In Rye, King wins Select Board race; Ross and Hodgdon win library seats
RYE Deferred from March, Rye voters headed to the polls Tuesday, electing school and town officials and easily approving both warrants.
Challenger Tom King defeated incumbent selectman Mae Bradshaw on a vote of 762 to 444. Bradshaw had served the board for 10 months, after she was chosen to replace Keri Roman, who resigned.
Incumbent Jeff Ross and JoAnn Hodgdon won the Library Trustee seats, defeating Bruce Valley and Thomas Moulton. A fifth person on the ballot, Anne Decker had previously withdrawn from the race but not in time to have her name removed from the ballot.
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Pride, Prayer and Protest at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York (Image by GARY RISSMAN)
LGBT Catholics seek equal rights and equal blessings.
L to R Kathleen Sullivan, Thomas Moulton, Brendan Fay , James Osbourn, Chris Alberti, Mitch Kalaminsky. PHOTO CREDIT GARY RISSMAN
L to R. At the LGBT Catholic PRIDE Witness : Richard Ferrara, Aeffia Feuerstein, Brendan Fay. PHOTO CREDIT GARY RISSMAN
LGBTQ Catholic New Yorkers rallied outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Pride Sunday. It is a tradition that goes back to 1984 when members of DIGNITY NY eventually won a legal right to be present at St Patrick’s Cathedral each Pride Sunday.
County commissioners approve lease, grants
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GALLIPOLIS The Gallia County Board of Commissioners recently approved the minutes from the May 6 meeting where they discussed an agreement for the county jail project.
Commissioners approved a lease agreement with Granger Construction for the jail project. The agreement states the lease is $1,200 per month from May 1, 2021 through Aug. 15, 2022.
During the meeting, commissioners approved travel requests for Sherry Daines and Tim Miller to Logan for the Ohio EMA Sector Meeting and Elisha Orsbon to Bellefontaine for OhioSE/Small Nations.
The weekly canine shelter report was given for the week ending in May 2. Eleven animals came into the shelter, 11 were sent to rescue, two were reclaimed, and six remain at the shelter.
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