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Photo by Bill Landon
Wolverines take home Suffolk title The Newfield football team topped Half Hollow Hills West, 58-34, Friday, to claim the school’s second Suffolk County Division II title since 2011. See story and more photos on page A9.
Anker secures county legislator seat
SBU Fire
A Stony Brook University dorm room goes up in flames
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Incumbent bests Republican challenger Steve Tricarico by 17 votes in the 2015 elections BY DESIRÉE KEEGAN
Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker has won back her seat after a hard-fought battle that began on Election Day, when the polls closed with her leading her challenger by only one vote. After absentee ballots were counted, the 6th District legislator expanded her lead to 17 votes, ending a race on Thursday that had originally been projected to drag through Thanksgiving. “It’s been a very intense race,” Anker (D-Mount Sinai) said. “I’ve had so many people come up to me, claiming that they
were that one vote, and I am greatly appreciative and thankful that my supporters did go out there and vote. The bottom line is that every single vote counts.” First-time Republican challenger Steve Tricarico, a deputy superintendent for the Town of Brookhaven Highway Department, said although the results were not what he preferred, he would continue to be a voice in his community. “Th is is a great civics lesson,” he said. “We ran a good race, a clean race, an honest race, and I’m just glad that a lot of the positions that we took throughout ANKER continued on page A7
File photo by Rohma Abbas
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone and Legislator Sarah Anker stand together on Election Day.