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Politics

Candidate questionnaires: Wilmington Town Council

WILMINGTON — In the town of Wilmington, two candidates are running for supervisor, a two-year term, and four candidates are running to fill two town council seats, a four-year term. The supervisor candidates are Tim Follos (Democratic and Silent Majority) and Favor J. Smith (Honesty for ...

Candidate questionnaires: Wilmington Town Supervisor

WILMINGTON — In the town of Wilmington, two candidates are running for supervisor, a two-year term, and four candidates are running to fill two town council seats, a four-year term. The supervisor candidates are Tim Follos (Democratic and Silent Majority) and Favor J. Smith (Honesty for ...

Voters statewide to weigh in on two ballot propositions

As voters head to the polls, they’ll find two statewide propositions on the back of the ballot. Both proposals are related to debt, and both aim to make infrastructure upgrades easier by raising some school district debt limits or by exempting high-cost sewer projects. One would allow ...

Candidate questionnaires: Keene Town Council

KEENE — In the town of Keene, four candidates are running to fill two town council seats, a four-year term. They are incumbent Chris Daly (Democratic and Daly for Keene), Ryan Hall (Republican and Integrity), Ann Hough (Democratic and Citizen’s) and Kimberly Smith (Republican and ...

Wilmington ‘at a crossroads’ as election nears

WILMINGTON — As Election Day looms just under two weeks away in Wilmington, “division” is the buzzword on citizens’ minds. Lawns are filling up with campaign signs. A public forum hosted by the Enterprise and Lake Placid News saw 125 attendees packed into the Wilmington Fire and ...

House speaker chosen

WASHINGTON — Republicans unanimously elected Rep. Mike Johnson as House speaker on Wednesday, eagerly elevating a deeply conservative but lesser-known leader to the major seat of U.S. power and ending for now the weeks of political chaos in their majority. Johnson, 51, of Louisiana, swept ...