By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 8 November 2023 at 8:45 am
Regarding politics and hot-button issues, ‘We don’t talk about it’
Photos by Tom Rivers
BARRE – Dora Leader, left, and Shania Mathes put turkey dinners in plastic bags as part of the assembly line of volunteers at West Barre United Methodist Church.
The church served 479 dinners on Tuesday in an election day tradition going back at least 40 years.
The church used to have a dine-in option, but since the Covid pandemic in 2020 he meals have been served drive-through only.
Scott Bennett, a technician with the Orleans County Board of Elections, picked up eight dinners to take back to the BOE staff in Albion. Bennett, a Barre resident, said he has been coming for the meals on election day for the past 25 years.
The church used to serve lunches and dinners on election day, but has scaled back with fewer volunteers.
Tuesday’s dinner was still a big effort for the church, with members cooking 30 turkeys, five 50-pound bags of potatoes, 80 boxes of stuffing, 60 pies, and many bushels of squash and seven cans of No. 10 cranberry sauce.
The vehicles are lined up for the meals, which were hot items in Barre.
Naomi Caldwell cuts a pumpkin pie into eight slices. She looks forward to helping prepare and serve the dinner every year.
“It’s a lot of effort for a small church but we love it,” Caldwell said. “We are a community. We are one body.”
The church also serves 900 chicken barbecue dinners during July.
Eileen Collins whips up water and butter for the stuffing.
Melissa Dibley is ready to put turkey in the to-go containers.
The event brings the church members together in a town where there are strong opinions about a wind energy project, and who should serve on the Town Board.
“We agree to disagree,” said Joy Markle, one of the coordinators of the dinner. “There are some who are for and some who are against. We don’t talk about it.”
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 8 November 2023 at 12:30 am
Orleans County Sheriff Chris Bourke was re-elected and seven county legislators all will be back for another term in office.
Sheriff Chris Bourke
All of them were unopposed.
Bourke secured a second four-year term with 4,424 votes – 3,575 under the Republican line and 826 under the Conservative Party.
He has worked in the Sheriff’s Office for 39 years, starting in 1984 as a correction officer and then was a deputy sheriff before working 18 years as a lieutenant. He was supervisor of the Marine Patrol, and also was a K9 officer for 20 years.
Before being elected sheriff, he was undersheriff for four years.
Here are the results for the seven county legislators:
County Legislator (at-large from west) – Skip Draper of Medina, 3,604 votes, Republican (2-year term)
County Legislator (at-large from central) – Don Allport of Gaines, 3,550 votes, Republican (2-year term)
County Legislator (at-large from east) – Ed Morgan of Murray, 3,496 votes, Republican (2-year term)
County Legislator (District 1) – Bill Eick of Shelby, 1,238 votes, Republican (2-year term)
County Legislator (District 2) – Lynne Johnson of Lyndonville, 720 votes, Republican (2-year term)
County Legislator (District 3) – Fred Miller of Albion, 429 votes, Democrat (2-year term)
County Legislator (District 4) – John Fitzak of Carlton, 1,088 votes, Republican (2-year term)
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 7 November 2023 at 11:27 pm
Yates board members hold off challenge from 2 Conservatives
The Town of Murray elected Gerald Rightmyer as the next town supervisor, ending Joe Sidonio’s four-year tenure. Rightmyer, who beat Sidonio in a June 27 Republican primary, had 510 votes to the 175 for Sidonio, who ran under the Conservative Party line.
Other results in Murray include:
Town Council members for four-year terms (pick two) – Lloyd Christ Jr., 484; and Randall Bower, 489.
Town Council members for two-year terms (pick two) – Michael Christopher, 441; Elaine Berg, 461; and Eric Collyer, 216.
In Kendall, residents elected a new member to the Town Board in David Bentley, a Republican with 361 votes. He ousted Margaret Lynn Szozda, a Democrat and incumbent, with 198 votes. Barb Flow, a Republican was re-elected with 432 votes.
Other candidates elected include: Tony Cammarata, town supervisor with 410 votes; and Eric Maxon, highway superintendent with 426 votes. There were also 88 write-ins for highway superintendent. Maxon will succeed Warren Kruger, who Maxon defeated in a Republican primary.
