U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Congresswoman Claudia Tenney and State Sen. Rob Ortt all cruised to election victories.

Gillibrand was first elected to the Senate in 2009. She won another six-year term.

“This victory makes it absolutely clear that New Yorkers believe in a government that works, and that we must put people over politics,” Gillibrand said in a statement on Tuesday night. “I am committed to finding common sense solutions, which is why I always reach across the aisle to find common ground, from delivering health benefits for first responders and veterans, to taking illegal guns off the street, to bringing down costs for New York families. New Yorkers believe in fundamental truths, like caring about our neighbors and treating others with kindness, decency and respect. That has been, and will continue to be, the hallmark of my public service.”

Gillibrand, a Democrat, didn’t fare too well in Orleans County, a Republican stronghold. She received 5,344 votes to the 11,375 to Michael Sapraicone.

Claudia Tenney won a fourth term in Congress in a redrawn NY-24. Orleans County currently is split in districts represented by Joe Morelle, a Democrat from Rochester, and Tenney, a Republican who lives in Oswego County. But redistricting has put all of Orleans in Tenney’s district, which covers about a dozen counties.

She defeated David Wagenhauser, a Democrat from Seneca County. In Orleans County, Tenney received 12,131 votes to 4,327 for Wagenhauser.

“I am honored by the overwhelming support from the voters of NY-24 tonight,” Tenney said last night in a statement. “Our grassroots campaign was able to reach voters in every corner of this new district with our message of economic growth, a secure border and safe streets.

“Since representing NY-24, our office has delivered millions for this community, stood up for local taxpayers against oppressive governments in Albany and Washington and remain the only Member of Congress to explain every vote I take on the House Floor in detail,” Tenney said. “Our unparalleled transparency and aggressive advocacy have resonated with voters across all party lines. While our election may be over, the fight has just begun to ensure President Trump’s victory tonight along with key Congressional Districts. As the founder and Chair of the Election Integrity Caucus, we will continue to closely monitor the swing states and swing districts to ensure that only legal votes are counted.”

Rob Ortt was unopposed for another term in the State Senate. His district includes all of Orleans and all of Niagara, and part of western Monroe County. He was first elected to the Senate 10 years ago.

Ortt received 13,996 in Orleans out of 17,931 total. There were 65 write-in votes and 3,870 who didn’t vote for Ortt.

“I want to thank the constituents of the 62nd Senate District for once again placing their trust in me and electing me to represent them in our State Senate,” he said in a statement last night. “Serving the residents of Western New York remains an honor of a lifetime and something that I will never take for granted. I will continue to fight for you each and every day.

“I’d also like to congratulate all of tonight’s GOP winners, including my good friends Angelo Morinello and Paul Bologna who will represent the 145th and 144th Assembly Districts, respectively,” Ortt said. “I have every confidence they will  continue to fight for the liberties, values, and livelihoods of Western New York families and businesses. Thank you for trusting in us to make New York a safer, more affordable place to live, work and raise a family.”

Susan Howard elected district attorney

Photo by Tom Rivers: A Medina resident displayed this sign in support of Donald Trump for president.

ALBION – Donald Trump won a commanding victory in Orleans County with 70 percent of the vote – 12,432 out of 17,780 ballots cast.

Head to head against Kamala Harris, Trump had a 70.4 percent advantage to 29.4 percent for Harris. There were also 121 write-in votes, 145 who didn’t vote for president, and 6 that were overvotes with more than one candidate picked.

The 70.0 percent for Trump with early votes, today’s in-person votes and most of the absentees compares to 71.4 percent in 2020 when he faced Joe Biden, and 66.8 percent of the election day votes in 2016 against Hillary Clinton.

Here are the results in Orleans County:

Federal

• U.S. President/Vice President (4-year term)

Donald Trump/JD Vance (R, C) – 12,432

Kamala Harris, Tim Walz (D, WF) – 5,227

• U.S. Senator (6-year term)

Kirsten Gillibrand (D-WF) – 5,344

Michael Sapraicone (R-C) – 11,375

Diane Sare (LaRouche) – 53

• Representative to Congress, 24th District (2-year term)

Claudia Tenney (R, C) – 12,131

David Wagenhauser (D) – 4,327

State

• Proposition One

Yes – 5,800

No – 10,718

• Supreme Court Justice, 8th District (4 positions)

Henry Nowak (D, R, C, WF) – 15,330

Catherine Nugent-Panepinto (D, R, C, WF) – 14,547

Deborah Chimes (D, R, C) – 14,261

Michael Norris (D, R, C) – 14,305

• NYS Senate, 62nd District (2-year term)

