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Stratford appoints interim clerk to handle elections

Stratford appoints interim clerk to handle elections
SHOW AND TELL - Officer Adam Dvorak, who recently moved from part-time to full-time at the Stratford Police Department, received a certificate of commendation, presented by fellow officer Sydney Nussbaum, at the Feb. 9 village board meeting. Dvorak earned the commendation for working with an elderly woman who had been reported driving erratically multiple times before he convinced her to stop driving at night. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN O’BRIEN
Stratford appoints interim clerk to handle elections
SHOW AND TELL - Officer Adam Dvorak, who recently moved from part-time to full-time at the Stratford Police Department, received a certificate of commendation, presented by fellow officer Sydney Nussbaum, at the Feb. 9 village board meeting. Dvorak earned the commendation for working with an elderly woman who had been reported driving erratically multiple times before he convinced her to stop driving at night. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN O’BRIEN

With spring elections fast-approaching, Stratford’s village board has re-appointed retired clerk June Krueger to make sure the village has someone legally qualified to oversee the voting process ...

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