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Wallkill Valley Times , Wednesday , November 8 , 2017
Republicans sweep in Montgomery
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a daily or weekly basis . He also wants to open a dialogue with the town ’ s many small businesses . “ I want to make them feel welcome ,” said Winchell . Winchell thanked his wife , son , and the many friends and family members who supported him in running for the town supervisor position .
The race with an outside chance of an upset is the race for two town councilperson positions . An unreported number of absentee ballots remain to be counted , however the Republican candidates had a healthy lead on Tuesday night .
According to unofficial election results , Councilwoman Cindy Voss and Councilwoman Sheryl Melick retained their positions on the town board with 2,978 and 2,773 votes , respectively .
Democratic challenger David Stoudnour received 1,668 votes and Susan Cockburn was closing in on the second seat at 2,163 votes .
Town Justice Raynard Ozman was re-elected with 3,367 votes over Democrat Lynda Mitchell , who garnered 1,651 votes .
Both Town Clerk Tara Stickles and Highway Superintendent Charles Woznick were running unopposed for re-election to their posts and were re-elected with 3,985 and 3,826 votes , respectively .
Other races Crawford
Supervisor Charles E . Carnes , running unopposed , tallied 1,873 votes . Jolene Roy was also unopposed in her re-election bid as town clerk . In the race for council ,
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Orange County
Republicans were winners in major county races , with Steve Neuhaus ( R-C-I ) winning re-election as County Executive , turning back challenger Pat Davis ( D-WF-WE ) by a margin of 38,982-27,297 . Also winning re-election were County Clerk Ann Rabbitt and District Attorney Dave Hoover , both Republicans .
Winners of Legislative races included Steve Brescia in District 9 and Rob Sassi in District 18 . Incumbents Mike Anagnostakis ( District 17 ) and Michael Paduch ( 19 ) ran unopposed .
Gardiner
Unofficial results of the 2017 general elections are in . Incumbent Marybeth Majestic ( REP , CON ) has presided with 50.53 % of votes over Lisa Lindsley ( DEM , WOR , WEP ) with 49.47 % as Gardiner Town Supervisor . Michelle Mosher ( DEM , REP , CON ), who ran unopposed , is Gardiner ’ s town clerk and tax collector .
For Gardiner town council , David Dukler ( DEM , WOR , WEP ) and Warren Wiegland ( DEM , WOR , WEP ) have been elected , beating out Jack Hayes ( REP , CON ) and Pamela J . O ’ Dell ( CON ).
For Ulster County , incumbent Kenneth J . Ronk Jr . ( REP , CON , IDP ) won unopposed in the as the district 13th county legislator and incumbent Craig Lopez ( REP , CON , IND , REF ) won 66.63 % of the vote , beating out newcomer Andrew Zink ( DEM , GRE , WOR , WEP ) with 33.37 % as district 14 legislator . For district 16 , incumbent Tracey Bartels ( DEM , WOR , WEP ) won with 59.33 % of the vote over Kathy Miller ( REP , CON , IDP ) who won 39.72 % of the vote .
Shawangunk stays within the tax cap
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depending on how we finish out ,” Valk said . The town will collect $ 1,502,002 in taxes for the general fund in 2018 .
The supervisor is glad that the fund balance numbers have steadied in recent years after the town had to apply significant chunks toward its budgets earlier this decade , including $ 747,500 just six years ago . “ I ’ m very pleased to see those lines go up ,” Valk said . “ We ’ re not spending a lot , so we ’ re keeping the fund balance at a healthy level .”
Valk gave a brief presentation on the proposed budget during the council ’ s Nov . 2 meeting before the board voted 5-0 to approve the plan . The budget includes $ 39,325 for the Water District and $ 60,215 for the Sewer District , with $ 342,566 allocated for the Wallkill Library District and $ 531,474 for the Wallkill Fire District . The Wallkill Ambulance District line is $ 80,702 in the adopted budget , while the Shawangunk Valley Fire Department will receive $ 325,272 in funding .
Police Blotter
Town of Montgomery Police
Justin B . Wray , 28 , was charged Oct . 1 with assault 3rd , intent to cause physical injury and criminal mischief 4th , intent to damage property .
Douglas J . Wilson , 32 , was charged Oct . 3 with criminal contempt 1st an stalking 3rd .
Matthew C . Croce , 21 , was charged Oct . 5 , with two counts of criminal sale of marijuana 4th .
Thomas John Jewis , 19 , was charged Oct . 6 , with criminal possession of a controlled substance 5th , criminal possession of a of a controlled substance 4th , consumption of alcoholic beverages , operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol , driving while intoxicated and parking violations .
Kimberly A . Allegrini , 46 , was charged Oct . 7 , with petit larceny .
Richard Jones , 62 , was charged Oct . 12 , with assault 3rd , with intent to cause physical injury .
Adonis Collado-Martinez , 20 , was charged Oct 12 , with criminal possession of stolen property 3rd and obstructing governmental administration .
David Orsino , 30 , was charged Oct . 14 , with falsely reporting an incident 2nd .
Norman W . Broadhurst , 60 , was charged Oct . 14 with criminal possession of a controlled substance 7th and criminal possession of a hypodermic instrument .
Thomas F . Roger , 59 , was charged Oct . 14 , with aggravated unlicensed operation 3rd .
Steven M . Brisbee , 27 , was charged Oct . 14 , with ability impaired by drugs , aggravated unlicensed operation 3rd and operating a motor vehicle with a suspended registration .
Ammi Francois , 42 , was charged Oct . 15 , with endangering the welfare of a child , forcible touching and sexual abuse in the third degree .
Kevin P . Tighe , 39 , was charged Oct . 18 with aggravated harassment 2nd .
Francine S . Raiola , 56 , was charged Oct . 22 , with aggravated unlicensed operation 3rd .
Alex M . Blomquist , 30 , was charged Oct 26 , with criminal mischief 4th , and reckless endangerment of property .
Melbourne A . Ridge , 40 , was charged Oct 27 , with Petit larceny and false personation .
Dawn Marie Toral , 39 , was charged Oct 31 , with aggravated unlicensed operation 3rd .
Douglas J . Wilson , 32 was charged Oct 10 with criminal contempt 1st .
Angela McCarthy , 31 , was charged Oct . 25 , with aggravated unlicensed operation 3rd .
Parrish Michael Canty , 24 , was charged Nov . 4 was charged with assault 3rd .
State Police at Montgomery
Alton Royal , 53 , of Walden . was charged Nov . 3 with Predatory Sexual Assault Against a Child ( PL 130.96 ) an A-II Felony .
Royal was arraigned before Village of Walden Justice Gerald Mishk and remanded to Orange County Jail without bail .