Robert Ortt (R, C) – 13,996

• NYS Assembly, 139th District (2-year term)

Stephen Hawley (R, C) – 14,228

Orleans County

• County Clerk (4-year term)

Nadine Hanlon (R) – 13,354

• District Attorney (4-year term)

Susan Howard (R, C) – 13,992

• Coroner (4-year term for 3 positions)

Rocco Sidari (R) – 10,837

Scott Schmidt (R) – 10,681

Julie Woodworth (R) – 10,460

Carlton

• Town Clerk (1 year to fill vacancy)

Deborah Yockel (R) – 1,149

• Council Member (1 year to fill vacancy)

John L. Olles (R) – 1,136

ALBION – Registered voters in Orleans County requested 1,265 absentee ballots and 1,095 were returned by today, Board of Elections officials said this evening.

The potential of 170 other absentees need to be postmarked by today and received in the mail by next Tuesday when they will be counted, said Mike Mele and Janice Grabowski, the county’s election commissioners.

Of the 1,095 absentees returned so far, all but 40 should be part of the vote totals later tonight, Mele and Grabowski said. Those 40 not counted were received on Monday and today and will be counted on Nov. 12.

The commissioners said there has been a big turnout today, with lines but the wait rarely topped 15 minutes. Mele said in Monroe County there have been waits of 2 ½ hours.

“There have been some lines but we expected that,” Mele said at about 9 p.m.

The county is using new voting machines this election and Mele and Grabowski said there haven’t been any significant issues with the machines, which replaced 15-year-old optical-scan equipment.

The polls closed today in Orleans County at 9 p.m.

Photos by Tom Rivers

BARRE – It’s an election day winner, every year for at least a half century: a turkey dinner with an assortment of pie served by the West Barre United Methodist Church.

The top photo shows church volunteers getting takeout containers full of turkey, potatoes, stuffing, squash and cranberry sauce.

From left include Lanor Markle, Dan Shuler and Randy Huffman with Alice Mathes on the opposite side of the table.

The church served 482 dinners that were available by presale. The meals have been take-out only since the Covid pandemic in 2020.

“We do it on election day to encourage people to vote and then eat, or to eat and then vote,” said Ruth Miller, a longtime church volunteer.

She can recall the church serving the Thanksgiving-style dinners for at least 50 years.

Church volunteers worked on the dinner the past four days. They cooked 28 turkeys.

These strawberry pies were among 14 different types of pie for people to choose from for the dinner.

Lee Preston gets the tickets from Nancy Muoio and two of her friends.

“It’s a home-cooked meal that I don’t have to cook,” said Barb Titus-Canham, who was in the vehicle with Muoio. The group was going back to Titus-Canham’s home to enjoy the meal together.

Muoio said she has been looking forward to the meal. The big draw: “The pies,” she said.

Provided photos: The ballot in today’s election at Kendall Elementary School shows a choice between mashed potato bowl with chicken, corn, cheese and gravy OR a sweet and sour chicken and rice bowl.

KENDALL – Elementary students and staff made their voices clear in a landslide vote today. They want sweet and sour chicken rice bowl on the school menu.

Students and staff were asked to choose between sweet and sour chicken rice bowl, or mashed potato bowl with chicken, corn, cheese and gravy.

The chicken rice bowl won with 297 votes to 112 for the mashed potato bowl.

Kevin Watson, the school principal, said the school’s head chef, Megan Bouchey, will work to add the new option to the school menu in January.

(Left) Audra Keirn, district clerk and administrative assistant to the superintendent, cast a ballot in today’s election. (Right) Two kindergartners – Logan Butterfield and Nora Rasmusson – vote in the election. They are in Kristy Markham’s class.

The school created ballots, hung posters, and posted mini promotions on the school sign board.

Superintendent Nick Picardo and Watson also filmed a 5-minute informercial in school’s television student alerting students about the upcoming vote. Picardo and Watson both test-tasted each menu item live and offered their recommendation.

 Watson picked the mashed potato bowl while Picardo favored the sweet and sour chicken.

After classes voted today, they posed by a “VOTE” sign outside the main office. This photo shows Taylor Kingsbury’s 4th grade class.

This is the third election at the school on an issue of interest to students. Last year students voted on which slide would better for the school’s new playground: the double slide or a swirl slide.

