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The appeal of celebrating villainy
October 29, 2009 | 01:45 PM
An acquaintance from another country asked me one of those questions that reveals so much about our culture: how many days is Halloween and when does it end? Yes, it's only one day, but the lead up to it lasts about a month, when people first start putting spider webs, ghosts, ghouls, vampires, orange lights and pumpkins all around their homes.
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Visits from ghosts of the past
October 29, 2009 | 01:46 PM
Like Halloween ghosts, two figures have revisited us this week through the mists of time. With all the attendant publicity, and though their fame peaked in the late 1930s and they are both long dead, their stories are remarkably vivid to this day.
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Endorsements: Brookhaven races and Suffolk County's fifth district
October 29, 2009 | 03:14 PM
Thinking about where Brookhaven was just a year ago, with über-partisan battles, commissioner replacements seemingly every other week, governmental paralysis and worse, Mark Lesko has performed a minor miracle.
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Port Times Record

Re-elect Fiore-Rosenfeld
November 02, 2009 | 09:47 AM
Councilman Steve Fiore-Rosenfeld has proven himself a good representative in the 1st Council District since before it existed. He was a soldier in the fight to create legislative districts in Brookhaven and has shown admirable leadership ever since.
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Viloria-Fisher for Legislature
November 02, 2009 | 09:48 AM
In her 11 years as county legislator, Vivian Viloria-Fisher has grown from a political neophyte to a confident and effective champion of the needs of her constituents and Suffolk's generally disadvantaged.
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Village Times Herald

Letters ...
May 20, 2009 | 03:32 PM
We welcome your letters. They should be no longer than 400 words and may be edited for length, libel, style and good taste.
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Village Beacon Record

Leonard for town council
November 02, 2009 | 09:53 AM
We are heartened by Leonard's efforts at really grappling with the issues. We endorse John Leonard for Town Council.
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Re-elect Losquadro
November 02, 2009 | 09:50 AM
While both challenger and incumbent agree on the need for adequate police resources, and both are cognizant of the need for new additions to our commercial tax base, we believe incumbent Dan Losquadro demonstrates a greater familiarity with both issues and exhibits a more layered and sensible approach to dealing with those issues. We enthusiastically endorse Legislator Dan Losquadro in the 6th District.
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Endorsements: Leonard for Town Council; Losquadro for county
October 30, 2009 | 11:03 AM
Leonard for town council John Leonard came into the race for the town council with a multi-pronged plan that attempts to address the major concerns in the 2nd council district.
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Times of Middle Country

Endorsement: County 4th District
October 29, 2009 | 01:20 PM
In his first term as a Suffolk County legislator, Brian Beedenbender has done well. Creating parks in an area of the county with little land to spare and in a time when money is tight is certainly an accomplishment.
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Endorsement: Town 3rd District
October 29, 2009 | 01:19 PM
Some have argued that since taking the job of deputy supervisor, Republican Councilwoman Kathy Walsh's district constituents have been given the back seat to her service in the Lesko administration.
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Times of Huntington

Endorsement: Cooper and Stern for county seats
October 28, 2009 | 04:50 PM
Whether or not 18th District Legislator Jon Cooper runs for U.S. Senate next fall, his tenure as county lawmaker comes to an end with his fifth and final term, for which we wholeheartedly endorse his election on Nov.
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Endorsement: Petrone, Besen and Cuthbertson for Town Council
October 28, 2009 | 04:53 PM
When asked for one example of something the town board has done right over the past four years, Gene Cook — one of the Republican challengers vying for a council seat — said, "I've looked at the town for the past year and a half and found that they're always for themselves and trying to sugar-coat it.
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Times of Northport

Times of Smithtown

Election endorsements
October 29, 2009 | 01:10 PM
For 13th District: Nowick Democrat Rachel Kerdman, who has had little to say this campaign season and would not sit for a candidate interview, would have had to make quite an argument to shake our support for county Legislator Lynne Nowick, the Republican incumbent.
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