In Yates, incumbent Town Board members John Riggi and Susan Hrovat were re-elected, holding off a challenge from Paul Lauricella Jr. and Steven Colon.
Hrovat, 245 votes, and Riggi, 244, votes, are Republicans. They were challenged by Lauricella, 173 votes, and Colon, 129, who ran under the Conservative Party and independent “Taxpayers First.”
Other Yates candidates to be re-elected include incumbents: Jim Simon for town supervisor, 312 votes; Michelle Harling for town clerk, 351 votes; and Roger Wolfe for highway superintendent, 352 votes.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 7 November 2023 at 11:07 pm
SHELBY – A contentious election season ended in Shelby with incumbents holding their seats, except John Pratt, a current councilman who fell short in a write-in campaign.
• Linda Limina, 779, and Jeff Schiffer, 529, were both elected as Republicans. There were 427 write-in votes.
• In other contested positions, Dale Root won re-election as highway superintendent over Bill Wolters, 556 to 488. Root had the Republican and Conservative lines while Wolter ran under the Democratic Party line. Wolter works as a motor equipment operator in the highway department.
• Darlene Rich also held off a challenger and was re-elected town clerk. Rich, a Democrat, also ran under the independent “People’s Choice” Party. She received 616 votes to 446 for Christine Pask, a Republican. Rich has been the town clerk for 16 years.
• Other candidates were unopposed including: Scott Wengewicz for town supervisor, 706 votes; and Ed Grabowski for town justice, 771 votes.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 7 November 2023 at 10:46 pm
7 potential votes out there with unreturned absentees
Barre Town Supervisor Sean Pogue holds a very slim lead over challenger Scott Burnside.
BARRE – Just after 9 p.m. it didn’t look good for Sean Pogue in his bid for another term as Barre town supervisor.
He was losing by 19 votes to Scott Burnside in the tally today at Barre Town Hall.
But a 259-240 gap changed when early voting results and some absentees were added. Pogue, at the end of the night, has a 1-vote lead, 293-292.
There are seven unreturned absentee ballots. They need to be postmarked by today. The Board of Elections plans to count them on Monday, but will accept them up until a week from today, Nov. 14.
In a three-way race for two Town Board seats, Republicans Kirk Mathes, 359, and Margaret Swan, 315 votes, are the winners. Mathes, a member of the Planning Board, ousts Kerri Richardson, a Conservative Party member, from the board. Richardson received 299 votes. Mathes, Swan and Pogue all ran under the independent “Future for Barre” line in addition to the Republican line.
Burnside ran as a Conservative. He lost a Republican primary in June to Pogue, 165-115.
Other candidates elected today in Barre include: Dale Brooks, (Republican and Working for a Better Barre), 422 for highway superintendent; Maureen Beach, (Democrat), 338 for town clerk; and Earl Jenks Jr., (Republican), 372 for town justice.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 7 November 2023 at 9:35 pm
Mathes, Richardson have most votes for Town Board with early voting, absentees to be counted
BARRE – Scott Burnside is holding a 19-vote lead over Sean Pogue for town supervisor, after votes were counted today at the voting machine at the Town Hall.
That doesn’t include absentees and may not include early voting for nine days.
Burnside, who lost a Republican primary to Pogue on June 27 by a 165-115 vote, holds the lead after today’s vote, 259 to 240.
Burnside only had the Conservative Party line while Pogue has the Republican and ‘Future for barre” lines.
Pogue has been the town supervisor for nearly six years, during a time when the town has wrestled with a large-scale wind energy project and also a 2,000-acre solar facility that extends into the Town of Shelby.
Pogue was at the Town Hall when the results were announced not long after 9 p.m. He said he expected the vote to be close, but felt like he had the support of the voters.
“I knocked on a lot of doors and there was a lot of positive feedback,” Pogue said.
There is a close race for two other Town Board seats. Kirk Mathes leads with 282, followed by Kerri Richardson with 266 and Margaret Swan, 262.
Richardson, a Conservative, has frequently butted heads with Pogue and the pro-wind faction of the board. Mathes and Swan both are Republicans with the “Future for Barre” line.
