Friday, September 7, 2012
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IT’S OFFICIAL: SINAI NOW A STEWARD PROPERTY: New England Sinai Hospital is now officially a member of Steward Health Care, the largest fully integrated community care organization in New England. New England Sinai Hospital is a 212-bed, long-term acute care hospital offering state-of-the-art medical technology and a highly skilled staff. Steward announced the acquisition on September 4, according to the Boston Herald and Boston Globe. The Globe reports that Steward will "invest $34 million in the [Sinai] hospital, which will convert from a nonprofit to a for-profit. That figure includes $13 million for hospital buildings, equipment, and technology. The group has also promised $10 million for the hospital’s pension payments" New England …
Just 8.8 percent of Stoughton voters went to the polls for the September 6 State Primary. Robert Jubinville won the Democratic primary for Governor's Council in District 2 and Joseph Selvaggi won the 8th Congressional District Republican primary.
Five takeaways from Thursday's Massachusetts State Primary results in Stoughton: 1. Low Voter Turnout With few contested races on either the Democrat or Republican Party ballots, turnout was low for the September 6 primary in Stoughton. Only 8.8 percent of registered voters in town (1,542 of 17,470) went to the polls on Thursday. 1,071 took a Democratic Party ballot and 471 took a Republican Party ballot. No Green Party ballots were taken. The only contested races were Governor's Council on the Democratic side and Representative in Congress on the Republican side. By comparison, 17.7 percent of voters took part in the September 2010 state primary, where there were more contested races on the ballot. Voter turnout in this past March's …
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Attorney Robert Jubinville won the Democratic nomination for Governor's Council in District 2.
Election officials announced Thursday night that Robert Jubinville won the highly-contested Democratic Party primary for the second district of the Governor's Council. Jubinville won the popular vote in many of the 39 towns in the second district in Thursday's State Primary, including Stoughton. Jubinville (35%) defeated Bart Timilty (28%), Brian Clinton (28%) and Patrick McCabe (9%), according to district-wide results posted on the Boston Globe's website. In Stoughton, Jubinville received 444 votes; Timilty received 288 votes; Clinton received 174 votes; and McCabe received 57 votes. There were also 108 "blanks" cast. As the Democratic nominee, Jubinville will face Republican Earl Sholley in November. Sholley ran unopposed in the …
Joseph Selvaggi will move on to challenge Rep. Stephen Lynch, a Democrat in November.
Joseph Selvaggi of Boston will challenge Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-South Boston) in November's general election after defeating Republican opponent Matt Temperley in a tight 8th Congressional District race in Thursday's State Primary. Selvaggi took 59 percent of the District's vote compared to Temperley who received 41 percent, according to election results from Boston.com. Lynch was unopposed in the Democratic Party primary. The new 8th District (comprised of much of the old 9th District) includes the town of Stoughton. In Stoughton, Selvaggi received 266 votes compared to Temperley's 144 votes. There were 60 "blanks" cast and one write-in. "I'm thrilled with the results," Selvaggi said. "I could not have done it without the hard work of the…
AnnMarie Monaghan
9:14 am on Friday, September 7, 2012
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