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County supervisor candidate Burns to host event
Enjoy coffee and conversation with candidate for County Board Supervisor Terry Burns at Brewed Beginnings, 24221 75th St. Paddock Lake, on Saturday March 20, from 10 a.m. to noon.
Coffee will be provided free of charge courtesy of the candidate… Continue reading
All votes cast in Salem were counted
All votes cast on ballots in Salem -- regardless of whether they were made on incorrect ballots -- were counted in the town supervisor primary Tuesday, town and state election officials report.
The issue arose yesterday when it was discovered that ballot instructions telling voters to vote for as many as four candidates in the town supervisor primary were incorrect. The instructions should have said vote for as many as two… Continue reading
Salem town supervisor results
Preliminary results from the Salem town supervisor primary show Eileen DelMonico and Peter DeRidder being eliminated from the April ballot.
Two people from the field of six were to be trimmed by today's primary.
Counting of results in Salem likely has been complicated by ballot problems discovered today, in which some voters were instructed to vote for
Two people from the field of six were to be trimmed by today's primary.
Counting of results in Salem likely has been complicated by ballot problems discovered today, in which some voters were instructed to vote for Randall School primary results
Preliminary vote totals in the Randall School Board primary show Linda Smith being eliminated from the field that will compete for two seats this April.
Receiving the most votes was James O'Connell with 140.
Incumbent William Jones received 85 votes.
Janice Brockway received 68 votes.
Shari Kuwik received 54 votes.
Smith received 36 votes.
The county is reporting vote totals in the election all reported but still open… Continue reading Paddock Lake trustee field set
Glenda Morey was the candidate eliminated from the Paddock Lake village trustee race in Tuesday's primary.
Incumbent Trustee Karen Harris received the most votes -- 100.
Barb Brenner and Howard Schlicting both received 78 votes.
Matt Nolan received 66 votes.
Incumbent Joseph Riesselmann received 52 votes.
Patricia Warner received 38 votes, three more than Morey.
The six survivors will face off to fill three board seats… Continue reading Salaries restored for Central High School Board
Salaries for the Central High School Board were restored by a 2 to 1 margin at a special meeting of the electors Tuesday night.
The special meeting was the result of a petition that was submitted by the resident Mike Cassity last month.
A motion to restore the salaries to the levels they were before being removed by a vote of the… Continue reading
The special meeting was the result of a petition that was submitted by the resident Mike Cassity last month.
A motion to restore the salaries to the levels they were before being removed by a vote of the… Continue reading Salem adjusting ballots due to error
An error in how ballots were printed is causing Salem to hand correct voting instructions on ballots for the primary election today.
Ballots printed for today's election for town supervisor instructed voters to vote for four individuals out of a field of six candidates.
However, voters should have been instructed to vote for only two candidates.
The primary was needed to narrow a field… Continue reading Primaries Tuesday in Paddock Lake, Salem and Randall School District
There will be non-partisan primary elections Tuesday in Paddock Lake, Salem and the Randall School District, which includes portions of Randall and Twin Lakes.
Polls will be open where necessary from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Those who survive Tuesday will face off again in April.
If you'd like to catch up on the stances of the candidates, we suggest these previous posts… Continue reading Meet and greet event for Salem, Paddock Lake candidates this Friday
A pair of local residents are hosting a meet and greet event for the candidates running in the Feb. 16 primaries in Salem and Paddock Lake.
Candidates for county office also will be invited.
The event will take place Friday, Feb. 5 from 5 to 7 p.m., at the Community Library, Salem site, Highways 83 and AH.
The public is invited to attend and talk to the candidates… Continue reading Randall School Board candidates air their views at forum
Candidates for the Randall School Board gave their views on six topics at a forum Monday afternoon sponsored by the district's teachers' union.
All five candidates appeared at the forum and answered questions that they were given ahead of time. About 17 people attended, most of them being school staff.
