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Politics

Tupper Lake tie

TUPPER LAKE — The race for Tupper Lake mayor is in a dead heat, with incumbent candidate Paul Maroun and challenger Eric Shaheen holding 371 votes, each, by the end of election night. This race will be decided by absentee ballots, which the Franklin County Board of Elections will open ...

Hearing today on 2022 North Elba budget

LAKE PLACID — The town of North Elba has scheduled a public hearing today on the town’s preliminary 2022 budget, which carries a slight tax rate decrease for the general fund and meets the state’s tax cap, despite a projected increase in spending. North Elba Budget Officer and Human ...

Doty takes lead in North Elba super race

LAKE PLACID — Unofficial election results show that Derek Doty is in the lead in the race for North Elba town supervisor over incumbent Jay Rand. Including votes cast during the early voting period and on Election Day, Doty garnered 811 votes to Rand’s 741 votes, leaving Doty with a ...

Mallach top vote-getter in Harrietstown super race

SARANAC LAKE — Jordanna Mallach, a Harrietstown councilwoman, appears to have clinched the town’s superintendent seat, unofficial election results show. When the election results were announced on Tuesday evening in Harrietstown, Mallach was more than 4,000 miles away in Kosovo, ...

Keene voters stick with incumbents

Keene voters reelected Democrat Joe Pete Wilson Jr. as town supervisor by a wide margin. Unofficial election results show between votes cast early and on Election Day, Wilson took a 153-vote lead over Cori-Anne Favro, who ran on the independent Local Families line and garnered 192 ...

Gillis, Donah win town council race in Tupper Lake

TUPPER LAKE — John Gillis and Rick Donah will join the town council after getting the most votes in the election Tuesday. Tim Larkin placed third in the race, just a few votes behind Donah. Gillis got the most votes, 746, taking 37.87% of the vote. Donah came next with 646, 31.79% of the ...