TIMES
SOUTHERN
ULSTER
Vol. 12, No 46
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NOVEMBER 18 - 24, 2015
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ONE DOLLAR
Dukes suffer
first loss
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SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL
Hansut Highland remembers Vito Dispensa
Ceremony dedicated to late Marine Corps Vet
declared
winner
Absentee ballots
counted in Lloyd
and Marlborough
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Last week about 140 absentee votes in
Lloyd were counted at the Ulster County
Board of Elections in Kingston before
final winners were declared.
In the Supervisor’s race Republican
Paul Hansut held onto his seat against
Democratic challenger Claire Winslow by
a vote of 1,125 to 1,095.
Hansut said he is relieved that the race
is finally over.
“I look forward to serving for another
two years,” he said. “The voter turnout
was very low and I am not quite sure
what the reason for that is.”
Hansut said he was a “little complacent” and felt that he did not work as
hard on the campaign trail as he had
done in the past. He tipped his hat to the
Democratic Party.
“They worked very hard and raised
some money and spent some money.
Chaplain Ben Bragg Sr. led the ceremony for Veterans Day in Highland.
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
This year the Veterans Day ceremony in Highland was dedicated to Vito
Dispensa, who passed away on Sept. 9 at
the age of 80.
Dispensa served in the Marine Corps
from 1954-56 and a year later married
Martha Attard, a union that lasted 58
years until his death. By profession
he was an electrician and often volunteered his services to the town. For the
past 6 years he was the Commander
of the American Legion Post 193 in
Highland and worked to ensure that
all military veterans received a proper burial. He attended many military
funerals across the region. He also
served the 1st Commander of the Ulster
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County Veterans section in the New
Paltz Rural Cemetery and worked to
maintain and improve the grounds.
Due to inclement weather the ceremony this year was moved inside to the
American Legion Hall. Chaplain and
WW II Veteran Ben Bragg Sr. began by
urging everyone to never forget those
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