Dennis Winter of Bronxville Wins Second Term as Eastchester Fire Board Commissioner
By Carol P. Bartold
Dec. 9, 2015: A record 1,568 voters turned out yesterday to re-elect Eastchester Fire Board Commissioner Dennis J. Winter to a second five-year term. Winter received 1,100 votes, while challenger Cara M. Piliero received 468 votes.
Election results by district are:
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• District 1: Winter 105; Piliero 60
• District 2: Winter 154; Piliero 43
Eastchester
• District 3: Winter 96; Piliero 87
• District 4: Spare voting machine, not used
• District 5: Winter 125; Piliero 80
Tuckahoe
• District 6: Winter 43; Piliero 66
• District 7: Winter 68; Piliero 63
Chester Heights
• District 8: Winter: 51; Piliero 49
Bronxville
• District 9: Winter 281; Piliero 15
• District 10: Winter 177; Piliero 5
Piliero ran on a platform promising to bring transparency, integrity, honesty, and fairness to the Eastchester Fire Board of Commissioners. "We got a lot of people out and that's a good thing," she said. "The election brought a lot of interest to the fire district."
Winter focused his campaign on the board's accomplishments during his first term as commissioner, including uncovering accounting irregularities and restructuring internal accounting procedures to prevent such practices in the future.
"This was the biggest vote count in probably ten years," Winter said. "I thank Mayor Mary Marvin, the board of trustees, and all who came out to vote in this extraordinary 96 percent victory in Bronxville."
Winter extended special thanks to Tom Andruss, chairman of elections, who coordinated the logistics of the election and tabulated the results.
Pictured here: Winning candidate Dennis J. Winter on election night.
Photo by Carol P. Bartold
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Bronxville is a quaint village (one square mile) located just 16 miles north of midtown Manhattan (roughly 30 minutes on the train) and has a population of approximately 6,500. It is known as a premier community with an excellent public school (K-12) and easy access to Manhattan. Bronxville offers many amenities including an attractive business district, a hospital (Lawrence Hospital), public paddle and tennis courts, fine dining at local restaurants, two private country clubs and a community library.
While the earliest settlers of Bronxville date back to the first half of the 18th century, the history of the modern suburb of Bronxville began in 1890 when William Van Duzer Lawrence purchased a farm and commissioned the architect, William A. Bates, to design a planned community of houses for well-known artists and professionals that became a thriving art colony. This community, now called Lawrence Park, is listed on the National register of Historic Places and many of the homes still have artists’ studios. A neighborhood association within Lawrence Park called “The Hilltop Association” keeps this heritage alive with art shows and other events for neighbors.
Bronxville offers many charming neighborhoods as well as a variety of living options for residents including single family homes, town houses, cooperatives and condominiums. One of the chief benefits of living in “the village” is that your children can attend the Bronxville School.
The Bronxville postal zone (10708, known as “Bronxville PO”) includes the village of Bronxville as well as the Chester Heights section of Eastchester, parts of Tuckahoe and the Lawrence Park West, Cedar Knolls, Armour Villa and Longvale sections of Yonkers. Many of these areas have their own distinct character. For instance, the Armour Villa section has many historic homes and even has its own newsletter called “The Villa Voice” which reports on neighborhood news.
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