The four candidates for two seats on the Stoughton School Committee - Joyce Husseini (incumbent), Carol Brown, Debra Cote and Patricia MacNeil - will be participating in a live debate Wednesday, April 24 at 7 p.m. at the Stoughton Police Station.
The four candidates for two seats on the Stoughton School Committee - Joyce Husseini (incumbent), Carol Brown, Debra Cote and Patricia MacNeil - will be participating in a live debate Wednesday, April 24 at 7 p.m. at the Stoughton Police Station.
BE AN EDUCATED VOTER! On April 30th, you'll be able to get two separate ballots in the venue where your precinct votes. One of those ballots is the party primary for U.S. Senate. The other, a local ballot, will enable you to most importantly elect two members of the School Committee. The other races on the local ballot are all uncontested. Incumbent School Committee member Joyce Husseini will be seeking reelection. She will be joined on the ballot by Carol Brown, Debra Cote and Patricia MacNeil. Former School Committee Chairman, and current member, Tom Colburn is not running for reelection. Colburn has served three terms on the School Committee. Husseini, a former Chair, and the current Vice Chair of the School Committee, is the former…
Stoughton voted for Democrat Elizabeth Warren this past November, yet owns fewer hybrid cars than the state average.
Does hybrid vehicle ownership indicate voting patterns? Are towns which voted for Democrat Elizabeth Warren this past November more likely to have higher hybrid ownership rates? Not exactly. That’s what we found when we compared data from the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles to the vote in the 2012 U.S. Senate race. You can see the results in the map above: Large circles suggest towns with more hybrid ownership per capita, and the red/blue color suggests which way those towns voted last year. In Stoughton, which voted for Warren, 15.4 of every 1,000 vehicles is a hybrid, compared to the state average of 18. Patch’s research suggests the state has a good number of what might be called “green Republican” communities. More than 40 …
Five Things You Need to Know Today: Deadline to Register to Vote; Stoughton High Construction Challenge Fundraiser at Stelios; Teddybear Storytime at the Library; And More...
"Five Things you Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance: 1. Deadline to Register to Vote Both the Annual Town Election and the Special State Primary for U.S. Senate will be held Tuesday, April 30. The deadline for any resident wishing to register to vote, change their party enrollment, change their address, or name (due to marriage, etc.) for these two elections is Wednesday, April 10. You can register at the Town Clerk's Office (first floor of the Town Hall), which will be open until 8 p.m. on April 10. 2. Stoughton High Construction Challenge Fundraiser at Stelios Stelios on Central St. in Stoughton (across from the Hansen School) will be donating a percentage of sales …
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Recap and analysis of the week in state government.
He's been omnipresent for 20 years from Roslindale to East Boston. His endorsement is coveted by city council hopefuls and U.S. senators alike. He occasionally mutilates the English language, mangles the names of sports stars, and commands loyalty unlike any public figure in Boston. He was mayor-for-life. Now he'll be mayor for only another nine months. This week, as House Speaker Robert DeLeo continued to wait for the rescue helicopter to take him away from Gov. Deval Patrick's "fantasy land" of higher taxes and trains, the Governor's Council was up to its old tricks and the race for U.S. Senate kicked into a higher gear. But little could compete with Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and "The Decision" that held foes and allies alike breathless…
GOP and Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate debated Wednesday night at the Channel 5 studios in Needham.
In the days leading up to the first Democratic U.S. Senate debate, U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-South Boston) has been called upon frequently to explain the vote he took against the health care reform bill in 2010. Wednesday night, Lynch and U.S. Rep. Ed Markey (D-Malden) went several rounds on the topic. They faced-off for 30 minutes at the Channel 5 studios in Needham following a contest among the three declared Republican candidates. For Markey, President Obama's initiative, aimed at universal health care coverage, was "the proudest vote of my career." "Steve, when that vote came up you were wrong," Markey said. For Lynch, taxes and a lopsided deal for insurance companies were among the problems that outweighted benefits such as the …
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GOP and Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate debated Wednesday night at the Channel 5 studios in Needham.
The Republican candidates for U.S. Senate leaned on their diverse backgrounds to explain positions on issues ranging from the economy and debt reduction to gay marriage Wednesday night. Gabriel Gomez, a former Navy SEAL and businessman from Cohasset, said that hearing from a variety of perspectives served him well in the military and that he would bring those lessons to bear working with fellow Republicans and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. State Rep. Dan Winslow (R-Norfolk), saying "Obamacare is bad for Massachusetts" and simply layers federal bureacracy on top of the state's system, highlighted an upcoming legislative proposal on Beacon Hill to reduce health care costs. Former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan talked about making …
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CANDIDATES FORUM: You can be an educated voter! The date of the election may have been changed, but the date for the annual Candidates Night for our local town election remains the same. The Sharon/Stoughton League of Women Voters and the Stoughton Chamber of Commerce will host a Candidate's Night on Monday, March 18, starting at 6:30 p.m. The forum will be held in the Great Hall on the third floor of Town Hall. Refreshments will be served. There is no charge to attend. All town-wide candidates have been invited to give a statement. The only contested race, for two seats on the School Committee, will feature a debate, moderated by Steve Fradkin. He'll be stepping in for me, as I recover from back surgery. Those invited to …
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2:49 pm on Monday, March 18, 2013
Yes - Stoughton Media Access is covering the Candidates Forum! It will be airing on Comcast Channel 9 & Verizon Channel 28. This week: Tuesday March 19th at Noon, Wednesday March 20th at 8:30pm, Thursday March 21st at 2pm, Friday March 22nd at 9pm, Saturday March 23rd at 11am & 7pm, Sunday March 24th 9pm, Additional airings will take place prior to the April 30th election. Visit: www.stoughtontv.… more ›
The Stoughton Board of Selectmen voted Monday night to move the annual town election to April 30, the same day as the special state primary for U.S. Senate. As a result, the start of Stoughton's Town Meeting has been pushed back to May 20.
With both the Stoughton annual town election and a special state primary for a U.S. Senate seat scheduled to be held in April, the Stoughton Board of Selectmen took advantage of a state law which allowed the Board to move the date of the town election to the same day as the primary. Originally, the town election was scheduled to be held Tuesday, April 9, 2013, with the primary for the special U.S. Senate election to fill the seat held by now Secretary of State John Kerry just three weeks later on Tuesday, April 30. After meeting Monday night, Selectmen voted 3-1 in favor of holding the two elections on the same day, April 30. The decision to move the town election to April 30, which is when Town Meeting representatives are elected, also …
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A UMass Lowell/Boston Herald poll shows he is in a strong position to run in 2014.
Results of a UMass Lowell/Boston Herald poll this week show former Senator Scott Brown is more popular than he was when he lost his re-election bid last fall and is in a strong position to run for Governor in 2014. The independent, nonpartisan poll surveyed 600 Massachusetts registered voters between Saturday, March 2 and Tuesday, March 5. With regard to Brown, the poll – which asked voters for their opinions on whether they would vote for Brown if he runs for governor – showed he has considerable bipartisan support, with 32.7 percent saying they are very likely to vote for him and 26 percent somewhat likely. Results showed that Brown, who garnered support of 92.2 percent of Republicans polled and 36.7 percent of Democrats, had more name …
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