Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Someone wrote in chalk Scott Brown's name in front of Potter Road Elementary School. Campaigning must be 150 feet from a polling place.
Someone wrote Scott Brown's name in chalk in front of Potter Road Elementary School. Campaigning must be 150 feet from a polling place. Thanks to Framingham Patch reader Andy Aylesworth for sending us this video. The Framingham Town Clerk, when made aware of the situation, planned to ask a custodian to remove the chalk writing.
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Potter Road Elementary School
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Friday, April 6, 2012
Attached in a PDF file, provided by the Framingham Town Cker's office, of the official election results precinct by precinct, including Town Meeting member races.
Due to redistricting, 9 precincts of the town's 18 precincts had all 12 Town Meeting member seats up for election. The top 4 vote getters earned a three-year term, the next four vote getters, received the two-year term and the next four received a 1-year term. Those precincts were 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 18. In precincts 7, 11 and 18 there were ties. So on Wednesday, April 25 at 7 p.m. the Town Clerk will call the precincts together to fill any vacancies and precincts 7, 11 and 18 members will determine, which Town Meeting members will serve which term. As reported on election night, in Precinct 4 all four incumbent Town Meeting members lost and 4 new Town Meeting members were elected. One of those new Town Meeting members Bob …
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Framingham Town Hall: Town Clerk
150 Concord St, Framingham, MA
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In 13 out of the 18 precincts, at least one person won a Town Meeting seat
while receiving fewer than 25 votes.
Editor's Note: In Tuesday's town election 3,484 or about 10% of the town's registered voters participated. In Precinct 17, just 26 registered voters voted. In fact 5 precincts, had fewer than 100 voters between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. 1. The top vote getters among all precincts town-wide were: 2. Eleven candidates for Town Meeting received more than 200 votes. 3. In 13 out of the 18 precincts, at least one person won a Town Meeting seat while receiving fewer than 25 votes (25 is the amount of signatures a new Town Meeting member needs to appear on the ballot). Overall, one-quarter of the 145 Town Meeting member positions up for election this year will be won by people receiving fewer than 25 votes. 4. Only 2 of 18 precincts had contested …
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Heather Connolly won a 1-year seat on the School Committee and Stephanie Mercandetti stages a successful write-in campaign to win a seat on the Planning Board.
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Heather Connolly won a 1-year seat on the School Committee and Stephanie Mercandetti stages a successful write-in campaign to win a seat on the Planning Board.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
All three incumbent Library Trustees were re-elected and Town Meeting member Eric Doherty will join the Library Trustees as its newest member; four seats were available.
UPDATE 10:00 p.m. Tom Mahoney and Stephanie Mercandetti have won seats on the Framingham Planning Board. Mahoney had 1,944 votes; Mercandetti 1,602. Ned Price finished third with 741 votes. "I want to thank the voters today for their faith and belief in me to bring professionaism to the board," said Mercandetti at a party celebrating her victory. Mercandetti said she will bring a new perspective to the Planning Board. She plans to be sworn in on Wednesday and attend her first meeting Thursday night. *** Heather Connolly was elected to a 1-year seat on the Framingham School Committee defeating Don Taggart. Connolly had 1,695 votes. Taggart had 1,396 votes. About 10% of the town's registered voters participated in today's election. …
Today is election day in Framingham. Polls open until 8 p.m.
Stopped by the Keefe Technical School and although voting was slow, it was busy with campaigners, including both write-in candidates for Planning Board - Stephanie Mercandetti and Ned Price. Campaign workers for Heather Connolly also were there waving to cars. Connolly is running for a one-year seat on the Framingham School Committee against Don Taggart. Polls are open until 8 p.m. For more information on the ballot and today's town election, click here. Please feel free to upload your own election photos here!
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Keefe Regional Technical School
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Monday, April 2, 2012
There is a heated race for a one-year seat on the Framingham School Committee and for two seat on the Planning Board. Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.
Tomorrow, April 3 is election day in Framingham. Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Assistant Town Clerk Lisa Ferguson is predicting double-digit turnout - about 12%. Framingham residents have races for School Committee, Planning Board and Library Trustee. There are also races for Town Meeting member seats in Precincts 1 and 4. The fact that there are a couple of races, is why Ferguson does not predict the miserable 3% turnout of a couple years ago in the town election. Selectman Jason Smith is running unopposed for re-election to the five-member Board of Selectmen. Heather Connolly and Don Taggart are running for a one-year seat on the Framingham School Committee. The seat became open when Rick Finlay resigned in December. Incumbent…
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Incumbent Planning Board candidate Tom Mahoney is the one name on the ballot. Stephanie Mercandetti and Ned Price are both running write-in campaigns for the two Planning Board seats.
On Tuesday, Framingham voters will head to the polls. One of the races is for the Framingham Planning Board. There are two seats available. Incumbent Tom Mahoney is the only name on the ballot. Stephanie Mercandetti and Ned Price are both running write-in campaigns for a seat. Voters may only vote for two candidates. Earlier this month, the Framingham Town-Wide PTO held a candidates forum. Each of the three Planning Board candidates participated. Framingham Patch videotapes each candidate's one-minute opening statement. You can view those statements, unedited, attached to this report. Moderator and Town Meeting Ways & Means Chair Audrey Hall asked the three candidates a half dozen questions. Topics focused on the value of a good school …
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Incumbent School Committee members Beverly Hugo and Andy Limeri as well as School Committee candidates Heather Connolly and Don Taggart presented why they should be elected on April 3 at a forum hosted by the Framingham Town-Wide PTO.
Rebuilding the schools, inequitity within the elementary and middle schools, busing, school choice and the tax rate were among the topics discussed by the two candidates seeking to become Framingham's newest School Committee member, at a forum hosted by the Framingham Town-Wide PTO Monday night. Incumbent School Committee members Beverly Hugo and Andy Limeri, as well as School Committee candidates Heather Connolly and Don Taggart presented why they should be elected on April 3, at the forum at Framingham High. Hugo and Limeri are running unopposed for two, three-year seats on the Framingham School Committee. Connolly and Taggart are seeking a one-year seat made available, when Rick Finlay resigned in December 2011. The School Committee …
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Framingham High School
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Sunday, March 11, 2012
Write-in Planning Board candidate holding event on Thursday.
Submitted by the candidates or their committees: Write-in Planning Board candidate Ned Price's campaign is hosting a kick-off event Thursday, March 15 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the British Beer Company. POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: Candidates, their campaign members, and residents are invited to submit fundraiser and other campaign-related events. Maximum word count is 250 words. Deadline for submission is Friday, March 23 for anything related to the Town Election on April 3. The final day events will be published is March 25.
Mark Cain
6:26 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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