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Politics

Bolduc-Mikesell, Swinyer elected to St. Armand town board

BLOOMINGDALE -- Voters here elected two new town board members on Tuesday — Stephanie Bolduc-Mikesell and Sheridan Swinyer. Incumbent Don Bates did not get enough votes to be reelected. Bolduc-Mikesell got the most votes, 186, taking 37.2% of the vote. Swinyer came next, with 174, 34.8% of ...

Wilmington voters pick Preston, Follos for council

Independent Tim Follos and Republican Tina L. Terry Preston will serve as Wilmington's two newest town council members, unofficial election results show. There were five local positions up for election in Wilmington this year — town supervisor, town clerk/tax collector, highway ...

De Blasio files paperwork to set up run for governor of NY

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is one step closer to joining the race for governor of New York after filing paperwork with the Board of Elections to create a fundraising committee. The Democrat filed paperwork last week to create a committee called New Yorkers for a ...

Early voter turnout drops

While many voters head to the polls today, a few hundred residents of Franklin and Essex counties have already voted, either by participating in early voting or by mailing in an absentee ballot. This is the third year New York has had an early voting period. Election commissioners say the ...

Williams, Schrader elected to Harrietstown town board

SARANAC LAKE -- Unofficial election results show that incumbent Tracey Schrader and newcomer Johnny Williams appear to have secured seats on the Harrietstown town board. Williams, who ran on the Democratic and Republican party lines, was the top vote-getter with 1,058 votes during the early ...

Two vie for Tupper mayor

TUPPER LAKE — A long and fraught race for village mayor will come to an end Tuesday when voters will either reelect incumbent candidate Paul Maroun or elect challenger Eric Shaheen. Maroun is running on the Independence Party line, and after beating Maroun for both party nominations in ...