Belmont County Northern Division Judge Frank Fregiato won reelection to the bench in November's 2000 general election. Fregiato has been Northern Division Court Judge since being appointed in January 1997. He was elected to that position in November 1998 winning 92.5 percent of 100 precincts. He is currently "Presiding Judge" of all three County Courts. Since his appointment, Fregiato has been active in promoting legal issues in Belmont County. He has provided educational opportunities to many civic, union, fraternal, veteran, and senior citizen organizations. Most notably is the High School "Live Court" Program ,whereby Judge Fregiato takes his court for live proceedings to each Belmont County High School to demonstrate to our students there are consequences for their actions.

Fregiato has also instituted a Nonviolent Offender Community Service program whereby defendants undertake service for our Belmont County Communities, such as painting town and township buildings and cleaning roads and streams.