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Republicans sweep 2009 Mamakating town elections

Mamakating Democrats faced total defeat Tuesday night, when their incumbent town supervisor Bob Fiore lost his re-election bid to Bloomingburg fire commissioner Harold Baird.

Also swept into office were council candidates Regina Saunders and John Moul.

Saunders, a former town councilperson who lost two years ago to Teddy Brebbia, narrowly beat Ron Weathers this time around.

Superintendent of […]

Whitehead comes in last for Wurtsboro village mayor

The results of the three-way mayoral race in Wurtsboro village are in. Incumbent Michelena “Micky” Maher was re-elected by a wide margin. According to the Times Herald-Record, Micky got 203 votes, compared to Paul Champagne’s 28, and Bob Whitehead’s 24.

Barbara Piper beat out Robert H. Hawkes for village trustee, by 211 votes to 34.

That’s a […]

2008 Primary Results for Sullivan County

Assemblywoman Aileen M. Gunther, of New York’s 98th A.D., is running unopposed this November.

Sullivan County had no primary challenges scheduled for Tues., Sept. 9, 2008. Therefore, there are no primary results to report.

The general election will be held on Tues., Nov. 4, 2008, from 6am to 9pm.

Who’s running:

U.S. President: Barack Obama, John McCain, Cynthia McKinney

Representative of […]

Pork-Barrel Politics Behind Sullivan Street S.N.A.F.U.?

“Politicians say they’re beefing up our economy.

Most don’t know beef from pork.”

— attributed to Harold Lowman

The post card pictured above arrived in Mamakating mailboxes two weeks prior to our town’s Nov. 6, 2007 general election. The post mark indicates it was paid for with taxpayer funds.

Take a close look, […]

New Bloomingburg mayor wins by one vote

Newly elected Bloomingburg mayor Mark Berentsen (center), with trustees Clifford Teich (left) and Peggy Wood (right). Berentsen bested incumbent E. Everett Saunders by one vote, in a surprise eleventh-hour write-in upset.

The election, held March 18, 2008, was decided 46-45 against Saunders, in a March 25th Board of Election tally. The winning vote, an absentee ballot, […]