NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport, MA

Election Connection

Discussion

Welcome to our online comments feature. To join the discussion, you must use your real name as your screen name. Instructions can be found on this link: SIGNING ON

comments powered by Disqus
November 16, 2007

Peabody, MA election coverage

   
   
 

School board candidates try to make the grade with voters

The candidates for School Committee gave Superintendent C. Milton Burnett a respectable "B" average, but their own work will be graded at the polls Nov. 6.
Of the six-candidate slate, the top three vote-getters will earn a spot on the School Committee. Two committee seats were left open by departing members Anne Manning and Mark Bartkiewicz.
David McGeney, the lone incumbent, brings the most experience to the election.

Ward races keep focus close to home

Politics don't get any more local than a City Council ward race.
This fall, three of the city's six ward councilors face opposition on the ballot.
In South Peabody, Ward 1 Councilor Barry Osborne is seeking re-election, challenged by Russell Donovan, a past candidate for the seat. Ward 4 Councilor Robert Driscoll is running against political newcomer Scott L'Italien. Ward 6 Councilor Michael Zellen faces business owner Barry Sinewitz to represent West Peabody.

School building projects, senior housing, bus fees mark Bonfanti's tenure

Sometimes what you don't do is as important as what you do.
According to Historical Commission President Bill Power, that's the case with Mayor Michael Bonfanti. "The biggest thing he did | recommending that they do not build a new high school." The mayor then went to work, winning support for a plan to renovate the building.
"It saved us a ton of dough," Power said. "All that money went into other things | things that never would have been funded otherwise."

10 at-large candidates run for five council seats

The retirement of two veteran at-large city councilors, Fred Murtagh and Judy Selesnick, has busted this year's race wide open with 10 candidates vying for five seats, including the three incumbents -- Jim Liacos, Mike Garabedian and Ted Bettencourt.
Several of the new contestants have city government credentials.
Joining the chase for a two-year term are former Councilor-at-large Bill Toomey and former Ward Councilor Jim Moutsoulas, along with retiring School Committee member Anne Manning, former School Committee member Dave Gravel and Library Trustee Margaret Tierney. Also in the race is Philip Xindaris, who previously ran for mayor and councilor, and political novice Joseph Walsh, a recent political science graduate.


Mayor

         
Michael Bonfanti
  
Barbara Guillette
  
 
 
6,712
  
1,373
            
                 

Councilor-at-Large -- choose 5

Ted Bettencourt
  
Mike Garabedian
  
Jim Liacos
  
Bill Toomey
  
Jim Moutsoulas
5,850
  
4,289
  
4,659
  
3,257
  
3,217
       

Phillip Xindaris
  
Anne Manning
  
Dave Gravel
  
Margaret Tierney
  
Joseph Walsh
1,220
  
3,925
  
4,024
  
3,219
  
2,018
       

Ward 1

     
Barry Osborne
  
Russ Donovan
  
 
 
1,159
  
564
            
             

Ward 4

     
Robert Driscoll
  
Scott L'Italien
  
 
 
1,279
  
795
            
             

Ward 6

     
Mike Zellen
  
Barry Sinewitz
  
 
 
805
  
1,113
            
             

School Committee

Dave McGeney
  
Norman Swartz
  
Brandi Carpenter
  
Edward Charest
  
Keith Doucette
5,357
  
2,961
  
3,953
  
3,584
  
2,678
       

       
Jarrod Hochman
  
 
 
 
3,008
                
               

Library trustees

         
Donald McAllister
  
Robert Walsh
  
Nancy Sue Keller
  
Gerald Bellew
  
Christopher Ryder
5,376
  
6,132
  
5,696
  
4,346
  
4,043
                 

Text Only | Photo Reprints
Election Connection

Offbeat
NDN Video
Twiggy, the Water Skiing Squirrel Sailor Surprises His Mom At Her CU Denver Graduation Ceremony Official: ‘Amazing’ No One Was Killed In CT Train Crash Lotto Fever Sweeps the Country Coffee Stop Leads To Arrest Of YouTube Sensation Wanted For Murder Bearded Dragon Reunited With Owner Marine Reunited with Warzone Companion Raw: Crash Sends Car Into Fla. Pool Beyonce Is Pregnant! SF baseball player overpaid $500,000 RETURNS money -- and team says KEEP IT $1 Million in Jewels Stolen at Cannes Film Fest Dad returns from Afghanistan, surprises family during Rays' first pitch See Jennifer Lopez's New $10m Hamptons Mansion Woman tricked into taking abortion pill Emma Watson Goes Pantless IRS scandal: Republicans seek to tie Obama to agency's woes Play of the Day: Flipping to Safety Pregnant Kim Kardashian Squeezes Her Swollen Feet Into Stilettos Top Videos of the Week: Angry Taco Bell Guy, Glacier Moves on House, Dog Hates Baths Cindy Crawford Stuns At Cannes
Special Features
NRA Waterfront Plans