GOUVERNEUR -- Three people are running for two village trustee seats and two people for the mayor’s seat in next month’s election, while many of the village and town positions on the Nov. 3 ballot this year are not contested.

Mayor Ronald McDougall, who will be on the Democratic and Republican ballot lines as well as third-party line, is being challenged by Diane Monroe Cotter, who will appear only on a third-party ballot line.

Village Trustee Roger LaPierre is not running to keep his seat, while Shelly Simons-Washburn is running to retain her seat on the board, and she is joined in the race for two seats by Richard J. Wood, who will appear on the Democratic and Republican ballot lines, and George G. Harder. whose name will be on a Republican line.

Incumbent Town Supervisor Robert R. Ritchie faces no opposition this year in his re-election bid, and neither is Town Justice Stanley H. Young, Jr.

Town Councilman Tim Monroe’s term is up but he’s not running again, and newcomer David L. Spillman, Jr. and incumbent Jaimee McQuade are on the ballot for the two positions to be filled Nov. 3.