Monday, May 6, 2013
The second Town Meeting session has ended Monday night at Winchester High School in the Auditorium.
Here is a look at what happened at the second Town Meeting session Monday night at Winchester High School in the Auditorium: 7:30 p.m.: The second Town Meeting kicks off. 7:35 p.m.: Selectmen chairman Doug Marmon introduces new comptroller Stacie Ward. 7:40 p.m.: Town Moderator John Sullivan introduces Article 4. The article seeks to establish a committee appointed by the Town Moderator to draft a by-law that would specify what should be provided with the Town Manager's budget on Feb. 15 before Town Meeting. 7:42 p.m.: A Winchester resident seeks to have an interim town moderator step in for Sullivan given the fact that Sullivan is the article's proponent. Sullivan refused to step down, requested that the resident sit down and proceeded …
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The Winchester Board of Selectmen recently chose Stacie Ward as the town's new comptroller.
The Winchester Board of Selectmen recently chose Stacie Ward as the town's new comptroller. Ward has been a municipal accounting and financial consultant with Sullivan, Rogers & Company since 2004, according to a press statement. In that role, she has served as interim town accountant or finance director for several communities, according to the statement The Selectmen unanimously approved Ward as the town comptroller during their Thursday night meeting at Town Hall. Ward was selected following a two-part process, which included a screening committee—comprised of various town officials—interviewing her and four other candidates and nominating two, according to the statement. Then, the Selectment and Town Manager Richard Howard conducted …
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A lane on the Main Street bridge will be closed for roughly a month while repairs are made to erosion discovered under the bridge abutment at the Center Falls Dam project site.
Updated at 3 p.m. Thursday A lane on the Main Street bridge is closed during repairs to the abutment, according to the town website. "Due to ongoing construction at the Center Falls Dam and the Main Street bridge near the Town Center, the town has temporarily closed the parking lane on the south side of the bridge," reads a press statement on the site. "Additionally, traffic patterns have been temporarily re-routed onto the southern side of the bridge to close the entire westbound lane. "This closure was necessary due to significant undermining of the bridge abutment recently discovered in the northeast quadrant of the Main Street bridge. Once the emergency repairs are made to the bridge, the parking lane will be reopened and the traffic …
Saturday, May 4, 2013
The two will face off on June 25 in the U.S. Senate special election.
After months of campaigning we now know who is going head to head in the June 25 special U.S. Senate election. Democratic Congressman Edward Markey (D-Malden) took the Democratic vote in the Tuesday election over fellow Congressman Stephen Lynch (D-South Boston). Political newcomer and former U.S. Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez of Cohasset came out on top of a field of Republican candidates - including more seasoned opponents former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan and State Rep. Dan Winslow of Norfolk. With a month and a half of campaigning still to come we wanted to stop and ask you this question. If the Special Election were today - who would you vote for right now? Markey or Gomez? Tell us in our comments section below.
Recap and analysis of the week in state government.
In case voters weren't paying attention, and turnout suggested many weren't, his name is Gabriel Gomez. And now only Ed Markey stands between him and the United States Senate. "My name is Gabriel Gomez, and I'm a proud Republican," Gomez said, reciting his full name for the second time during a five-minute chat with reporters outside the new go-to, post-election Broadway T stop in South Boston Wednesday morning. The reporters already knew who he was, but part of Gomez's strategy now is to make sure everybody else does too. The newly minted face of the Republican Party captured the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate on Tuesday by defeating two better known names in Massachusetts Republican politics. Former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan …
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
The former Navy SEAL and the longtime Congressman will face off June 25 to fill John Kerry's former U.S. Senate seat.
A political newcomer will face a long-time Massachusetts politician in the race to be the Bay State's next U.S. senator. The Associated Press has declared Republican businessman and former U.S. Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez of Cohasset and Democratic U.S. Congressman Edward Markey of Malden the winners of their U.S. Senate special primary elections, according to tweets from Fox 25. The call for Gomez came approximately one hour after the polls closed in the statewide primary while a call for Markey came moments later. Gomez defeats his more seasoned opponents, former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan of Abington and state Rep. Dan Winslow of Norfolk. Markey beat fellow U.S. Congressman Stephen Lynch of South Boston. Brett Rhyne of Needham ran an …
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Republican candidate Gabriel Gomez, a former Navy SEAL, and longtime Democratic Congressman Ed Markey will face off June 25 to fill John Kerry's former U.S. Senate seat.
Following the state's lead, Republican Gabriel Gomez and Democrat Ed Markey garnered the most votes in Winchester in the U.S. Senate primary on Tuesday, according to unofficial results from the Town Clerk's office. Gomez, a former U.S. Navy SEAL, and Markey, a longtime Congressman, will square off June 25 to fill John Kerry's former U.S. Senate seat. In Winchester, about 24.2 percent of the 14,454 registered voters eligible to vote in the Senate primary cast their ballots. As of 3 p.m., nearly 13.2 percent of the voters turned up at the polls. In the Democratic race, Markey tallied 1,835 votes, followed by Stephen Lynch with 692. On the Republican side, Gomez captured 472 votes, ahead of Michael Sullivan (300 votes) and third-place …
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As of 3 p.m., more than 13 percent of the eligible registered voters had cast their ballots Tuesday during the U.S. Senate primary, according to Town Clerk Mary Elllen Lannon.
The polls have been "quiet" for the U.S. Senate primary on Tuesday in Winchester, according to Town Clerk MaryEllen Lannon. As of 3 p.m., more than 13 percent of the eligible registered voters had cast their ballots Tuesday during the U.S. Senate primary, according to Lannon. Of the 14,454 eligible registered voters in town, 1,907 had turned up at the polls, she added. When she went out to the polls at noon, Lannon described voter turnout as "slow and steady." Lannon is hopeful people will get off the commuter rail or come to the polls after work so "we can see a jump at the polls," she said. As far as running the election, Lannon said she always feels confident that things will go without a hitch and so far no problems have cropped up …
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Find out information about each of the U.S. Senate candidates in our election guide.
Monday, April 29, 2013
Find out what articles passed and failed during the first Town Meeting session Monday night at Winchester High School.
Here is a look at what happened during the first session at Town Meeting Monday night at Winchester High School in the Auditorium: 7:30 p.m.: Town Meeting opens with a prayer for the Boston Marathon victims and former employees who have recently passed away. 7:35 p.m.: Posting of the colors by Girl Scouts. Town Meeting attendees then say Pledge of Allegiance. 7:37 p.m.: Roughly a dozen new Town Meeting are sworn-in by Town Moderator John Sullivan. 7:42 p.m.: Finance Committee and Selectmen chairmen provide opening remarks. 7:52 p.m.: School Committee member Chris Nixon, who was reelected to the board this year, provided brief remarks about how the district is fairing in various areas. 8:01 p.m.: Town Manager Richard Howard provides a …
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