Other totals for Barre candidates at the Town Hall today include 361 for Dale Brooks as highway superintendent, 315 for Earl Jenks, Jr. for town justice, and 275 for Maureen Beach as town clerk.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 7 November 2023 at 8:34 pm
KENDALL – There was a big election at the Kendall Elementary School today and an overwhelming winner emerged at the end of the school day.
Students in grades prekindergarten to 6 cast ballots on which slide is better for the school’s new playground: the double slide or a swirl slide.
There were 376 ballots cast, and the swirl was a landslide winner with 303 votes to 73 for the double slide.
This is the second year the school has hosted an election, with students casting ballots in a box and receiving “I Voted” stickers. A year ago they were asked to choose a name for the school’s eagle mascot. “Talon” was the winner.
Here is the ballot for today’s election, with the swirl slide the most popular, by far.
Kevin Watson, the school principal, wants to pick issues of interest to the students and pertinent to their school experience. Kendall will be seeking public approval on Dec. 12 for the capital project mostly at the elementary school. A new playground is among several improvements in the project.
With today’s vote, Watson is hoping the swirl slide can be part of a new playground if the capital project is approved by voters.
He also wants students to feel more comfortable voting on an issue, and making it an ongoing commitment when they are adults.
This elementary class poses after casting their ballots. The school used to be a polling location but school votes are now held at the town hall. The signage for previous elections was in the school basement and was brought out for today’s vote.
There was no mud-slinging in the election. There was a video shown to the students with Kevin Watson, the principal, going down the swirl slide and fourth-grade teacher Justin Staebell going down the fast double slide.
The Kendall school sign thanks students for their participation in today’s election.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 7 November 2023 at 4:12 pm
List is $3 million over $4.5 million grant; State officials now will decide which projects get funded
Kimberly Baptiste of the Bergmann engineering, architecture and planning firm led the committee in discussing potential projects for the NY Forward program, including upgrades to the Canal Village Farmers’ Market on West Center Street. The Farmers’ Market project is recommended by the committee for $675,000 of the NY Forward grant.
MEDINA – A local planning committee reviewing projects for Medina’s $4.5 million New York Forward grant has agreed on a list of projects that are about $3 million over the funding limit of the program. State officials will have the ultimate say in picking the projects and the funding amount.
Medina had nearly $9 million in funding requests. It removed five projects with a combined request level of $1.3 million. That brings the total funding requests to $7,525,000.
The projects that were removed from NY Forward consideration are still strong proposals and should be included for other funding initiatives in the near future, Kimberly Baptiste of the Bergmann firm, advised the committee from Medina during a meeting on Oct. 24.
“Those that weren’t included could be pipeline projects in a strategic investment plan for other grants,” Baptiste said.
The Medina committee reviewed the goals set by the state for the NY Forward program, and noted that more housing is a top priority of the program.
The group decided to remove these projects from NY Forward:
Avanti Pizza Upper Floors Renovation at 500 Main St. ($600,000 request) – This project would renovate the upper floors of the Avanti Pizza building into a mix of residential and office space.
Medina Theatre Renovations at 601-611 Main St. ($150,000 request) – This project would be the first phase of a larger effort to upgrade the Medina Theatre. This project would renovate the existing marquee and facade, make cosmetic improvements to the theatre, and prep the building for a future restaurant and conference space.
433 Main Street Apartment Creation ($300,000 request) – This project would create a new two-bedroom apartment on the upper floors of the building at 433 Main Street.
Bunkhaus Renovations at 511 West Ave. ($100,000 request) – This project would renovate the Bunkhaus Hostel to create 4 one-bedroom apartments targeted for short- and long-term rental housing for professionals, snowboards, and/or tourists.
Canal Basin Park Gateway Signage ($150,000) – This project will install two large, gateway signs at the Mill Street entrance to the Canal Basin (off Main Street) and at the East Center Street alleyway entrance to the basin.
There are 17 projects recommended for potential NY Forward funding. Baptiste and Bergmann staff worked with the applicants for precise numbers on the cost of their projects, and the funding requests.
