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Blizzard turns Brookhaven race into money battle

Snow is plowed on the LIE between exits

Photo credit: Doug Kuntz | Snow is plowed on the LIE between exits 65 and 68 in Brookhaven. (Feb. 10, 2103)

Last month's blizzard has turned Tuesday's election for Brookhaven highway superintendent into a big bucks battle that is likely to cost more than a half-million dollars.

Even though a special election is an abbreviated sprint, Kathy Walsh, running on the Democratic line, has raised $85,505 and, overall, Democrats say they expect to spend $300,000. Former Democratic highway chief John Rouse...

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