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Election Court Case, County Salary Debate

Each day, Patch provides the nuts and bolts of local happenings with our five-bullet local dispatch. 

1) The two candidates for Orangetown Supervisor, incumbent Democrat Andy Stewart and Republican challenger Walter Wettje, will be in court today for a hearing regarding ballots in a race that is still unresolved three weeks after election day. Read more here

2) The Rockland County Legislature will hold a series of committee meetings, including a joint session of the Planning and Public Works with Budget and Finance at 7:10 p.m. at 11 New Hempstead Road in New City. The Budget & Finance Committee will meet again to discuss salary reduction proposals for county executive and county clerk for 2014. 

3. Winter Storm Boreas is coming. The high forecast calls for a high temperature of only 40 degrees and rain that will start getting heavy tonight with the potential for flooding. 

4) The internet rumors are untrue: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie didn't buy an island in Putnam County. Read more here.

5) Police say a drunk Hastings teen driving the wrong way on the Thruway hit a truck in Ramapo. Read more here.


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