Monday, April 26, 2010

Family Values: Politics in Port Jefferson

Politics in Port Jefferson has become a family affair recently.

The current mayor, Margot Garant, has been in the office for a little under a year. Her mother, Jeanne Garant, is a former mayor who served 1999-2005.

Margot was thrown into the position when her friends had suggested that she run in the 2009 campaign. “It was really weird,” she says, “the timing felt right for change.”

Thursday, April 22, 2010



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