Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill Friday that will move elections for certain local offices to even-numbered years from odd ones to boost turnout.

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New law will push some NY local elections to even-numbered years

Voters fill in their ballots at the Khalil Gibran School in Yonkers on Election Day, Nov. 7, 2023.

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill Friday that will move elections for certain local offices to even-numbered years from odd ones to boost turnout.

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Cornwall grad, cross country standout Baloga transfers from Colorado

 

Cornwall graduate Karrie Baloga said she wasn't feeling right with the running program at Colorado. So she decided to transfer to Northern Arizona.

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Charles Dickens' original manuscript for "A Christmas Carol" on display in J.P. Morgan's study at the Morgan Library and Museum in Manhattan Dec. 19, 2023. The classic Christmas story was published 180 years ago, and the library puts it on display for the public every Christmas.
 

Why 'A Christmas Carol,' at 180, is an enduring holiday classic

 

Each year, just as Scrooge is about to turn over a new leaf, the Morgan Library & Museum turns over a new page in the Dickens' original edition.

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Lillie Galvin, 10, holds her stuffed animal, Bunnyella, at Mamaroneck Avenue School in Mamaroneck Dec. 15, 2023. Lillie and Bunnyella were reunited after the backpack Bunnyella was inside was lost during a summer vacation in Michigan. A couple found the backpack and mailed it to the school based on a receipt found in a book.
 

Larchmont girl lost her stuffed bunny in Michigan. How they reunited

 

Lillie Galvin was devastated when her stuffed bunny went missing on a family road trip in Michigan, but thanks to two strangers they were reunited.

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