![]() That district comprises the Ulster county towns of Hardenburgh, Denning, Shandaken, Olive, Woodstock, Kingston, Hurley, Ulster and Saugerties, as well parts of Columbia and Otsego counties and all of Greene, Sullivan, Delaware, Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Tioga and Tompkins counties. Molinaro will be on the November general election ballot as the GOP candidate for a newly configured 19th Congressional district. In 2018, Molinaro ran unsuccessfully against Democratic incumbent Andrew Cuomo for governor. he served in the state Assembly from 2007 until 2011 and became county executive in 2012. He served in the county Legislature until 2006. Molinaro served five terms as mayor before being elected to the Dutchess County Legislature in 2000. when he was elected mayor of that village. In 1995, he became the youngest mayor in the U.S. Molinaro, 46, has held public office since he was 18, when he was elected to the Tivoli Village Board of Trustees. In November 2019, Ryan was elected to a full four-year term as county executive. In April 2019, Ryan emerged victorious in a special election to fill the unexpired term of former Ulster County Executive Mike Hein, who resigned to take a position in state government in 2019. In 2015, Ryan, who was then a political unknown, lost in a multi-candidate primary for the Democratic line in the general election. Antonio Delagado, which expires at the end of 2022.ĭelgado, a Democrat from Rhinebeck, resigned the seat in May to become lieutenant governor. "It's not what's on the outside it's what's on the inside that matters most.Ryan, who will step down as Ulster County executive upon taking the congressional post, will fill the unexpired term of former U.S. Warham, who turns 62 on Saturday, has one quote she wants everyone to consider: Treat others like you would like to be treated." Warham's advice to her replacement, and anyone else who wants to have a pleasant experience at work: "Just be kind. She will be replaced by Laurie Furman, an eight-year business office employee, who's been training for the move for a month. "But it was a blessing to have her here as long as we did." "Marcia will be missed greatly by the staff and the community," said Dispatch General Manager Karen Alvord. ![]() "We've always tried to put out the best product we can." she said. While a lot has changed in the business, this type of local news remains important. ![]() "I've made lasting friendships with people who came in with information" about their garden club events, weddings or rummage sales. Those awards are right up on my wall."īut plaques haven't been her most important rewards, she said. She said winning Oneida Rotary's Bill Fariel Award and its Roses to the Living honor were "very special to me. Over the years, the community has recognized Warham for her work at The Dispatch. Warham is a lay leader there she speaks every Sunday, serves on several church committees and helps the minister "whenever I can." The congregation of Christ Church-United Methodist in Sherrill can also expect to see more of her. "I might even start volunteering there," she said. She said she plans to visit her sons, Paul and Steven, in Brooklyn more often and spend more time at Oneida Healthcare's Extended Care Facility, where her parents, Ray and Marilyn Green, are residents. If a job needs doing, like inserting, we all pitch in," she said.īut retirement will give her more time to spend with her real family, especially her husband, Rick, who retired from his job as a BOCES bus mechanic last year. So many reporters, copy editors and ad people have passed through The Dispatch, it's hard to remember them all, she said, but the workers have always been like a family. "An obituary is the last statement on a person, and it's important we do our absolute best to see that it's done well," she said.ĭuring her career she estimates eight editors have headed the newsroom, and "at least ten" publishers have run The Dispatch, which has since moved to its Broad Street location. Then, as now, Warham is in charge of the events calendar, wedding and engagement announcements, letters to the editor, school honor rolls, local news briefs, and - most notably - obituaries. She quickly realized that she didn't like selling, and after a couple of years moved into the News Department. There were more than 50 employees and an army of youth and adult carriers who fanned out every day from the Dispatch Building on Messenger Place (behind the spot now occupied by the Zeller Building).īut that, too, only lasted a couple of years before Warham moved to the Classified Department. The Dispatch presses were busy with job printing. There was a lot to keep track of in those days.
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