Trustee Fahrenkopf, Justice Greene unopposed

ALTAMONT — Village Justice James R. Greene and Village Trustee Nicholas Fahrenkopf were both elected on March 15, in a special election, to the posts they had held after being appointed to replace officials who had resigned.

Both men ran unopposed. Village candidates don’t run on traditional political party lines.

Fifty-five residents came out to vote; the village has a population of 1,720, according to the 2010 federal census. James R. Greene received 50 votes, and Fahrenkopf 55. There were no write-ins, said Village Clerk Patty Blackwood. The village has four trustees.

Fahrenkopf, an engineer, will need to run again in three years because he is filling out the term of Cathy Glass, who was elected in March 2015 and resigned six months later, citing unforeseen health issues within her family.

Greene, an attorney, will need to run again in March 2017, after finishing out the term of Lesley Stefan, who was elected in April 2013  and resigned in January 2015, saying that she was moving out of the village.

The village has two justices. Rebecca Hout has held the other position for 22 years.

 

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