There were 376 ballots cast, and the swirl was dominant with 303 votes to 73 for the double slide. The district breaks ground on a new playground in the spring that will include the swirl slide.

“Students will see their voice in action soon!” Watson said.

In the first election in 2022, students picked the name for the school’s eagle mascot. “Talon” was the winner.

Kevin Watson, the school principal, and Joseph Reger, a sixth grader, announce the results of the election.

MEDINA – Two people have been charged with assault in the stabbings that occurred around midnight on Saturday, Medina Police Chief Todd Draper announced.

Edward Gibson, 42, of Medina and Deon Jackson, 24, of Medina have both been charged with first-degree assault. Gibson is held in the county jail with no bail while bail was set at $100,000 for Jackson. Both were arraigned in the jail through the centralized arraignment process (CAP).

Two people, a woman and a man, were stabbed just before midnight on Nov. 1 in the Canal Basin. They were transported to Medina Memorial Hospital by private vehicle and later transferred to ECMC. Both have since been released from the hospital, Draper said.

Orders of protection have been issued for both victims.

A search warrant was conducted at a suspect’s residence, Draper said. The investigation is continuing, and Draper said more charges may be forthcoming.

“Based on the investigation it is believed that individuals in this case were known to each other, and that the incident was not random,” the police chief said.

Several Medina police officers worked on the investigation. Draper said the Medina PD was assisted by the Orleans County Major Felony Crime Task Force, New York State Parole, New York State Police Forensic Identification Unit, and the Niagara County Crime Analysis Center.

Photos by Tom Rivers

MEDINA – The concrete wall on the northside of the Canal Basin in Medina has crumbled in many spots in recent years.

The State Canal Corp. is planning to spend about $10 million upgrading the wall in the Canal Basin and also making improvements to the towpath from Bates Road to the lift bridge, Mayor Marguerite Sherman said.

She said preliminary designs are about 60 percent complete. She has seen the plans and said the end result will be a dramatic improvement for the community.

The state isn’t ready yet to release the designs, Sherman said. She said the north wall work will be staggered over several years because the work can only be done when the canal in drained during the winter and early spring.

Sherman said the state is bearing the costs of the project without any local share needed from Medina.

Signs alert walkers and cyclists to a bumpy stretch of the towpath on the north side of the Canal Basin. This sign tells cyclists to walk their bikes on a rough section of the trail.

The wall is crumbling and bumpy in many spaces.

The state Canal Corp. also is planning improvements over about 1.5 miles of the towpath. This stretch is just east of the Canal Basin area leading to Bates Road.

Photo by Marsha Rivers: Polls opened at Hoag Library in Albion at 6 a.m. today. There are 11 polling locations open in the county until 9 p.m.

ALBION – The big day has arrived with polls open throughout Orleans County. There are 25,538 registered voters in the county and 4,539 already cast ballots in nine days of early voting.

Polls opened at 6 a.m. and close at 9 p.m. Click here to see a list of pollign sites in the county.

The big race is for U.S. president with Kamala Harris and vice presidential candidate Tim Walz are on the Democratic and Working Family lines, while Donald Trump and vice presidential candidate JD Vance are on the Republican and Conservative lines.

Other positions on the ballot include:

Federal

• U.S. Senator (6-year term) – Kirsten Gillibrand (D-WF), Michael Sapraicone (R-C) and Diane Sare (LaRouche)
• Representative to Congress, 24th District (2-year term) – David Wagenhauser (D) and Claudia Tenney (R, C)

State

• Supreme Court Justice, 8th District (4 positions) – Henry Nowak (D, R, C, WF), Catherine Nugent-Panepinto (D, R, C, WF), Deborah Chimes (D, R, C) and Michael Norris (D, R, C)
• NYS Senate, 62nd District (2-year term) – Robert Ortt (R, C)
• NYS Assembly, 139th District (2-year term) – Stephen Hawley (R, C)

Orleans County

• County Clerk (4-year term) – Nadine Hanlon (R)
• District Attorney (4-year term) – Susan Howard (R, C)
• Coroner (4-year term for 3 positions) – Rocco Sidari (R), Scott Schmidt (R) and Julie Woodworth (R)

Carlton

• Town Clerk (1 year to fill vacancy) – Deborah Yockel (R)
• Council Member (1 year to fill vacancy) – John L. Olles (R)

The ballot also includes the state-wide proposition number one, which adds certain protections to the State Bill of Rights, covering ethnicity, national origin,age, disability, and sex, including sexual orientation, gender identity and pregnancy. It also covers reproductive healthcare and autonomy.

