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A year after coming up short in her bid for New Castle supervisor, Democrat Holly McCall decisively won her race last week for the three-year unexpired term for a seat on the Town Board. McCall defeated Unite New Castle candidate and
Read moreLost in the shuffle of the higher profile congressional and state races on Election Day may have been a slew of contested and uncontested local races in Westchester and Putnam counties. Westchester In the Town of Cortlandt, Councilman Robert Mayes,
Read moreThere were no surprises on Tuesday in the area’s state Senate and Assembly races, which were won by incumbents and clear-cut favorites. Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers) easily beat back a challenge for her seat from Republican Khristen Kerr
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State Assemblyman Kevin Byrne is looking forward to the challenge of being Putnam County Executive when he succeeds MaryEllen Odell on Jan. 1. Byrne, 37, a Republican who has represented the 94th Assembly District for the last six years, is
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Five-term North Castle Supervisor Michael Schiliro announced late last week that he will not seek re-election next year, marking the end of a 16-year run on the Town Board. Schiliro, who served as a councilman for six years before starting
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Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-Cold Spring) acknowledged on Sunday that his congressional seat against Assemblyman Mike Lawler is hanging in the balance as his re-election bid enters its final two weeks. The five-term legislator, speaking at a campaign rally in
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The New Castle Town Board filled its vacancy last week, but not before sometimes-heated interaction between public speakers and the board on how the selection process played out. Ally Chemtob, a former Bronx assistant district attorney and currently a case worker
Read moreFormer Kent Supervisor Maureen Fleming ended her eight-year run last year when she was term-limited, but she’s itching to return to public service as a member of the Putnam County Legislature. To achieve her goal, Fleming, a Democrat, will have
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Within a week, Rep. Jamie Raskin experienced two traumatic and completely unrelated events that would have been unthinkable days before they occurred. On Dec. 31, 2020, Raskin’s son, Tommy, a second-year Harvard Law School student, died by suicide after having
Read moreNew Castle Councilwoman Tara Kassal officially resigned her Town Board seat last Wednesday, as the town’s political players now focus on how and when her replacement is appointed. Kassal, who announced on Sept. 20 that she would resign from the
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