Get a McCain~Palin lawn sign
The Schodack Republican Committee has unanimously re-elected a slate of officers and announced a phone number to call if you want a McCain-Palin sign to poke into your lawn. Re-elected for another...
View ArticleWho’s next for the RensCo bench?
As long-time Democratic Rensselaer County Judge Patrick McGrath appears destined to best incumbent Republican Anthony Carpinello for a seat on the State Supreme Court bench, all eyes are now on who...
View ArticleCeresia backed for county judge
Word was out a couple of weeks ago that North Greenbush Town Justice Andrew Ceresia would like an appointment to the county judgeship that will be vacated by Judge Patrick McGrath Jan 1. Now town...
View ArticleWho wants to be a judge
The Rensselaer County Democratic Committee has formed a panel to screen potential replacements for County Judge Patrick McGrath, who bested incumbent Republican Supreme Court Justice Anthony Carpinello...
View ArticleDems say super a criminal
In the town of North Greenbush, where election mudslinging starts in January and does not end in November, Democrats accused the Conservative Supervisor Mark Evers of breaking the law with the...
View ArticleVote today or watch your village die tomorrow, mayor warns
The leader of one of the area’s smallest village says VOTE OR DIE! East Nassau Village Mayor Bob Henrickson, leader of a village of 570 souls in southern Rensselaer County, sees dark clouds on the...
View ArticleReporter jumps the fence
Kristin Shaw, a former reporter for the now defunct Independent newspaper will run against incumbent Schodack Republican Supervisor Beth Knauf Secor in November. Shaw, who covered the town for the...
View ArticleBauer to run again for Troy council
At-large Troy City Councilman Henry ”Hank” Bauer will seek re-election to a third term this fall. Bauer, a Republican, said that being a member of the City Council is both an honor and a privilege....
View ArticleRensselaer County candidates can stay in dual jobs for now
TROY — Three county legislators can stay in their town board seats while they appeal a judge’s decision that they cannot hold the two elected positions at the same time. The men however must sit on the...
View ArticleMcDonough fires back
In the first defense motions filed in the voter fraud case against Democratic Elections Commissioner Edward G. McDonough and City Councilman Michael LoPorto, McDonough calls for the removal of the...
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