A “YES” vote puts these protections against discrimination in the New York State Constitution.

A “NO” vote leaves these protections out of the State Constitution.

MEDINA – Aaron Grabowski’s love of music is equaled only by his talent.

The Medina resident will be featured in a musical program, Echoes of Elegance, on Nov. 16 at St. Mary’s Church (Holy Trinity Parish).

Grabowski,  who studied music at the University of Buffalo, is music director and principal organist at Holy Trinity. By profession, he is a builder and restorer of organs for Parsons Pipe Organ Restorations.

His musical career began when he was in college and studied under David Fuller, musicologist, organist and harpsichordist, who studied with noted organist E. Power Biggs.

“That’s where I got my penchant for studying harpsichord,” Grabowski said. “During my course of study, I would house sit for him when he went to Europe. He had a French made harpsichord in his house and I got a chance to play it and fell in love with it.”

Recently, through a colleague of his, Grabowski had the opportunity to purchase a harpsichord kit and he has spent the last year and a half building it in his living room and basement, with his wife’s permission. His instrument is modeled after the French design of the 18th century. He is three-fourths of the way done, but it is very playable, although it still needs more cosmetic and tonal work, he said.

Grabowski explained a harpsichord has a rich sound and the type of music played on them is very attractive to him.

“I love presenting music people have never heard or rarely heard before,” he said.

That will be the focus of the concert Nov. 16, which will be played on St. Mary’s organ and the harpsichord.

“My goal is to present music of the Court of King Louis XIV and XV,” Grabowski said.

The music will span early Baroque to early classic.

“I intend to set a mood of reflection, away from modern concepts of listening.,” he said. “We will turn the lights down and encourage the audience to use their imagination to the best of their ability.”

He explained organ music can be very sacred and sometimes bold, but also sometimes tender.

There is no admission charge, but a free will offering will be accepted. The concert will support the music program of St. Mary’s Church, Grabowski said.

Grabowski has been St. Mary’s organist since 2007. He said he was raking leaves in front of his house one day when the church organist walked by and stopped. He mentioned he was available to substitute if they needed one.

“She said, ‘You can have the job,’” Grabowski said. “I interviewed with Father Vatter and here I am.”

Grabowski added they have a Christmas concert in the planning with St. Mary’s, St. Joseph’s in Albion and St. Mary’s in Holley. Further information will be forthcoming.

ALBION – Action taken by OCALS at their annual meeting Thursday night at Hoag Library was something none of them could have seen coming five years ago, announced board president Pam Schuner.

In a nearly unanimous vote, the board voted to dissolve the organization, effective Dec. 31.

“The mission of OCALS is to provide free confidential tutoring services to residents of Orleans County who want to improve their reading, writing and English speaking skills, along with improving their digital literacy proficiency,” Schuner said. “Unfortunately, the aftermath of Covid has severely impacted OCALS’s ability to achieve this mission. Since Covid (in 2020), the number of volunteer tutors has decreased to three and, likewise, the number of clients requesting our services has declined significantly as well.”

Don and Rose Ruck, who founded OCALS in 2006, were praised for their support of literacy in Orleans County and presented with a plaque during the final board meeting.

During the past several years, the board has taken numerous steps to increase OCALS’ presence in the community and recruit tutors, clients and board members. They have participated in the Orleans County Home and Garden Show, Medina’s Canal Village Farmers’ Market, Strawberry Festival in Albion, Orleans County 4-H Fair, Medina’s National Night Out and Medina’s Lions’ Vendor Fair during the Community Yard Sale.

They also hired Kathy Punch, an educator, who did more than 30 public presentations to promote OCALS throughout the county. This resulted in one new board member, Schuner said.

“Despite all our efforts, we have not seen an increase in potential new tutors, clients or board members,” Schuner said.

Added to their woes is the fact a majority of their board members with five to 10 years of service have decided to retire at the end of the year. With no replacements on hand, the remaining few board members will not be able to continue to run OCALS, Schuner said.

OCALS was started by Rose Ruck and her husband Don when, in 2003, after closing of Literacy Orleans, she sent out a survey regarding literacy in the county. She was amazed to learn most people in the county did not realize there was no literacy program. With a career spanning 35 years in the literacy field, including in Orleans and Genesee counties, Rose knew she had to do something.

She solicited some volunteers and officially launched Orleans County Literacy Services in 2006, with initial funding coming from the Ruck’s two daughters, Terry Novak and Donna Seyler.

