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Randy Bashwinger

2017 Berne election: Randy Bashwinger for highway superintendent

by H. Rose Schneider

BERNE — Randy Bashwinger, a Republican leading a mixed slate of candidates as the party’s chairman, is running for a second term as highway superintendent. After being elected to fill out a term, Bashwinger is touting his accomplishments in the past three years as superintendent.

Sean Lyons

2017 Berne election: Sean Lyons for supervisor

by H. Rose Schneider

BERNE — Sean Lyons is challenging Berne’s long-time Democratic supervisor. He said he is a supporter of President Donald Trump and “his initiative to bring fresh faces and people who are not politicians into politics.”

2017 Berne election: Kevin Crosier for supervisor

by H. Rose Schneider

BERNE — Kevin Crosier, a Democrat heading on an all-Democrat slate, is making his fifth run for town supervisor.

Joel Willsey

2017 Berne election: Joel Willsey for council

by H. Rose Schneider

BERNE — Joel Willsey has helped with projects in his hometown of Berne for years, but now is looking to become part of Berne’s government.

A Democrat, Willsey is running on the Democratic line for town board

2017 Berne election: Frank Brady for council

by H. Rose Schneider

BERNE — Frank Brady, a former union vice president for the Civil Service Employees Association, said he is running for town council because he’d like to change the way things are done in Berne’s government.

A Democrat, he is running on the Republican slate.

2017 Berne election: Dennis Palow for council

by H. Rose Schneider

BERNE — Dennis Palow, an Army veteran who has served in various countries, said he settled in Berne after retiring because of the people in town, who he now wants to give a voice to.

A Republican challenger, Palow is making his first run for town council on the GOP line.

2017 Berne election: James Cooke for council

by H. Rose Schneider

BERNE — James Cooke said he is running to stay a councilman because he wants to serve the townspeople of Berne.

2017 Berne election: Ronald Shultes for highway superintendent

by H. Rose Schneider

BERNE — Ronald Shultes, a Democrat running on the Democratic line, is challenging one of the few Republicans in the town of Berne for the role of highway superintendent. A former town highway employee, Shultes said he would like to better the department in areas such as safety and road work.

Randy Bashwinger

2017 Berne election: Randy Bashwinger for highway superintendent

by H. Rose Schneider

BERNE — Randy Bashwinger, a Republican leading a mixed slate of candidates as the party’s chairman, is running for a second term as highway superintendent. After being elected to fill out a term, Bashwinger is touting his accomplishments in the past three years as superintendent.

Scuffle follows Knox FOIL kerfuffle

by H. Rose Schneider
In Knox, a submission of a Freedom of Information Law request by a town councilman to the supervisor spiraled from a discussion about the duties of responding to such a request to arguments among both town officials and residents, resulting at one point in a scuffle between the supervisor’s wife and a co-chair of the town Democratic Committee.

Four run for two council seats and four more vie for two assessor posts in Rensselaerville

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

The contested races in Rensselaerville include four candidates running for two town board seats, and four more vying for two assessor posts. The Democratic candidate for supervisor, Steve Pfleging, is unopposed.

2017 Rensselaerville election: Steve Pfleging for supervisor

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

RENSSELAERVILLE — “A small town is like a family,” says Steve Pfleging. A Democrat, he is unopposed in his run for supervisor.

It is Pfleging’s first run for political office and he’d like to keep the town on an “even keel,” he said. “I’m not a politician,” Pfleging said, “so running is new for me.”

2017 Rensselaerville election: Marion Cooke for council

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

RENSSELAERVILLE — Marion Cooke, a member of the Conservative Party, has served on the town board for eight years and is making her third run on the Republican line.

What she is most proud of during her tenure on the board is the town’s sound financial condition.

2017 Rensselaerville election: Marie Dermody for council

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

RENSSELAERVILLE — Marie Dermody says, “You have no right to complain if you don’t want to fix what’s broken. I’m putting my money where my mouth is.”

Dermody, a Democrat, is running for a council seat on the Democratic line.

2017 Rensselaerville election: Jason Rauf for council

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

RENSSELAERVILLE — Jason Rauf grew up in Medusa and has lived in Rensselaerville for his entire life.

At 30 now, he says he and his wife, Michelle, have decided to raise their first child, a daughter named Hannah, in the town they love.

A Republican, Rauf is making his first run for office on the GOP line.

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