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Local elections: a mayoral upset in Freeport

Vanessa Clarke along with other voters cast their

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Vanessa Clarke along with other voters cast their ballots at the Freeport Recreation Center in the village election in Freeport. (March 19, 2013)

Freeport's controversial Mayor Andrew Hardwick was ousted Tuesday night by his former running mate, trustee Robert Kennedy, capping a heated and dramatic campaign that veered into court at one point and invoked the president of the United States at another.

The highlight of a slate of village elections across Long Island Tuesday, the Freeport race included a challenge in Nassau County Supreme...

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