As their services increased and they began serving a bigger segment of the population, the name was changed to Orleans County Adult Learning Services, or OCALS.

Schuner was the first paid employee, hired in 2010, and the only one for a number of years.

Dedicated board members included Ann McElwee, who developed a program she took to schools, Iroquois Job Corps and Lyndonville Library.

Don Colquhoun promoted literacy in workplaces and became vice president and treasurer.

Mary Lee Knights, who recently moved away, and Penny Nice were board members since the early years of OCALS.

“I’m so proud of all we’ve accomplished,” Rose said. “And although it’s sad, I’m totally in favor of this decision to dissolve the organization.”

According to law, a non-profit has to follow very strict procedures to dissolve. Colquhoun has been working with attorney Lance Mark to determine the correct steps to take.

This includes disposing of all its assets, and OCALS has identified a handful of local agencies who will benefit from their donations.

All office supplies will be donated to the Ministry of Concern; digital literacy backpacks, laptops, kindles and iPads will be donated to Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Digital Literacy program; Pre-K curriculum will go to P’Raising Kids; all their books will go to the Cobblestone Society; all tents, tables and chairs will be donated to the Lions Club; tablecloths and knickknacks have been given to Medina Area Association of Churches; all other outreach materials, such as a prize wheel, balloon pumps and ballon sticks will be given to Community Action.

After payment of any debts, funds will be distributed to agencies which have supported OCALS, including United Way, $30,000; Lyndonville Area Foundation, $15,000; and the Medina Sandstone Society, $1,000.

Schuner personally thanked each and every person who touched OCALS and the local communities in some way throughout OCALS’ tenure, especially Don and Rose Ruck. She presented the Ruck’s with the “Lighting the Way Legacy Award.”

“Your passion has touched the lives of all who had a role in OCALS,” Schuner said.

“It is with heavy heart the board of directors has determined we are unable to keep OCALS active,” Schuner added.

The scouting council that includes Orleans Council has merged again. The Western New York Council has merged with the Five Rivers Council to form a new organization – Great Falls Council.

The merger became effective on Nov. 1.

“Scouting is alive and well in the Great Falls Council and will continue to grow and prosper through all our efforts to deliver the world’s greatest youth development program to the youth of our community,” the Scout Executive and Council CEO Gary A. Decker posted on Facebook.

The Council is organized into six districts. Orleans County is in the Great Trails District which serves Orleans and Genesee counties, the eastern part of Wyoming County, and most of Livingston County.

This map shows the area of the Great Falls Council in light green.

The formation of Great Falls Council follows the May 1, 2023 merger of the Iroquois Trail Council and Greater Niagara Frontier Council into the WNY Council.

Scouting has seen a drop in enrollment and the mergers are seeking to maintain programming in scouting, which is open to both boys and girls, ages 5 to 20.

The new council serves 8,000 youth members and adult volunteers in 15 counties of Western New York and the Southern Tier of New York, and the Northern Tier in Pennsylvaniua.

The Council has a staff of 20 with offices in Buffalo, Oakfield and Elmira.

Jim McMullen, who was the Scout Executive of the Iroquois Trail Council, remains in the new Council’s leadership as the chief operations officer and deputy scout executive.

“The expansion of our Scouting family provides our Scouts with even more opportunities to have incredible life-changing experiences and to benefit from the great strengths of both predecessor councils,” Decker said. “Coming together as one expanded Scouting family also allows us to chart a new future for Scouting in our territory.  It provides us with the opportunity to continue the legacies of world-class Scouting from the generations before us, while allowing for the creation of new traditions and programs for today’s and future members.  I look forward to being part of that journey with you.”

Gas prices are down an average of 3 cents nationally in the past week to $3.10 today, and down 2  cents statewide to $3.18, according to AAA.

A year ago, the average price was a gallon of gas was $3.42 while it was $3.15 in the state.

“After a brief interruption caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton, gas prices have resumed their gradual season decline and is only about seven cents away from the nation average’s 2024 low,” AAA said in a news release today. “According to new data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), gas demand rose slightly while total domestic stocks fell and gasoline production decreased. This morning, oil trading is in the low $70s per barrel. With low oil costs and tepid domestic gasoline demand, pump prices could continue to drop and find a national average below $3 soon.”

Here are the average prices in Western New York counties:

• Orleans, $3.326
• Genesee, $3.302
• Niagara, $3.236
• Monroe, $3.286
• Wyoming, $3.307
• Erie, $3.269
• Livingston, $3.431
• Chautauqua, $3.512
• Cattaraugus,$3.425
• Allegany, $3.389

The average price for diesel is $3.55, down two cents from last Monday. The New York average is $3.89, down one cent from last Monday, AAA reported.

