Candidates submit petitions to run for officesA total of four petitions have been turned in so far by candidates planning to run for area offices in this year's elections and more are expected.CENSUS: Local offices counting on local workers to count populationLocal census offices in Western New York are counting on local residents to help count the local population.Belgian police raid offices of PKK-linked TV stationBrussels - Belgian police on Thursday launched raids on houses and buildings linked to the Kurdish community - including the Belgian offices of exiled satellite broadcaster Roj TV - in a move against terrorist organization the PKK, officials said. Th...Incumbents seek return to officesSheriff Jim Lawson is the only candidate to have filed for the office so far. Photp by Tom Lawrence Most incumbents for county offices have filed for re-election, Scotts Bluff County Clerk Vera Dulaney said this week. The filing deadline for incumbents passed on Tuesday.Lowell City Council's coffee event to be at Chamber officesCity Council members will be at the Chamber of Commerce offices from 8-10 a.m. Saturday for the monthly \"Coffee With The Council\" open house.Motor Vehicle Commission offices in Newark, East Orange experience long linesThe Star-LedgerCars wait at a New Jersey inspection station in a 2000 photo. EAST ORANGE — A confluence of events — some weather-related, some procedural — have left Motor Vehicle Commission offices in East Orange and Newark with long lines...Gov. Paterson Pardons Immigrant Facing DeportationGov. David Paterson pardoned a Chinese immigrant on who faced deportation after disclosing on an application for U.S. citizenship that he had convictions for robbery going back nearly 15 years to when he was a teenager. Since Qing Hong Wu was detained in November 2009 by federal immigration authorities, civil rights groups, a former judge and even the Police Benevolent Association, where the 29 ...'Modest' Sherr-una Booker, woman at heart of Paterson scandal, posed in photo shoot 10 years agoLong before she found herself embroiled in a scandal that could topple Gov. Paterson, Sherr-una Booker was a curly-haired beauty who was so stunning she caught the eye of a photographer.Governor Paterson Reviewing Legal Options ?New York Post Columnist and veteran Albany observer Fred Dicker says Governor David Paterson may be lining up some very high powered legal representation. There are three investigations underway into conduct by Paterson and his staff.Brooklyn councilman: Conflict in Cuomo investigating PatersonNEW YORK (AP) — A Brooklyn city councilman says New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo should recuse himself from investigating Gov. David Paterson because Cuomo plans to run for governor himself and it's a conflict of interest.Gov. Paterson should've learned from his early days in office that honesty is always best policyGOV. Paterson should play for himself a recording of his address when he officially took over from the disgraced Eliot Spitzer.
