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If you’re interested in running for your local school board, the deadline for filing petitions is coming up. Nominating petitions for election to the unpaid position of school board trustee must be delivered to the office of the school district clerk by 5 p.m. April Read More …
Early voting in the April 2 presidential primaries in New York starts March 23. While the Suffolk Board of Elections lists several candidates for the Republican and Democratic primaries, the candidates has been winnowed to President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump. Republicans who Read More …
Several water and fire districts around Huntington elected leaders Tuesday. Michael Pastore was re-elected a commissioner in the Huntington Manor Fire Department. He ran unopposed and received 449 votes. Huntington Fire District voters re-elected two incumbents. Michael Plant, running unopposed for a five-year term, got Read More …
If your favorite–or least favorite–candidate is looking a little tired, don’t be surprised. The election for town, county and judicial candidates is nearly upon us, after months of forums, fundraisers, appearances with local organizations, at parades, schools, civic groups, store openings, festivals and innumerable other Read More …
When you cast your vote this Election Day, vote for our children. Children can’t vote but we can and we must be their voice. When you vote, please consider that gun violence is the number one killer of our children. Consider voting for candidates that Read More …
The League of Women Voters plans a rally in support of the electoral process on Thursday, the anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol. The group said that a coalition of “non-partisan democracy defenders calls on the public to stand with us Read More …
2nd update: Huntington residents chose two newcomers, Theresa Sullivan and Thomas Galvin, and board president Christine Biernacki, to serve on the school board Tuesday night, while ousting one incumbent. South Huntington’s Board of Education will add a non-voting student member after residents approved the proposal. Read More …
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is proposing several changes in election procedures that are meant to expand voting and speed up results. Among his proposals: Expand Hours for Early Voting: Cuomo’s proposal would expand early voting hours from 6pm to 9pm on weekends as well as Read More …
A federal judge Tuesday ordered the restoration of the June 23 Democratic primary that had been canceled over concerns about the Covid-19 epidemic. US District Judge Analisa Torres said that taking presidential contenders off the primary ballot deprived them of votes for the Democratic Party’s Read More …
School board elections scheduled for May have been postponed until at least June 1 because of concerns about the Covid-19 epidemic. Proposed budgets for the next school year are also on the table. Newly elected board members and the new budget go into effect as Read More …
Friends of Joan Cergol has announced the endorsement of Cergol’s candidacy for Huntington Town Board by the executive board of the Italian American Political Action Committee of New York (I AM PAC). “We believe that you are the kind of individual who embodies the type Read More …