Local elections: a mayoral upset in Freeport
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)
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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...