Mount Pleasant Keeps Elected Highway Superintendent

MOUNT PLEASANT, NY — Residents of Briarcliff Manor and Pleasantville who live in the town of Mount Pleasant had a chance to go to the polls Tuesday. They picked a new face for Mount Pleasant Council. Plus they decided to keep the highway superintendent an elected position.

Incumbent Francesca Hagadus-McHale sought re-election. Also running were Laura Divenere, Jerome S. Schulman Jr., and Danielle Zaino.

Mount Pleasant Town Justice Robert Ponzini had a challenger: Elizabeth Smith.

The Westchester County Board of Elections must count absentee and affidavit ballots before final election results are certified.

Mount Pleasant Council (vote for 2)

• Francesca Hagadus-McHale, D (Incumbent) - 2,603
• Laura Divenere, D - 2,508
• Jerome S. Schulman Jr., R, C, I - 2,937
• Danielle Zaino, R, C, I - 2,937

Mount Pleasant Town Justice

• Robert J. Ponzini, R, C, I, SAM (Incumbent) - 3,062
• Elizabeth W. Smith, D - 2,676

Mount Pleasant ballot proposition

• Should the office of the highway superintendent, which is now an elected position, be changed to a town board appointed position?

No - 1,366

Yes - 789

Mount Pleasant Superintendent of Highways Richard B. Benkwitt was unopposed in his re-election bid.