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DUANESBURG — The chief financial officer of Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region has been fired after allegedly defacing a Donald Trump campaign sign with swastikas in October and taking a different one from another location earlier this month. Michael Coleman, 59, is accused of using black tape to mark a Trump/Vance political sign at the intersection of Main Street and Western Turnpike with four swastikas. Delanson Mayor Gayle Gifford alerted the Schenectady County Sheriff’s Office to the alleged vandalism on Oct.1 and a deputy was sent to investigate, according to documents filed in Duanesburg Town Court. “Upon...

Columbus - Citing family troubles and the growing demands of being a big-city mayor, Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman plans to announce he's dropping out of the race for governor. Campaign advisor Greg Haas said Coleman plans to make the official announcement at a 3 p.m. news conference today. "The mayor based his decision on the committment he has to his family and the demands of the job of being mayor," Haas said. (snip) Others considering entering the race are state Sen. Eric Fingerhut of Shaker Heights and former trash-TV talk show host Jerry Springer. (snip) But questions about his ability...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Lawyers representing the wife of Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman, a Democrat running for governor in 2006, got a judge to delay her arraignment on a charge of drunken driving. Frankie Coleman, 55, was scheduled to be arraigned in Franklin County Municipal Court on Thursday morning. Judge Amy Salerno granted the attorneys' request for a two-week delay. Salerno said the attorneys did not give a reason for the request and aren't required to provide an explanation. Coleman's Cadillac hit a parked pickup last Thursday night in Bexley, a Columbus suburb, and she failed a field sobriety test, authorities...