Here are the projects and the funding amounts recommended by the local planning committee:
Renovate and Expand the Canal Village Farmer’s Market ($675,000) – This project will update the existing farmer’s market building at 127 West Center Street, construct a pole barn for additional vendor space, and create a green space on site.
Create the Canal View Bar/Tasting Area Overlooking the Erie Canal ($120,000) – This project will create a bar/serving area with an exterior patio/deck overlooking the Canal Basin in the rear of the Modern Mercantile building at 135 East Center St.
Renovate the Upper Floor Apartments at 409-413 Main Street ($370,000) – This project will renovate the second floor at 409-413 Main Street into 3 one-bedroom apartments and 1 two-bedroom apartment.
Make the Community Space at the Knights of Columbus ADA Accessible ($130,000) – This project will install a lift to make the second floor event space at the Knights of Columbus building ADA accessible and will also improve the front facade.
Create Apartments and Renovate the Commercial Spaces at 424 Main St. ($225,000) – This project will build out 4 market-rate apartments on the second and third floors of 424 Main Street, in addition to updating the ground floor commercial spaces and the front facade.
Create a Community Arts and Crafts Workshop and Gift Store ($175,000) – This project will create an arts and crafts workshop at 509 Main Street that is open to the community with a gift store inside.
Create a Community Space and Apartment at Author’s Note Bookstore ($200,000) – This project will create a two-bedroom apartment at 519 Main Street in addition to a small community meeting space that will be open to the public.
Create an Apartment and Renovate the Commercial Storefront at 521 Main St. ($120,000) –This project will convert the second floor commercial space at 521 Main Street into an apartment unit and will also upgrade the front facade.
Redevelop the Walsh Hotel ($560,000) – This project will complete a larger project to convert the upper floors of the Walsh Hotel into 22 studio and one-bedroom apartments.
Create the Arenite Brewing Company on the Canal ($500,000) – This project will create a microbrewery with tasting room and outdoor seating overlooking the canal at 339 Main Street, complete with a rooftop solar installation.
Upgrade the Hart House Hotel ($500,000) – This project will upgrade the Hart House Hotel with new amenities including a spa, outdoor event space, gourmet gastropub, formal lobby with cafe space, and facade improvements.
Renovate and Expand the Lee-Whedon Memorial Library ($500,000) – This project is part of a larger project to expand the library with new and updated spaces including a children’s area, tutoring rooms, meeting rooms and a quiet room.
Implement Downtown Wayfinding Signage ($250,000) – This project will implement a system of directional, informational, and interpretive signage at key locations and destinations throughout downtown.
Improve Connectivity and Usability of the Downtown Public Parking Lot ($1,000,000) – This project will re-design the public parking lot behind Main Street to improve circulation, add parking spaces, and create safer connections for pedestrians to nearby destinations.
Enhance the East Center Street Alleyway Connection ($400,000) – This project will refresh the alleyway that connects the public parking lot across East Center Street to the Canal Basin with pavement designs, landscaping, lighting and signage.
Transform Canal Basin Park into a Waterfront Gateway ($1,500,000) – This project will transform the parking lot along the canal into a “waterfront gateway” complete with green space, seating areas and boater/cyclist amenities.
Create a Small Project Grant Fund ($300,000) – This project will create a pool of funding to support business and property owners with smaller-scale projects like facade improvements, window replacement, and other repairs.
The list will now be submitted to the state for its review with a funding announcement expected in the spring for $4.5 million total.
Governor Kathy Hochul today, during Animal Shelter Appreciation Week, announced $5 million is available to support animal shelters and humane societies in making critical infrastructure upgrades at New York’s animal shelters.
This is the sixth round of funding dedicated to New York State’s Companion Animal Capital Fund, the first state-funded program in the nation to provide for shelter improvement projects. Funded projects will enhance animal care at shelters and ultimately help to ensure increased adoptions for New York’s dogs and cats.
“New York State’s Companion Animal Capital Fund has made a real difference to shelters across the state and the animals in their care,” Governor Hochul said. “I’m proud that the funding announced today will continue to build on the great work of this program, helping New York’s animals stay happy and healthy as they await their forever homes.”
Since the launch of the Companion Animal Capital Fund program in 2017, the state has dedicated over $33 million to the program, including funds committed in this year’s budget. In total, 84 projects have been awarded across New York so far.
