Villages prepare for March 15 elections
Few races contested; polling places are open from noon to 9 p.m.
Villages in the Capital Region area are preparing for the Tuesday, March 15, elections. Very few are contested. Voting is generally noon to 9 p.m., unless otherwise noted.
Here are how some have shaped up:
Athens
Trustees (2): Gail A. Lasher (D) and Robert A. Scott (D)
Ballston Spa
Mayor: incumbent Christine Fitzpatrick, (D), Frank Rossi Jr., (R)
Trustee: Democrat Kamran Parwana (D), Republican Bernadette VanDeinse-Perez (R). Voting is 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Eagle-Matt Lee Fire Company.
Castleton-on-Hudson
Mayor: Joe Keegan, incumbent
Trustees (2): Lissa D’Acquanni and Jenifer Pratico, both incumbents.
Referendum: Voters asked to increase the length of service fee by $100 to $800 annually. Paid to Castleton Fire Department to encourage members to serve.
Catskill
Trustees (2): Natasha L. Law (D/Action), Jamie Hyer Mitchell (R/Village Visions), Megan R. Henry (D/Action) and Diane Petrianni (Village Visions)
Trustee (1): Michelle F. Williams (D/Action) and Jeff C. Holliday (R/Village Visions)
Chatham
Trustees (2): Melanie Spock and Karyn Schassler, both Chatham Works Together
Corinth
Trustees (2): Dean Brown, John Coltrain.
Coxsackie
Trustee: Katlyn E. Irwinm (D) and Rebecca Vermilyea (R)
East Nassau
Mayor: Adam Acquario, incumbent.
Trustees (2): Lydia Davis, incumbent. No other candidate listed.
Hoosick Falls
Two-year trustee (3): Deb Alter, incumbent, Daniel Schuttig, and Robert Decker, incumbent.
One-year trustee: Megan Walrod
Judge: Thomas Restino, incumbent
Kinderhook
Mayor: Barry Knights (Kinderhook Ole Timers); Quinn Murphy (Kinderhook People’s
Party) and Mike Abrams (Old Kinderhook Party)
Trustees (2): Susan Patterson (New Kinderhook Party), Dorene M. Weir (Lindenwald Party)
Nassau
Trustees (2): Gaetano Forte and Charles Collins, both incumbents.
Philmont
Justice: Carla Ingersoll (Philmont Party)
Trustees (2): Douglas C. Cropper (Village Party), Debra Gitterman (Philmont Neighbors)
Schaghticoke
Trustees (2): Elizabeth Baker and David Natter
Ravena
Mayor: William J. Misuraca (D) and Dominic Ruggeri (R)
Trustees (2): Caitlin Appleby (R-D), Barbara Tanner (R) and Lynda Muller (D)
Tannersville
Justice: George C. Bain Jr. (R)
Trustees (2): John P. Gallagher (D -R), Kimberly O. Thompson (R) and Mary Susan Timpson (D)
Valatie
Trustees (2): Angelo Nero, Patrick Rodgers, both Residents Party
Valley Falls
Two-year trustees (2): Charles Wright and John Satelli, both incumbents.
One-year trustee: Christopher Keyser
Victory
Trustee: Leslie Dennison
Voorheesville
Mayor: Richard A. Straut
Trustee (1): Kaitlin C. Wilson
Trustee (2): Richard A. Berger and John J. Stevens Jr.
Waterford
Trustees (4): Mark Turpin (D), Russ VanderVoort (R) Jonathon Matson (R), John Fairclough (R) and Marilyn Carson (R). Voting is 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Waterford Visitors Center, 1 Tugboat Alley; Waterford Senior Center, 125 Second St.; and Waterford Fire Department, 11 Eighth St.