Ungaro defeats incumbent in trustee race

After unsuccessful bids to serve on the Youngstown City Council and as Mahoning County commissioner, Eric Ungaro got the support of voters in Poland on Tuesday.

Ungaro defeated Annette Jeswald-DiVito, who has been a township trustee since 1999, and fellow challenger Tony Sferra, an assistant chief with the Western Reserve Joint Fire District.

Ungaro received 48 percent of the vote, while DiVito trailed with 33 percent and Sferra garnered 19 percent.

“I worked hard, and all I ever wanted to do was earn it,” Ungaro, 42, said.

Ungaro said when he takes office in January, the first thing he will do is shake hands with the two other trustees and then “get to work.”

One of his priorities is “to sit down with the school board, [Poland] village council, other trustees and even some private entities to figure out how to get a resource officer in the schools,” he said.

In Poland, incumbent Fiscal Officer Joseph Granitto defeated Paul Canter, 59 percent to 41 percent.