Vol. 36, No. 12 3 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2018
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Valley Central students join national walkout
V illage elections
Leahy wins 5th
term in Maybrook
Despite a relatively light turnout,
Dennis Leahy was re-elected to his
fifth term as mayor Tuesday in the
Maybrook Village election.
Leahy, first elected in 2008,
defeated challenger Thomas Starro by
a margin of 278-104 in votes cast at
the village senior center. His running
mates – Trustee Robert Pritchard and
newcomer Robert Capozzoli – were
also winners with 243 and 262 votes
respectively. They defeated Joseph
Byrne and Joshua Tyrrell, who drew
149 and 93 votes respectively. They ran
on the Maybrook United ticket, along
with Capozzoli.
Roepe re-elected
Montgomery Justice
Incumbent Andrew Roepe has been
elected as village justice in a three-way
race.
This year’s village election marked
the first time Roepe has faced
competition since 2013. He won with
244 votes, defeated challengers Andrew
Lenane (118) and Maria Beltrametti
(75).
Beltrametti, a former mayoral
candidate, said she favored dissolving
the village justice court. Roepe said
that could only be done by a public
referendum, and only when the term of
the sitting judge expired.
Roepe was elected to a four-year term.
Students stood in the back lot of Valley Central High School for 17 minutes to fight for gun control.
By JASPREET GILL
[email protected]
A month after the deadly Marjory
Stoneman Douglas shooting that left
17 people dead and 15 people injured,
Valley Central students marched out of
their classrooms in solidarity with the
survivors of the massacre for the March
14 National School Walkout.
They joined the thousands of
students across the country who took
part in the student-led movement for
gun control. At 10 a.m., students filled
in the back lot of Valley Central High
School for 17 minutes to honor the
victims of the Valentine’s Day shooting.
“I think that it’s so vital for us as
a generation to stand up for what we
believe in,” said Valley Central High
School senior Nicholas Gorton. “We all
want to come to a place where we don’t
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Three unopposed
in Walden
The race for Walden Village Trustee
saw three candidates run unopposed
in the village. Larry Kraus led the
field with 78 votes, while Incumbent
John Ramns tallied 70 votes and Dan
Svarczkopf received 60 votes.
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