1.   But the deputy mayor and a village trustee say the department is trying to smear Verbeeck to protect itself.

2.   Ms. Frankemolle, a village trustee who also heads the village deer management committee, thinks differently.

3.   She said the diocese would have to seek approval from the planning board and the village trustees.

4.   The company filed a lawsuit challenging the law and has threatened a civil-rights suit against village trustees for allegedly targeting the company.

5.   The fourth Democratic candidate is Philip Rosenthal, a computer consultant who has been a village trustee for four years.

6.   This year, the city manager is retiring and a new manager, hired by the village trustees, is slated to take over.

7.   Three years ago, someone destroyed the downtown Hanukkah menorah and deposited it on the lawn of a Jewish village trustee.

8.   Two incumbents, a New York City councilwoman, Christine Quinn, and a Nyack village trustee, John Shields, also Democrats, held on to their seats.