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By Fred Herbst fred@denpubs.com CROWN POINT — Charles Harrington has been elected Crown Point supervisor. Harrington, a Republican, defeated incumbent Democrat Bethany Kosmider by a 454-316 margin in voting Nov. 8. In the race for two town board seats Tara Peters received 473 votes, incumbent Charles Mazurowski 449, incumbent Yvonne DuShane 321 and Sherlene Simpson Barrows 155. Peters and Mazurowski are Republicans. DuShane and Simpson Barrows ran as independents. Linda Woods, incumbent Republican, was re-elected town clerk by a 497-274 vote over Judy Mildon. Art Miclette, incumbent Republican, defeated Marge Hurlburt to remain town justice. The vote was 506218. Eugene “Peanut” Ingleston, running unopposed, was re-elected highway superintendent with 585 votes. He is also an incumbent Republican. All results remain unofficial until certified by the Essex County Board of Elections. Harrington said his top priority is to move past the CONTINUED ON PAGE 20
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Pictured above: Hundreds of spectators make their way up the new Lake Champlain Bridge after a ribbon-cutting ceremony the afternoon of Nov. 7. Inset: Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin and New York Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy, second from right, celebrate the opening of the new Lake Champlain Bridge by cutting a gold ribbon. The duo then walked over the bridge to Vermont. See related story and pictures on page 24. Photos by Andy Flynn
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Marnell elected Schroon supervisor SCHROON LAKE — Michael Marnell will be the next Schroon supervisor. Marnell, a Republican, received 399 votes Nov. 8 to turn back independent Meg Wood, who had 285
votes. Dennis Christian, whose name was on the ballot but who had withdrawn from the race, got 28 votes. All results remain unofficial until certified by the Essex County Board of Elections. Marnell, a former restaurant and motel owner, is an active member of the Schroon Lake community. Mar-
nell served 20 years as town highway superintendent and spent 10 years on the town board. He also served five years on the Schroon Lake Central School board of education. He hopes to bring his experience into office come Jan. 1. “It feels good to win, I’ve been in politics for 32 years and its always a good feeling,” Marnell said. “I want
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