Michael R. Rafferty
Encyclopedia
Michael R. Rafferty served as an editor of the Grit
and as mayor of Williamsport, Pennsylvania
in the United States
from 2000 to 2004.
Rafferty, a native of Williamsport, graduated from Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg, MD. He is married to the former Patricia Roth and they have five children and eight grandchildren.
Rafferty worked for Williamsport newspapers starting in 1973, and became the editor of GRIT until Stauffer Communications Inc. moved it from Williamsport to Topeka, Kansas in 1993. He served on Williamsport City Council nine years, including six as council president, before becoming mayor in 2000. Forced to run for the office against the same opponent three times in three years, he once said, "I love serving as mayor; it's running for the office every day that I hate." Since leaving office in 2004, Rafferty has worked in his family photo and graphics design business and as editor of a local weekly newspaper — Webb Weekly.
Grit (newspaper)
Grit is a magazine, formerly a weekly newspaper, popular in rural areas throughout the United States during much of the 20th century. It carried the subtitle America's Greatest Family Newspaper. In the early 1930s, it targeted small town and rural families with 14 pages plus a fiction supplement...
and as mayor of Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Williamsport is a city in and the county seat of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania in the United States. In 2009, the population was estimated at 29,304...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
from 2000 to 2004.
Rafferty, a native of Williamsport, graduated from Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg, MD. He is married to the former Patricia Roth and they have five children and eight grandchildren.
Rafferty worked for Williamsport newspapers starting in 1973, and became the editor of GRIT until Stauffer Communications Inc. moved it from Williamsport to Topeka, Kansas in 1993. He served on Williamsport City Council nine years, including six as council president, before becoming mayor in 2000. Forced to run for the office against the same opponent three times in three years, he once said, "I love serving as mayor; it's running for the office every day that I hate." Since leaving office in 2004, Rafferty has worked in his family photo and graphics design business and as editor of a local weekly newspaper — Webb Weekly.