Close four-way battle for three Putnam County Board seats

Three candidates can look forward to their time on the Putnam County Board, but one failed to make the panel in very close voting Tuesday. In a 4-way battle for three seats, Duane Calbow was top vote-getter with 1385 followed by Chauntelle Biagi-Bru with 1365. The final seat was taken by Democrat John O’Neill, who edged out Republican James Gibson, 1211 votes to 1183, a difference of just 28 votes. Sheriff Kevin Doyle ran unopposed and received 2079 votes. Putnam County had a voter turnout of just over 50 percent.