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Friday, November 8 , 2019
Council stunned by election upsets By Christopher Roberson
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he unofficial results of the November 5 General Election yielded quite a surprise in the City Council race – Councillor-at-Large Richard Dell Isola lost his bid for re-election by a slim margin. Dell Isola served eight years on the council and was unan-
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