Administered by the Department of Agriculture and Markets (AGM), the program provides matching grants to shelters and humane societies to offset the costs associated with capital projects, such as renovating dog kennels, improving medical facilities, or building more efficient shelters to reduce overall operational costs.
Funds are also used to construct, renovate, rehabilitate, or acquire buildings or equipment needed to house, treat, and care for sheltered dogs and cats. AGM selects grant recipients based on a need assessment, detailed project description, and reasonableness of cost.
Two Requests for Proposals (RFPs) have been released through Round 6 of this program:
RFP 0311 – Over $3.5 million is available for municipal and incorporated not-for-profit pounds, shelters, humane societies, and rescue facilities. Eligible entities must be a pound or shelter for dogs established and maintained as outlined in section 114 of New York Agriculture and Markets Law.
RFP 0312 – Over $1.1 million is available for duly incorporated pounds, shelters, humane societies, or rescue facilities that are not operated by or under contract with a municipality but that are registered with AGM, according to section 408 of New York Agriculture and Markets Law. Entities must demonstrate that they provide similar pound or shelter services in underserved municipalities or regions where there is insufficient shelter capacity for dogs and/or cats.
ALBION – Please welcome Dr. Keith Fuleki, D.O. to our Albion location. He previously worked as a family medicine physician at Oak Orchard Health from August 2016 to June 2020.
Dr. Fuleki is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and then he completed his residency in family medicine at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center.
He is an accomplished Family Medicine physician who has worked extensively in both urban and rural primary care settings, particularly with the underserved. He is excited to return to serve the community he lives in.
Dr. Fuleki emphasizes wellness, preventative medicine, emotional well-being, and helping all patients feel empowered to make informed health decisions. He is capable of all aspects of effective primary care including all aspects of medicine, chronic care management, hypertension, diabetes, GYN, adolescent and adult medicine. Well-versed in modern medicine, Dr. Fuleki has taught a multitude of medical and other health science students over the years.
“We are so glad that Dr. Fuleki has returned to Oak Orchard Health in Albion,” said Dr. Danielle Mead, chief medical officer of Oak Orchard Health. “Our patients need the expertise that he brings to our community. He enjoys working with diverse populations and helping them develop solutions to their health care problems to fit their lifestyle.”
Dr. Fuleki is accepting new patients as are these providers in Albion including: PRIMARY CARE –Minnie Clark, ANP; and Dawn Warriner-Herman, FNP. PEDIATRICS – Lauren Rogers, PA; Tamera S. Suzanne, PNP; and Karen Mawn, MD.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 7 November 2023 at 10:46 am
MEDINA – The school for about a dozen years has had a single bus run in the morning and afternoon, with an expanded walk zone – 2 miles for students in middle and high school, and 1 mile for those in elementary school.
The district made that decision during a budget crisis when the state made steep cuts to school districts in 2010-11.
The district is in a stronger financial position now, and is discussing whether to return to two bus runs in the morning and afternoon, said Dr. Mark Kruzynski, the district superintendent.
School leaders expect to discuss the financial implications of two bus runs during the budget process for 2024-25. Kruzynski and the district officials want to hear from the community about whether to go back to a bus run that would arrive at school around 7:30, with a second run for elementary students around 8:30 a.m. In the afternoon, the two runs would also be staggered about an hour apart.
“We’re just exploring,” Kruzynski said today.
He has been concerned that about a third of Medina’s students are in the walk zone and need to either get a ride to school or travel by foot (or bike).
“It’s a lot for a 5-year-old to walk almost a mile to school,” he said. “From an equity standpoint, why are we busing some students, but not all?”
Not all of the sidewalks in the village are in great shape or shoveled. That can cause some of the kids to venture into the streets, posing a safety concern, Kruzynski said.
The district also tends to be more cautious in calling snow days because so many students are walking to school. Kruzynski keeps a close watch on the wind chill and will close school if it’s too cold, even if there isn’t any snow in the forecast.
Medina, if it went to two bus runs, would no longer have a walk zone and everyone could ride the bus. The district wouldn’t have to add buses if the change was made.
