Politics & Government
Today is Election Day in Framingham; Polls Open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Voters will elect at least one new Selectmen and two new School Committee members, as Selectmen Chair Dennis Giombetti and School Committee members David Miles and Carol Phalen are all stepping down.
Today is election day in Framingham. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Residents in three of the town's 18 precincts have a new place to vote. Voters in Precinct 1 now vote at the King Administration Building on Water Street and Voters in Precincts 8 and 9 will now vote in the Wesley United Methodist Church Hall on Beacon Street.
Editor's Note: A list of all the polling places is below.
Town Clerk Valerie Mulvey was hopeful the race for two Selectmen's seats will bring out voters. However, she predicted a low voter turnout today - 10 percent or less.
Voters will elect at least one new Selectmen and two new School Committee members, as Selectmen Chair Dennis Giombetti and School Committee members David Miles and Carol Phalen are all stepping down. Each chose not to run for re-election.
There are five candidates on the ballot for Selectmen - Deborah Butler, Doug Freeman, Ryan Gagne, Incumbent Lauri Lee and Cheryl Tully-Stoll. Two will be elected to 3-year terms.
Framingham Patch ran a Q&A series with the Selectmen candidates in March. Click here to read what the candidates had to say.
There are three candidates for three, 3-year terms on the Framingham School Committee. They are Michelle Brosnihan, Donald Taggart and Jim Stockless.
Taggart was appointed to the School Committee last year for the 1-year term vacated when Michael Bower was elected to the Framingham Board of Selectmen.
Planning Board Chair Christine Long is running unopposed for her seat.
Both incumbents A.J. Mulvey and Michael Rossi are running unopposed for seats on the Keefe Technical School Committee.
Town Moderator Teri S. Banerjee and Town Clerk Valerie M. Mulvey also are running unopposed.
Library trustees Arthur Finstein, Sam Klaidman and Jo-Anne Thompson are running for re-election unopposed. There is one open Library trustee position and Elizabeth Roy has launched a write-in campaign for that seat.
Voters also will elect four Town Meeting members for three-year terms in each of the town's 18 precincts. Some precincts also have one- and two-year terms to fill due to resignations. Annual Town Meeting starts Tuesday, April 29. There are 40-plus articles on the warrant.
WHERE TO VOTE TODAY:
Precinct 1 King Administration Building, 454 Water St. (voting in Desmarais Room)
Precinct 2 Potter Road School, 492 Potter Rd. (gymnasium)
Precinct 3 King School 454 Water St. (Desmarais Room)
Precinct 4 Brophy School 575 Pleasant St. (gymnasium)
Precinct 5 Walsh Middle School, 301 Brook St.
Precinct 6 Walsh Middle School
Precinct 7 Brophy School (gymnasium)
Precinct 8 Wesley United Methodist Parish Center, 80 Beacon Street
Precinct 9 Wesley United Methodist Parish Center
Precinct 10 Keefe Technical School, 750 Winter St.
Precinct 11 Keefe Technical School
Precinct 12 Memorial Building, 150 Concord St.
Precinct 13 McCarthy School, 8 Flagg Dr. (Now voting in the gymnasium)
Precinct 14 Memorial Building
Precinct 15 St. Tarcisius Parish Hall, 562 Waverly St.
Precinct 16 Woodrow Wilson School, 169 Leland St.
Precinct 17 Woodrow Wilson School
Precinct 18 St. Tarcisius Parish Hall
Don't know your precinct? Click here for precinct information.
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