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The town was founded by General Erastus Cleveland. "When asked for the new town's name, he cried out, alluding to the Bible, 'Ah, as the cedars of Lebanon. The new town of Lebanon.' The name pleased many of them who had trudged long miles from Lebanon, Connecticut, and they believed that the general had suggested the name as a tribute to them." [3]
In most New England towns, the adult voting population gathered annually in a town meeting to act as the local legislature, approving budgets and laws. Day-to-day operations were originally left to individual oversight, but when towns became too large for individuals to handle such work loads, they would elect an executive board of selected men (hence the name) to run things for them.
Open town meeting is the form of town meeting in which all registered voters of a town are eligible to vote, together acting as the town's legislature. Town Meeting is typically held annually in the spring, often over the course of several evenings, but there is also provision to call additional special meetings.
Daniel Larlham Jr., Lebanon Daily News November 7, 2023 at 10:38 PM It appears that Donna Long Brightbill is poised to become the next 52nd district court of common pleas judge, securing a ...
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Elsewhere, Chester town board member Brandon Holdridge, a Democrat, defeated incumbent Supervisor Robert Valentine, a Republican, in the race for the town's top elective post, 1,586 to 962.
The results of elections in the state of New York have tended to be more Democratic-leaning than in most of the United States, with in recent decades a solid majority of Democratic voters, concentrated in New York City and some of its suburbs, including Westchester County, Rockland County and Long Island's Nassau county, and in the cities of ...
Mike Lawler vs. Mondaire Jones:The latest on the hot U.S. House race in NY-17. Mike Lawler vs. Mondaire Jones:The key race to watch in the Lower Hudson Valley. Results:NY house races. Results:U.S ...