The online survey (click here) closes at the end of this week. Medina is asking families how their children currently get to school – bus, a ride or by walking – and if they support two bus runs where everyone could be on a bus.
Kruzynski said switching to two bus runs, with an hour gap from older to younger students, could pose a childcare hardship for some households.
“We’ll see where the survey goes,” Kruzynski said. “We’re very interested in talking about this.”
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 7 November 2023 at 9:10 am
Group has ideas to build on Santa theme for Albion
Photo by Tom Rivers
ALBION – A plaque has been added next to the bronze statue of a Santa Claus in downtown Albion at Waterman Park. (This photo makes it look bigger than reality. It doesn’t quite go waist high.)
The statue was dedicated during the Strawberry Festival on June 10. It was created by sculptor Brian Porter.
The project was led by the Albion Betterment Committee as a tribute to the late Charles Howard, who ran a Santa School in Albion beginning in 1937. He remains revered by the Santa community for helping to shape the look of Santa and how people should act while interacting with children.
The group wanted a plaque to provide a snapshot of Howard’s life and impact.
This photo shows Charles W. Howard with a Santa at Christmas Park in Albion. Howard operated the Park and a school for Santa Claus in Albion until his death on May 1, 1966.
The plaque reads:
CHARLES W. HOWARD (1896-1966)
“Charles W. Howard first portrayed Santa as a boy in a classroom play. As an adult he played Santa in a store front window in downtown Albion and then, Rochester and Buffalo. This experience encouraged him to perfect the role of Santa Claus.
“Charles was disheartened by the quality of Santa being portrayed in stores. He created a ‘school’ to teach the proper appearance and demeanor of Santa. He established the world’s first Santa Claus School in the fall of 1937. His school became so popular that it was eventually recognized world-wide.
“Charles converted his farm in Albion into Christmas Park with a Christmas and Santa theme. The park provided Santa’s Castle where he trained Santas in the off-season.
“He became the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Santa and retained that distinction for 18 years – until his death in 1966.
“One of Charles’s most famous quotes was ‘He errs who thinks Santa enters through the chimney. He enters through the heart.’
Albion Lions Club member
Santa Claus Hall of Fame Charter Member – December, 2010”
Other community members are trying to build on the Santa theme. Lori Laine put a post on Facebook and wrote a letter to the editor, encouraging people to attend a meeting on Monday evening to brainstorm Santa ideas.
The group has four projects for now, including a lighted holiday parade on Dec. 9.
“We need lots of floats, cars, wagons, golf carts all lit up!” Laine posted today on Facebook. “Don’t have a vehicle to light up? We can have marchers this year!”
Susan Oschmann is coordinating the effort and has applications for participants.
“The more the merrier, let’s light up the night!” Laine said.
The group also would like to adopt a light pole with Christmas decorations. Maureen Bennett is the person to reach out to for more information.
Laine also would like to see a tour of the churches in the historic Courthouse Square. “Many folks have never see the inner beauty of these historic churches,” she said.
The group also is planning weekly Christmas caroling in the community in an effort headed up by Karen Conn, an Albion music teacher and owner of a real estate business.
Some other ideas to promote the Christmas spirit: a 5K Santa run, sledding at Bullard Park with hot cocoa, and a “Santa Shanty” for people to meet Santa.
The group will next meet at 7 p.m. on Nov. 15 at Hoag Library to discuss the projects.
By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 7 November 2023 at 7:26 am
Voters today will elect candidates to serve at town and county levels. Many of the positions are unopposed but there are races in Barre, Kendall, Murray, Shelby and Yates.
There isn’t opposition for the town positions on the ballot in Albion, Carlton, Clarendon, Gaines and Ridgeway.
In Orleans County government, all 8 spots all unopposed. That includes the sheriff and 7 legislators.
