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Mary Travers Murphy (born July 31, 1958) is the executive director of the Family Justice Center of Erie County, New York. She was formerly a consumer affairs journalist and was part of the Action 7 news team on ABC affiliate WKBW-TV, based in Buffalo. She left that position in June 2004. [1] Prior to joining WKBW, Travers was a reporter for WEBR. [2]
In 2005 she was elected to a four-year term as town supervisor of Orchard Park, New York. In 2009, she did not seek re-election.
She is married to John Murphy, the play-by-play announcer for the Buffalo Bills. Travers and Murphy were the first married couple to work at the same television station in the Buffalo market at the same time. [3]
Her hobbies include cooking for her family, worship, reading novels, NPR, & antique ceramics.
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