“Pickett’s Child” is a postmortem photo from the Scott B. Dunlap collection in the Medina Historical Society.

By Catherine Cooper, Orleans County Historian

“Illuminating Orleans” – Volume 4, Number 34

MEDINA – The child in this photograph appears to be sleeping peacefully. However, this is a postmortem photo, the child is dead, and the pose was referred to as the “Last Sleep.”

It may seem morbid to us, but at a time when infant mortality rates were high, and attitudes toward mourning were different, this photograph would have been viewed as a way of commemorating the dead and solace to the family.

This is most likely the only photograph ever taken of the deceased child. The photographer was a young neighbor, Scott B. Dunlap, of Dunlap Road in Shelby, who had a new Kodak camera and an interest in photography.

Born in 1898, he was a fourth-generation member of the family for whom the road is named. Armed with his new camera, Scott, who graduated from Medina High School in 1905, took unposed, relaxed photographs of his family and friends. Without intending to, he chronicled daily life in rural America in the early 1900s, in those years just before automobiles replaced the horse and buggy.

In 2008, Scott B. Dunlap, Jr. donated a collection of over 200 of his father’s glass plate negatives to the Medina Historical Society. The collection includes five postmortem views of the child, each taken from a different angle. The long exposure time required at the time made deceased subjects easier to photograph.

Another version of “Pickett’s Baby” from the Scott B. Dunlap collection.

The photos were labeled as “Pickett’s Child” or “Pickett’s Baby,” the first name was not mentioned. A brief search elicited the infant’s name as Harold H. Pickett, (also referenced as Herman Harold) born Nov. 7, 1905, died Sept. 12, 1906. He was the son of Henry R. (Ray) and Lena Gurrslin Pickett.

In April of the following year, 1907, the family lost another son, Wilford R., one month old. An older son, Lavern E., survived. Lena died in 1909, at the age of 27. She and the two infant children were buried in Millville Cemetery. Following Lena’s death, Henry re-married, moved to Buffalo, worked as a motorman with a railroad company and had four more children.

With regard to the child’s clothing, it was customary at the time to dress boys and girls in short white dresses until they started walking and then in short, loose-fitting dresses until they were two or three years old.

As healthcare improved and mortality rates declined, the practice of photographing the dead declined and came to be viewed as macabre. We still use photographs of the deceased for obituaries, funeral cards and services, but those are living images. At the present time, when smartphones have made it possible for anyone to take photographs of any subject, the lines between what is acceptable and what is not are shifting once more.

A selection of the Dunlap photos may be viewed at www.historicmedina.org.

Republicans have big lead among political parties but don’t quite have majority among registered voters

Tuesday will be election day in Orleans County and polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. in all 10 towns.

Most of the polling sites are at town halls, although Albion votes at Hoag Library, Carlton uses the Rec Hall and part of Ridgeway uses the Volunteer Fire Company.

Here is a list of the polling sites:

• Albion – Districts 1 through 6: Hoag Library, 134 South Main St.
• Barre – Districts 1 and 2: Town Hall, 14317 West Barre Rd.
• Carlton – Districts 1 through 3: Carlton Fire Co. Rec Hall, 1853 Oak Orchard Rd.
• Clarendon – Districts 1 through 3: Town Hall, 16385 Church St.
• Gaines – Districts 1 through 4: Town Hall, 14087 Ridge Rd.
• Kendall – Districts 1 through 3: Town Hall, 1873 Kendall Rd.
• Murray – Districts 1 through 6: Murray Town Hall/Highway Garage, 3840 Fancher Rd.
• Ridgeway – Districts 1, 3, 6, 7: Ridgeway Volunteer Fire Company, 11392 Ridge Rd.
• Ridgeway – Districts 2, 4, 5: Town Hall, 410 West Ave.
• Shelby – Districts 1 through 4: Town Hall, 4062 Salt Works Rd.
• Yates – Districts 1 and 2: 8 South Main St.

There are 25,538 registered voters in Orleans County. Republicans have a big lead among political parties, but don’t have majority in Orleans County. Republicans represent 48.3 percent of the total registered voters.

Here is a breakdown of the registrations by political party:

• Republican, 12,335
• independent or blank, 6,291
• Democratic, 5,137
• Independence, 734
• Conservative, 644
• Working Families, 136
• other parties, 261