Polls are opens from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Here are the candidates running for positions:
Orleans County
Sheriff – Chris Bourke, Republican and Conservative (4-year term)
County Legislator (at-large from west) – Skip Draper of Medina, Republican (2-year term)
County Legislator (at-large from central) – Don Allport of Gaines, Republican (2-year term)
County Legislator (at-large from east) – Ed Morgan of Murray, Republican (2-year term)
County Legislator (District 1) – Bill Eick of Shelby, Republican (2-year term)
County Legislator (District 2) – Lynne Johnson of Lyndonville, Republican (2-year term)
County Legislator (District 3) – Fred Miller of Albion, Democrat (2-year term)
County Legislator (District 4) – John Fitzak of Carlton, Republican (2-year term)
Town of Albion
Town Supervisor – Richard Remley, Republican (2-year term)
Town Council members (pick two) – Darlene Benton and Terry Wilbert, Democratic Party (4-year terms)
Town Clerk – Sarah Basinait, Republican (4-year term)
Highway Superintendent – Michael Neidert, Conservative, Democrat and Republican (4-year term)
Town of Barre
Town Supervisor (pick one) – Sean Pogue, Republican and “Future for Barre”; and Scott Burnside, Conservative (2-year term)
Town Council members (pick two) – Margaret Swan and Kirk Mathes, Republicans and “Future for Barre”; and Kerri Richardson, Conservative (4-year terms)
Town Clerk – Maureen Beach, Democrat (4-year term)
Highway Superintendent – Dale Brooks, Republican and “Working for a Better Barre” (4-year term)
Town Justice – Earl Jenks Jr., Republican (4-year term)
Town of Carlton
Town Supervisor – Gayle Ashbery, Republican (4-Year term)
Town Council members (pick two) – Dana Woolston and Brian McCue, Republicans (4-year terms)
Town Council member – Charles Ricci, Republican (2-year term)
Town of Clarendon
Town Supervisor – Richard Moy, Republican (2-year term)
Town Council members (pick two) – Allen Robinson and Bruce Hovey, Republicans (4-year terms)
Town Clerk – Susan Colby, Republican (4-year term)
Highway Superintendent – Tracy Chalker, Conservative and Republican (4-year term)
Town Justice – Thomas DiFante, Republican (4-year term)
Town of Gaines
Town Supervisor – Tyler Allport, Republican
Town Council members (pick two) – Rick Ebbs, Democrat, and Ronald Mannella, Democrat and Republican (4-year terms)
Town Clerk – Janet Cheverie, Republican (2-year term)
Highway Superintendent – Mark Radzinski, Republican (4-year term)
Town of Kendall
Town Supervisor – Tony Cammarata, Republican (2-year term)
Town Council members (pick two) – Margaret Szozda, Democrat; and David Bentley and Barbara Flow, Republicans (4-year terms)
Highway Superintendent – Eric Maxon, Republican (2-year term); Warren Kruger, current highway superintendent, also is doing a write-in campaign
Town of Murray
Town Supervisor (pick one) – Gerald Rightmyer, Republican and “Community”; and Joseph Sidonio, Conservative (2-year term)
Town Council members (pick two) – Lloyd Christ Jr. and Randall Bower, Republicans (4-year terms)
Town Council members (pick two) – Michael Christopher and Elaine Berg, Republicans; Eric Collyer, Conservative (2-year terms)
Town of Ridgeway
Town Supervisor – Brian Napoli, Republican (4-year term)
Town Council members – Mary Woodruff and Duane Payne, Republicans (4-year terms)
Town Justice – Joseph Kujawa, Republican (4-year term)
Town of Shelby
Town Supervisor – Scott Wengewicz, Conservative and Republican (2-year term)
Town Council members (pick two) – Jeff Schiffer and Linda Limina, Republicans; and John Pratt, write-in (4-year terms)
Town Clerk (elect one) – Darlene Rich, Democrat and “People’s Choice”; and Christine Pask, Republican (4-year term)
Highway Superintendent (elect one) – Dale Root, Republican and Conservative; and William Wolter, Democrat (4-year term)
Town Justice – Ed Grabowski, Conservative and Republican (4-year term)
Town of Yates
Town Supervisor – James Simon (2-year term)
Town Council members (elect 2) – John Riggi and Susan Hrovat, Republicans; Paul Lauricella and Steve Colon, Conservative and “Taxpayers First” (4-year terms)
Town Clerk – Michelle Harling, Republican (4-year term)
Highway Superintendent – Roger Wolfe, Republican (4-year term)