Following is video of each candidate telling a little about themselves and then answering the first two questions: Why are you running for school board and what are the school's strengths and areas… Continue reading
Candidate suggests Randall host pre-election events
One of the candidates for Randall Town Board this spring is suggesting the town government host meet and greet events for people to get to know who's running for office.
Mark Nordigan made his proposal at the Town Board's regular meeting Thursday. He spoke during citizens' comments.
Nordigan said he thinks both candidates and the public would benefit from such an event. He added that… Continue reading
Nordigan said he thinks both candidates and the public would benefit from such an event. He added that… Continue reading Randall School Board candidates to address questions at union-sponsored panel discussion
Randall School's Teachers' Union is sponsoring a panel discussion for the five residents that are running for the school board in the Feb. 16 primary election.
Each candidate will be given 20 minutes to answer a list of selected questions. Each candidate will be given the list of the questions prior to speaking to the union members.
The candidate panel starts… Continue reading It’s Election Day in Bristol — village version — today
Residents of the village of Bristol are voting in their first ever village president and Village Board election today.
Of course the outcome is not expected to be too surprising. Only one candidate filed for village president. Six people filed for the board, which has six openings.
Barring a remarkable write-in victory, the Village Board sworn into office next Monday should be:
- William Glembocki, a
Wilmot High School will have contest for school board seats
Three candidates have filed to run for two positions on the Wilmot High School Board up for election April 6.
Filing candidacy papers last week were:
- Wayne Trongeau, incumbent.
- Marci Badtke, a former Wilmot Grade School Board member.
- Cheri England.
Salem will have contest for school board seats
Five candidates running for three board slots means there will be a contest for Salem School Board on April 6.
Filing papers last week to appear on the ballot were:
Peggy Aull, incumbent.- Lisa Hinze, incumbent.
- Roxanne Chavella Brewington.
- Cynthia Sam Corbette.
- Barbara Ingram.
Riverview will have contest for school board
Three candidates running for two positions means there will be a contest for the Riverview School Board April 6.
Filing papers this week to appear on the ballot were:
- Brent Brenner, incumbent.
- James Walker, incumbent.
- Susan Kube.
Silver Lake has trustee race
Silver Lake will have a race for village trustee seats this April.
Vying for three Village Board seats will be:
- Barb Ironside, an incumbent.
- Chris Willkomm, an incumbent.
- Sue Gerber, an incumbent.
- Janice Ours.
Bristol lacks contests for town and village boards
With filing closing today, only the incumbents filed for two Bristol Town Board seats to be decided in the April election.
That means that unless a long shot write-in candidate were to win, incumbents Colleen Fisch and John McCabe will stay on the board. That election will be April 6.
On the Village Board side, there were six open slots for the new entity that will govern the newly created municipality. The… Continue reading Contests for Randall supervisor
The Randall Town Board seats up for election this spring will be contested, with four candidates filing papers by today's 5 p.m. deadline.
Not filing papers to retain his seat was Supervisor Ken Mangold. The seat currently held by Supervisor Robert Gehring also will be filled.
Appearing on the April 6 ballot will be:
- Gehring.
- Mike Halverson.
- Randy Kaskin.
- Mark Nordigian.
Primary in Paddock Lake for trustee
With seven people filing for three available seats, there will be a primary election Feb. 16 in Paddock Lake for village trustee.
Filing for seats in the spring election closed today at 5 p.m. The seats currently held by incumbents Karen Harris and Joseph Riesselmann are up along with the seat vacated by Marlene Goodson after she won election as village president… Continue reading Primary in Salem for supervisor
With six candidates having filed papers to fill two available supervisor positions there will be a primary Feb. 16 in Salem.
Filing for seats in the spring election closed today at 5 p.m. The seats current held by incumbents Dennis Faber and Jo Weidman are up. Vying to fill the seats will be:
- Faber.
- Weidman.
- Diann D. Tesar, a former supervisor and town chairman.
- Eileen Del Monico.
- Dan Campion.
- Peter A
