A half dozen Five Towns villages held elections on Tuesday. All candidates were unopposed and all terms are two years.
Lawrence
Incumbents Alex Edelman, 136 votes, and Michael Fragin, 132 …
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By Jeff Bessen
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6/16/15
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On Tuesday night, for the fourth consecutive year, the Hewlett-Woodmere and Lawrence school district budgets were overwhelmingly approved.
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By Jeff Bessen and Vanessa Parker
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5/19/15
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In the Cedarhurst village election held on Wednesday, a total of 648 voters elected the three candidates, Benjamin Weinstock, Ari Brown and Israel Wasser, who ran unopposed.
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By Vanessa Parker
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3/18/15
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Fire District commissioners elections were held throughout the Five Towns on Dec. 9. There were two contested races.
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By Vanessa Parker
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12/10/14
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Despite Democratic losses in Congress on Tuesday, local Dems fared well in the House of Representatives, retaining the 3rd, 4th and 5th Congressional seats. Incumbent Gregory Meeks handily won re-election in the 5th C.D., capturing 92 percent of the vote, while incumbent Steve Israel hung on with 54 percent. Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice won election to the 4th Congressional District seat now held by Democrat Carolyn McCarthy, who is retiring. She defeated Republican Bruce Blakeman, a former presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature.
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By John O'Connell and Scott Brinton
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11/5/14
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Democrat Todd Kaminsky will succeed fellow Long Beach resident Harvey Weisenberg in the 20th Assembly District after defeating Avi Fertig, a Republican from Woodmere, on Tuesday. Weisenberg is retiring from the State Legislature when his two-year term expires at the end of the year.
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By Jeff Bessen
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11/5/14
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In the race to fill the 4th Congressional District seat being vacated by Carolyn McCarthy, Democrat Kathleen Rice, Nassau County’s district attorney, beat Republican Bruce Blakeman.
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By Alex Costello
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11/5/14
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Incumbent Village of Hewlett Harbor Trustee Tom Cohen was running unopposed for his second full two-year term since being appointed to the board in 2009, and was expecting to have no trouble being re-elected on June 17.
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By Jeff Bessen
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6/25/14
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Kathleen Rice bested Kevan Abrahams in Tuesday’s Democratic primary in the 4th Congressional District, according to unofficial County Board of Election results. In the Republican primary, Bruce Blakeman defeated Frank Scaturro, also according to the unofficial results.
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By Brian Racow
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6/24/14
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Sanitary District 1 Superintendent George Pappas defeated longtime incumbent Village of Atlantic Beach Mayor Stephen Mahler 391-325 in Tuesday's election.
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By Jeff Bessen
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6/17/14
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