Mebust Leading

New Committee

Of Village Dems

COOPERSTOWN – Lynne Mebust was elected chair of the newly formed Democratic Village Committee during its first meeting on Monday, Jan. 14.
Village Trustee Jeanne Dewey was elected treasurer and Liz Callahan secretary.
Also on the committee are Eugene Berman, and county committee members Melinda Harden, MacGuire Benton, and Village trustees Richard Sternberg and James Dean.
Mebust, herself a former village trustee, will also chair the Democratic caucus at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29.
Three trustee seats are up for election, two three-year terms are being sought by Sternberg and Dewey, and the one-year term by Benton.
Village elections will be Tuesday, March 10, and no Republican candidates have surfaced yet.