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March 19, 2009

Village election chart

Listed below are results in area village elections Wednesday.



Cherry Valley

• Mayor

Jeffrey Stiles 149

Debbie Friedman 79

Dorothy Reiberg 1

• Trustee

Kevin Flint 147

Frank Russo 82



Cooperstown

• Trustee (2)

Joe Booan Jr. (R) 341

Willis Monie Jr. (R) 276

Richard Abbate (D) 177

Milo Stewart Jr. (D) 137



Laurens

• Mayor

Robert Zack 8

• Trustee (3)

Christy (Price) Gordon 8

Geralyn Holstead 8

Donna Sorentino 8



Milford

• Mayor

Sabine Curry 31

• Trustee

Colman ‘Jim’ Havener 27



Morris

• Trustee

William Burdick 6



Richfield Springs

• Trustee (2)

John O’Connor 4

Ronald Frohne 4



Gilbertsville

• Mayor

Shirley Musson 18

• Trustee

Debra Gross 18



Otego

• Mayor

Ernest Kroll 72

Alec Pitel 1

Don Davis 1



Unadilla

• Trustee (2)

Stephen Geer 4

Kevin Rickard 5



Delhi

• Mayor

Richard Maxey 229

David Truscott 83

• Trustee (2)

James Robbins 220

Gregory L. Kryston 180

Kevin Lee 174



Franklin

• Trustee

Christine Geertgens 41



Walton

• Mayor

Ed Snow 215

Roland Beers 137

Ken Landry 101

Ray Baldi 53

Terri Green 3

John Thraner 53

• Trustee (2)

Teresa O’Leary 421

Denise Church 312

Dorothy Closs 241

Jennifer Davis 8

• Justice

Paul Laauser 36



Stamford

• Mayor

Michael Jacobs 137

Anne Slatin 128

• Trustee (2)

Joan Hinman 155

Bruce Velan 142



Hobart

• Mayor

Aaron Kaufman 81

Kenneth Brockway 66

Gordon Key 8

• Trustee (2)

William Webb 100

James Barr III 87

Don Dales 60

William Palmer 30

Joseph Roufe 17



Margaretville

• Mayor

J. Van Benschoten 69

Carol O’Beirne 66

William Stanton 1

• Trustee (2)

Iris Mead 92

Wallace Patterson 85

J. Van Benschoten 18

Fred Miller 1

Teresa Goodchild 1



Sidney

• Trustee (2)

James L. Bordeau 184

Steven Crawford 171

Greg Hitchcock 46

• Justice

Steven T. Rose 179



Hancock

• Mayor

Celia Vazquez 176

John Martin 131

• Trustee (2)

Wm. Schoonmaker 173

Dorothy Picozzi 132

Joseph Doran 126

Brad Esolen 50



Fleischmanns

• Mayor

David Morrell 70

• Trustee (2)

Harriet Grossman 37

Martin Morales 40

Todd Pascarella 60



New Berlin

• Mayor

Wade Schrag 67

Carol Riley 65

• Trustee (2)

Terry Potter 103

Mike Conroe 93



Afton

• Trustee (2)

Gloria Harvey 94

Ronald Zablocki 54

Patrick Dedman 45









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