Borough races decided
Published: November 11, 2009
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share thisA few sitting council members were defeated in last week’s general election while write-ins and ties also proved to be factors in some races.
Forest City incumbent James Lowry was defeated, while current Mayor Nick Cost was newly elected to a council seat along with Francis Graytock.
Robert Trusky and Mary Twilley were re-elected to council.
The Friendsville council was solely determined by write-in votes as no names appeared on the ballot. Dale Yoder, Stanley Maleski and Grove Doty Jr. were re-elected to serve on council.
The Great Bend Borough race ended with a tie at 64 votes each for the fourth council slot between incumbent Richard Franks and Michael Vangorden, both Democrats.
A provisional ballot cast for Vangorden raised his tally to 65 votes breaking the tie.
However, Shane Rumage was elected to both the council and Blue Ridge School Board and has opted to take the school director seat and decline the council slot, leaving space for Franks on the council.
Ruth Loucks was also newly elected to the Great Bend Council with 77 votes.
Patricia Thatcher was re-elected with 92 votes.
Another tie remains unresolved in Lanesboro between incumbent Robert Mireider Sr. and Jason Fissel. The tie-breaking draw will be held.
Lanesboro also elected to new people to council. Todd Glover and David Glidden each received 67 votes. Colleen Wilkes was also re-elected with 50 votes.
In Hallstead Borough, Michele Giangrieco and David Callendar were re-elected with 110 and 104 votes, respectively. With six votes each, James Gillespie and Robert Thatcher earned positions on council through write-in votes.
Hop Bottom Borough saw the re-election of its incumbent council members John Koshinski, Ronald Borankovich, Susanna Pratt, and Janice Webster to four year terms and Timothy Horton to the two-year seat.
Montrose, first ward had three slots open on council. Sole ballot candidate and incumbent Todd Chamberlain garnered the most votes with 157.
Write-in Sean Granahan, with at least 10 votes, and incumbent Jack Yeager with four votes took the other two open ward one council slots.
In Montrose ward two, write-in incumbent Craig Reimel received 30 votes to reclaim his council seat.
In New Milford, incumbents Chris Allen and Scott Smith chose to not seek another term. Kenneth Carey and Penny Scarborough were elected to council, along with incumbents Teri Gulick and Jim Carr.
David Dibble, in Oakland Borough, claimed a council seat with 74 votes. Ronald Beavan, 63 votes, and Brian Rhone, 69 votes, were re-elected.
Susquehanna Depot ballot candidate Joseph Varsik Jr. earned 119 votes to gain a seat on council. Write-in candidates Roy Williams, 18 votes, and Sue Crawford, 14 votes, took the remaining two open seats.
In Little Meadows, Ralph Aspling was re-elected to a four year seat with 54 votes. Write in votes determined the other two council race winners. Carl Ernst and Mary Ellen Carondy each received four votes to gain a council seat.
David Stetson was also re-elected to serve another two-year term.
Thompson Borough elected Terilynn Segerstrom to council with 50 votes. Donald Wallace received the highest number of write-in votes to secure a council seat with 2 votes. About 13 others each received one write-in, creating a tie for the remaining two seats.
Two new people gained election to the Union Dale council. Barbara Heller, with 37 votes, and James Montenegro with 32 votes were elected. Thomas Yale gained enough votes to secure both the four-year seat, with eight votes, and the two- year seat.
Pat Ceno posted seven votes for the four-year slot. Yale will have to decide which position he is going to take on the council.
