T IMES
SOUTHERN
ULSTER
Vol. 14, No 44 3 NOVEMBER 1 - 6, 2017
Past and present town supervisors
square off again in the race for Marlboro
Town Supervisor. Incumbent Al Lanzetta
is being challenged by Tom Coupart, who
has held the office for 8 years.
Al Lanzetta - Democrat
Democrat Al Lanzetta served
as Supervisor from 2006-2009 and
won election again in 2016. The term
for Supervisor is two years and in
ONE DOLLAR
Dukes eye
New Paltz
rematch
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SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL
Marlborough race features rematch
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
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November he will be on the Democratic,
Conservative, Independence and Working
Family lines.
Lanzetta touted his accomplishments
in the past two years, starting with the
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Who’s afraid?
Pizzuto
challenges
Hansut
in Lloyd
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Incumbent Paul Hansut is being
challenged in his bid for a fourth term by
Frederick Pizzuto in the Town of Lloyd
election on Nov. 7.
Mark Reynolds
There’s nothing to be scared of at the annual Highland Halloween celebration. More photos on pages 26-27.
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Paul Hansut
Republican Paul Hansut who is
running for a fourth term for Supervisor,
said when he first took office in 2012 he
felt that the town government was not as
transparent as people wanted. He started
to fix that by making sure that Town
Board meetings were live-streamed to
allow residents who could not attend to
watch them. In addition, the meetings are
shown again on cable.
Hansut said he has been fiscally
responsible to the taxpayers.
“The NYS Comptroller’s office
released a fiscal stress monitoring report
and for the last two out of three years the
Town of Lloyd has been 0.0%,” he said.
Hansut said he takes his job of serving
the community very seriously.
“I take issues probably too much to
heart [but] I believe as elected officials
you have the responsibility to do your
homework, do your research and
participate in the way government is
running,” he said, adding that “I want to
see things done the right way. If you do
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