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A mayor in the Hudson Valley died unexpectedly over the weekend, days before an upcoming village election.
Mayor Michael Nuzzolese, of Goshen in Orange County, who was first elected in 2018, died at the age of 66 on Saturday, March 13, officials announced. He was running for his second full-term in the election on Tuesday, March 16.
The village said that Nuzzolese’s name will remain on the ballot, and Deputy Mayor Pete Smith will serve as acting mayor until next year’s village election.
Prior to his time as mayor, Nuzzolese was a member of the chamber of commerce, as village trustee, was active in the Italian American Club, volunteered at the village’s food pantry, and was voted Person of the Year by the Goshen Chamber in 2001.
Mayor’s death results in somber village election in Goshen
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Mar 17, 2021, 7:17am EDT
Village elections were held throughout the
Hudson Valley Tuesday.
In Port Chester, three
candidates vied for the mayor’s office.
In Goshen, the name of Mayor
Michael Nuzzolese remained on the ballot despite his sudden death on
Saturday.
Polls closed at 9 p.m.
Click HERE for results.
GOSHEN – Michael Nuzzolese, Village of Goshen’s mayor for the past four years, died on Saturday, following a long illness.
Nuzzolese, 66, was a Goshen native who served for 42 years in the Goshen Fire Department’s Dikeman Engine & Hose Company #3. He took over the reins as the village’s chief executive after retiring from his job as the village superintendent of public works.
Nuzzolese dedicated his life to serving the community, said village Trustee Peter Smith: as a foreman in public works, as superintendent, as a village trustee and mayor, and as a long-time volunteer firefighter. Smith said Nuzzolese had been battling with cancer.
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A mayor in the Hudson Valley died unexpectedly over the weekend, days before an upcoming village election.
Mayor Michael Nuzzolese, of Goshen in Orange County, who was first elected in 2018, died at the age of 66 on Saturday, March 13, officials announced. He was running for his second full-term in the election on Tuesday, March 16.
The village said that Nuzzolese’s name will remain on the ballot, and Deputy Mayor Pete Smith will serve as acting mayor until next year’s village election.
Prior to his time as mayor, Nuzzolese was a member of the chamber of commerce, as village trustee, was active in the Italian American Club, volunteered at the village’s food pantry, and was voted Person of the Year by the Goshen Chamber in 2001.