Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Kids Voting Stoughton Election Results: Stoughton students split their ticket supporting President Barack Obama, a Democrat, and Senator Scott Brown, a Republican, taking part in Kids Voting Stougton's mock election Tuesday, Nov. 6.
Thanks to Kids Voting Stoughton, more than 1,000 Stoughton students in grades K-12 also got to vote on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6 - and they showed an independent streak, differing from their parents and other adult voters in Stoughton (and statewide) in one key race. Their votes didn't count towards the official election results, but this mock voting program simulated the adult voting experience. Kids Voting Stoughton was held from 2 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the various polling locations around town, with 1,391 ballots cast. Students were able to vote for president, U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative in Congress, state senator and state representative. Stoughton students backed Barack Obama for President with 61.1 percent of the vote (850 …
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
OMS students took part in a mock election Monday, Nov. 5 during the school day, getting to experience the election process from start to finish.
With Stoughton schools closed on Tuesday for Election Day, the entire student body at the O'Donnell Middle School took part in a mock presidential election Monday, Nov. 5 during the school day. When the voted were tallied, OMS students overwhelmingly backed the reelection of President Obama (70.1 percent to 29.9 percent), with 619 of the 883 students voting for the Democratic Nominee, Barack Obama. The remaining 264 voted for Mitt Romney, the Republican nominee. OMS students voted by precincts (their grades) in the school's media center, with students voting during their social studies class. The polls were manned by students in Ms. Murphy's and Mrs. Wasik's classes. Before the students left at the end of the day, the votes were counted …
Stoughton students K-12 will have the chance to partake in Kids Voting on Election Day from 2 p.m. until 8 p.m. at their parent's polling location.
As Stoughton adults make their way to the polls to vote for Obama or Romney, or Brown or Warren on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, Stoughton youth under the age of 18 will also get to take part in the voting process thanks to Kids Voting Stoughton. Their votes won't count towards the official election results, but this mock voting program simulates the adult voting experience. Stoughton students K-12 will have the chance to partake in Kids Voting on Election Day from 2 p.m. until 8 p.m. at their parent's polling location (click here for a list of polling locations). Students will be able to vote for president, U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative in Congress, state senator and state representative. Kids Voting Stoughton is part of the …
Thursday, November 1, 2012
The candidates and issues that will be affecting Stoughton in the Presidential Election, which takes place Tuesday, November 6.
CONTENTS: Voting Hours, Election Preview Articles, List of Candidates, List of Ballot Questions, Polling Locations, Absentee Voting Info, & Kids Voting Info *** When is the 2012 Presidential Election? The election is on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. *** Election Preview Articles Check back in the days leading up the election for links to election preview articles. *** Who is on the ballot? The presidential race between incumbent Democratic president Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden and Republican nominees Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, as well as the U.S. Senate showdown between incumbent Republican Scott Brown and Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren headline this November's election, but …
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Five Things You Need to Know Today: How Many Millionaires Live in Stoughton?; School Committee Meeting; Kids Voting Stoughton Looking for Volunteers; and more...
"Five Things you Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. 1. How Many Millionaires Live in Stoughton? According to data compiled by the Boston Business Journal, Stoughton ranks 214th in the state out of the 351 cities and towns in Massachusetts in terms of the number of millionaire filers. In 2010, there were five millionaire filers in Stoughton, which is roughly one millionaire filer for every 5,392 residents in town. The total reported income among Stoughton's millionaire filers was about $13.7 million, an average of about $2.75 million per millionaire filer. Statewide, there were more than 10,000 millionaire filers in 2010, with a combined reported income of more than $36…
Friday, October 19, 2012
Scabia's winning poster will be sued to help promote Kids Voting Stoughton, a program which allows Stoughton youth to experience the voting process on Election Day. Kids Voting Stoughton is looking for volunteers to help on Election Day.
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Friday, October 19, 2012
The following is a release from Kids Voting Stoughton: Kids Voting Stoughton, a K-12 curriculum culminating with kids voting at all precincts on federal and state election days, sponsored a poster contest (for High School students only to encourage participation in the Kids Voting program. Stoughton High seniors Adam Lurie, John Stewart-Racicot and Kelsey Laferriere, students who are part of the Kids Voting Stoughton Steering Committee this year, came up with the idea for the contest and promoted it throughout the high school. The winner was chosen by the committee at their last meeting on October 4. Katherine Scabia, a senior, was the winner of the poster contest this year. The Stoughton Chamber of Commerce was kind enough to offer a …
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Welcome to "About Town with Mark Snyder," a column that will keep you up to the minute with what's what, who's who and what's going on around town. If you see or hear something we could use here, let us know by sending an e-mail to pmpco@aol.com.
IT’S FIRE PREVENTION WEEK: Fire Prevention week is underway - from Oct. 7-13. The Stoughton Fire Department will have an open house at their 30 Freeman Street station in the downtown on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Refreshments will be served, sponsored by Papa Gino's. Please stop by for educational materials and apparatus displays. Remember when changing your clocks for Daylight Savings, change your batteries in your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors - they SAVE LIVES! *** DEADLINE FOR REGISTERING TO VOTE: Make sure you vote in the Nov. 6 election, where a President and U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (plus congressman and a host of local officials) will be elected! The deadline to register to vote, if you have …
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
A total of six students from the Gibbons, Dawe and West Schools won this year's bookmark contest. The bookmarks are available at the Stoughton Public Library. The students were honored at the first night of Town Meeting.
The six winners of the 2012 Kids Voting Stoughton Bookmark Contest were honored at the start of this year's Annual Town Meeting, Monday evening, May 7 in the Stoughton High auditorium. The elementary school students, ranging in age from six to 11, received proclamations from Stoughton's State Senator Brian A. Joyce (D-Milton) and from Stoughton's two State Representatives, Louis L. Kafka (D-Stoughton) and William C. Galvin (D-Canton). Sharon Fradkin, Kids Voting Stoughton Steering Committee Co-Chair, and Superintendent of Schools Dr. Marguerite Rizzi joined Stoughton's State House delegation in honoring the students. Winners Olivia Tran, 6, and Zachary Ian Feist, 7, are both from the Gibbons School; Haley Nelson, 8, Alexis DePina, 10, and …
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Students from the Gibbons, Dawe and West Schools won this year's bookmark contest. The bookmarks will be available at the Stoughton Public Library. The students will be honored at the first night of Town Meeting.
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
The following is from a press release from Kids Voting Stoughton: The Kids Voting Stoughton Steering Committee is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 Kids Voting Stoughton Bookmark Contest. From the Gibbons School - Zachary Ian Feist, age 7 and Olivia Tran, age 6; from the Dawe School - Victoria Fontes, age 11, Haley Nelson, age 8 and Alexis DePina, age 10; and from the West School - Kylie Flynn, age 9. Judges for the contest were Kids Voting Steering Committee Members Marylou Giordano, Dolores Cummings and Amne Parsons. The contest, promoted through the Stoughton Pennysaver, Stoughton Public Library and the Stoughton Public Schools, yielded many entries this year. “It is heartening to see such enthusiasm in the kids and their …
Sarah
10:29 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
My children LOVED getting to vote yesterday! They took it very seriously and my youngest is quite proud of herself for helping to make decisions for the country (she doesn't quite understand that it wasn't really counted! :) ) Fabulous program! more ›