01.06.2011 News LaValle: Governor sounded mighty Republican in ‘State of the State Address’ A Republican hasn’t occupied the Governor’s Mansion in Albany since George Pataki left office in 2006. Yet local GOP legislators sounded pretty giddy following Wednesday’s first “State of the...
01.05.2011 News Assemblyman Losquadro sworn into office in Albany Assemblyman Dan Losquadro (R-Shoreham) was sworn in as the new representative for the 1st District at a ceremony in Albany Tuesday. Mr. Losquadro, who defeated incumbent Democrat Marc Alessi...
01.01.2011 News No. 1 Story of the Year: Election Day turns into an election month Typically, an election night is over sometime around midnight. All the votes are counted, a winner is declared and everyone can relax and have a couple drinks. This was...
11.22.2010 Government Update: Alessi says he won’t concede Assembly candidate Dan Losquadro is urging Marc Alessi to concede in the race for the 1st Assembly District, but the incumbent isn’t ready to throw in the towel just...
11.10.2010 Editorials Editorial: Count every last one of them ballots We’re not quite back to the days of dimpled, hanging or pregnant chads, but we’re close. Remember those arcane terms? They refer to the tiny paper discs left behind...
11.10.2010 Government Long way to go to resolve election mess With a new paper ballot system in place for its first general election, the Suffolk County Board of Elections knew it was in for a trying Election Day this...
11.05.2010 News Losquadro: ‘I’m up by 892 votes’ Assembly candidate Dan Losquadro said Saturday that he believes he has defeated incumbent Marc Alessi (D-Shoreham), after a Suffolk County Board of Elections recanvassing has him leading by nearly...