports, there was quite a crowd at a Cobleskill town meeting:
With signs that read, “You Lied to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 7, 2010 - 10:33 am
Last week, Cobleskill Highway Superintendent Tom Fissell accused Cobleskill Town Supervisor Tom Murray and Mayor Mark Nadeau of uttering the N-word. This week, in the face of their strenuous denials, Fissell has produced an audio tape backing up his claim... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 1, 2010 - 4:59 pm
Accusations of racism are flying in Cobleskill this week, after Cobleskill Highway Superintendent Tom Fissell sent out a late-night, town-wide email blasting Mayor Mark Nadeau and Supervisor Tom Murray for using the N-word. Yes, that N-word.
From the... Read more
