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Dunkirk school board getting 3 new members

The Dunkirk school district is set to get three new Board of Education members.

According to unofficial results provided Tuesday night by District Clerk Tara Jakse, the top vote-getter in the election was Stephen Helwig with 378 votes. Marcus Buchanan took second place in the six-person race with 348 votes. Lucas Catalano was in third place with 314 votes.

Incumbents Robert Bankoski and Julie Smith received 191 and 189 votes, respectively. The sixth candidate, Joseph Hallmark, had 113 votes.

Helwig and Buchanan will fill three-year terms and Catalano will serve for one year.

Also Tuesday, the district’s 2022-23 budget proposal passed easily. There were 450 “yes” votes to 106 “no,” according to Jakse’s results.

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