elections
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2011 - 3:53 pm
Election day in Fleischmanns. Photo contributed by Ben Fenton.
The results are in from most of the region's village elections. Here's a roundup:
In Fleischmanns, the newly-reelected (and unopposed) village trustee Ben Fenton emailed us yesterday about... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2011 - 12:25 pm
Today's the day for village elections, and while many races across the Catskills have candidates for various village boards and mayors who are running unopposed, there are a few real contests out there. Here's a list of the heated challenges:
Sullivan... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011 - 12:41 pm
Daniel Torres speaking at an anti-gas-drilling rally in New Paltz last June. Photo by Julia Reischel
Twenty-year-old Daniel Torres, who as a member of the New Paltz Board of Education is the youngest person ever elected in the town, has posted a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010 - 8:21 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here. To see a larger version of this cartoon, click here.
Gary Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010 - 9:36 am
From the Poughkeepsie Journal:
In Ulster County, with 99 percent of all districts reporting, Bonacic had 18,702 votes and Sager had 15,879, according to unofficial tallies. Bonacic carried Sullivan County by a margin of 11,545 to 7,541 and led with 100... Read more
By Gus Murphy on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010 - 9:07 am
Cartoonist Gus Murphy, longtime veteran of the late Phoenicia Times/Olive Press, weighs in on the changing of the guard. (Or lack thereof.) You can catch more of Murphy's stuff in our digital pages; we don't have him on a regular schedule yet, but we're... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010 - 8:35 am
Republican Chris Gibson took New York's 20th Congressional District by an 12-point margin, unseating Congressman Scott Murphy. The Daily Mail reports:
Chris Gibson, a retired U.S. Army colonel and Ichabod Crane graduate, unseated freshman U.S. Rep. Scott... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010 - 10:26 pm
Bravo to Ulster County -- it has a live election tally rolling on their website for all races that is astoundingly easy to use. (At the moment, John Bonacic is leading David Sager in one of the more prominent races.)
The Times Herald-Record is impressed... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010 - 10:11 pm
These days, election results are an instant gratification business. Polls closed just an hour ago, and already the AP, the NYT, and the Washington Post are calling the NY governor's race for Andrew Cuomo. (The Times says that senators Kirsten Gillibrand... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010 - 4:14 pm
What's the scene at your local polling place? We've created a page where you can submit reports and photos about what's going on at the polls around the Catskills region. Click here to check out our 2010 elections page. We hope everything is going... Read more
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