With elections on the horizon, Rob Ehrlich arrived at village hall and said he was the newly-appointed mayor on Monday, March 10.

He’s trying to pillage the village. The creator of popular cheese-buff brand Pirate’s Booty is staging an “attempted coup” of a Long Island village — as residents speculate he’s trying to get back at them due to a longstanding beef.

Snack king Robert Ehrlich is a write-in candidate for his tiny village of Sea Cliff — and officials aren’t having it

Because he already conquered the snack world, here are your afternoon links: Frat bros of the West Village, Prohibition-era whiskey found in Jersey Shore sand, Xanax warning and more.