elections
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011 - 3:16 pm
Sample Ballot - Colchester, D1 (Delaware County)
More Colchester sample ballots: Election District 2, Election District 3, Election Distict 4
Links to election coverage:
Daily Star: Four Delaware supervisors face challenge.
Daily Star's endorsement of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011 - 3:09 pm
Sample Ballot - Bovina (Delaware County)
Contested races:
Town council: Kenneth Brown (Independence), Mark Rossley (Republican, People's Voice), Gerald Wright (Republican, Choice)
Highway superintendent: Robert Burgin (Republican, Independence), Edward... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011 - 2:59 pm
Sample ballot for Andes, election district 1:
Sample Ballot - Andes, D1 (Delaware County)
Sample ballot for election district 2.
Links to election coverage:
Video of Andes Meet-The Candidates forum (sponsored by the Watershed Post).
Catskill Mountain... Read more
By wateradmin on Friday, Nov. 4, 2011 - 2:35 pm
Above: This year's ballot in the town of Ashland, in Greene County, in which all races are uncontested.
Maybe it's the result of apathy. Maybe it's due to powerful endorsements from town leaders. Whatever the reason, 70 percent of the races in this year'... Read more
By wateradmin on Friday, Nov. 4, 2011 - 9:45 am
The Phoenicia Library's temporary location at the Maverick West building on Ava Maria Drive. Photo from the Phoenicia, NY website.
On Election Day this year, voters in Shandaken will be deciding on Proposition 414. It's a measure to increase town funding... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 - 1:48 pm
At 7pm on Friday, October 28, we livestreamed the Woodstock Supervisor Candidates Debate from the Woodstock Community Center. (The live stream was brought to you via Channel 23's UStream feed, which you can see above.) Jeremy Wilber and Lorin Rose squared... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 - 8:28 am
Dear Editor,
I am supporting Holley Carnright for District Attorney of Ulster County.
As our current DA, Holley Carnright has prosecuted over 18,000 cases and more than 100 individual members of street gangs in Ulster County. He has a 95% felony... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011 - 8:24 pm
Above: Video footage of the entire hour-and-a-half-long forum, which was also broadcast on WIOX 91.3 FM in Roxbury. Video by Fred Margulies.
With incumbent Len Utter stepping down after over a decade in the position, and three independent candidates on... Read more