Monday, April 29, 2013
Check for polling places and times, absentee ballot information and a sample ballot.
1) Newsbit of the Day: The polls are open Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. for Election Day. Check Swampscott Patch throughout the day Tuesday for reports from each polling location and on voter turnout. Who's on the ballot? Check out the sample ballot attached to this article. Polling Places: Swampscott has three polling places and two precincts at each polling place. The precincts are listed below and starred on the map on the right side of this page (scroll over each star with your cursor to see the location, If you have any questions about whether you are registered to vote or where you vote call call 781-596-8855, or email the town clerk —sduplin@town.swampscott.ma.us Swampscott Polling Locations Precincts 1 & 2. Swampscott Senior …
Sunday, April 28, 2013
The special primary is Tuesday, along with local elections.
Friday, April 26, 2013
We asked the three candidates for School Committee four questions to give you a sense of why they are running for office and the issues they think are important to the town. Their answers are below.
The School Committee has two open seats, both for 3-year terms. The candidates are Jaren Landen, Carin Marshall and Amy O'Connor. We put the four questions below to each candidate: Questions: 1. Please tell us about yourself — whatever you would like voters to know about you? 2. Why are you running? 3. a. If you are running for the Board of Selectmen, what is the most important issue facing the board? b. If you are running for the School Committee, what is the most important issue facing the committee? 4. How would you help solve this issue? Below are responses the candidates sent us: 1. Please tell us about yourself — whatever you would like voters to know about you? I am Jaren Landen, Ph.D, and I am running for re-election to the …
Thursday, April 25, 2013
We gathered questions from editors across Patch’s coverage area in Massachusetts.
Patch editors interviewed each of the candidates running for U.S. Senate in the April 30 special election. We gathered questions from editors across Patch’s coverage area in Massachusetts. The editors asked both broad questions about policy, as well as opinions on more local, regional issues. Click on the links below to read the questions and answers with each candidate… Stephen Lynch Edward Markey Brett Rhyne (write-in candidate) Gabriel Gomez Michael Sullivan Daniel Winslow
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
We asked the four candidates for selectmen four questions to give you a sense of why they are running for office and the issues they think are important to the town. Their answers are below.
The Board of Selectmen has two open seats, both for 3-year terms. The candidates are Matthew Strauss, Patryk Januszewski, John J. Callahan and Charles Patsios. Below are their responses to four question we put to them. 1. Please tell us about yourself — whatever you would like voters to know about you? I am a 22 year resident of Swampscott. Currently, I reside in precinct 2, on Duke Street. I have been married to my wife Danielle for 31 years. We have three children: two sons, Joshua & Jacob and our daughter Jacqueline. I have been a town meeting member for 12 years. Professionally, I possess over 30 years of operations management experience, a great training ground for the office of Selectman. As both a General Manager and a District …
The four candidates appeared at a forum Monday at Swampscott High School.
Four candidates for the Board of Selectmen fielded questions including those on flooding, ZBA appointments and the state of local government at a forum Monday. Matt Strauss, Patryk Januszewski, John J. Callahan and Charles Patsios are competing for two open selectmen seats, both for 3-year terms. Swampscott voters will elect two of them on Tuesday, April 30, barring a tie. On Monday, at Swampscott High, they took turns responding to questions from a panel of Swampscott Reporter and Marblehead Reporter journalists. Asked how important it is that the town find a solution to drainage problems, and the extent to which the candidates would invest in that solution, Matt Strauss said he favors a step-by-step approach. He said the town should …
Sunday, April 14, 2013
A look back at what happened over the past week in the U.S. Senate race.
There are just a little more than two weeks until the primary election to see which Democrat and Republican will go head to head to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by John Kerry’s appointment to Secretary of State. Monday night, U.S. Congressmen Stephen Lynch (D-South Boston) and Edward Markey (D-Malden) met in their second debate which contained few fireworks. The debate, held at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and sponsored by the college and the Boston Herald, lasted about 45 minutes and touched on a variety of issues, on which the two Democrats mostly agreed. On Wednesday night, it was the Republicans’ turn as they went face to face in the WBZ-TV studios moderated by the station’s Jon Keller. Former U.S. Attorney Michael …
Resident Leah Ryan urges fellow voters to support Matt Strauss on April 30.
On Tuesday April 30th, I would ask that you please join me in voting for Matt Strauss for Selectman. Matt's previous experience on the Board of Selectmen and as a Town Meeting member for over a decade means he not only understands the issues Swampscott must deal with in the future, but also understands how municipal government works. He will hit the ground running. Matt is an honest person with the utmost integrity. He has been forthright with where he stands on the issues and has never been a person who says one thing but does another. As a lifelong resident of Swampscott, my greatest concern has become our tax rate. At more than 18%, it is one of the highest in the state (20th out of 351 communities). Such a high rate not only negatively…
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Swampscott voted for Elizabeth Warren and owns slightly more hybrid cars than the state average.
Swampscott is green and blue. That’s what we found when we compared data from the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles to the vote in the 2012 U.S. Senate race. You can see the results in the map above: Large circles suggest towns with more hybrid ownership per capita, and the red/blue color suggests which way those towns voted last year. In Swampscott 18.7 of every 1,000 vehicles is a hybrid, compared to the state average of 18. Patch’s research suggests the state has a good number of what might be called “green Republican” communities. More than 40 percent of the communities where Republican Scott Brown carried the vote have an above average numbers of hybrids. The data is a nice rebuttal to the national trends of hybrid/GOP …
Check out the sample ballot for the town and primary elections. They're attached to this article.
1) Newsbit of the Day: The Swampscott Town Clerk’s Office in Town Hall, 22 Monument Ave. have the Town & Special State Primary Election Absentee ballots. You may vote Absentee ballot if your absent from the Town on Election Day, have a physical disability that prevents you from voting at your polling location or due to religious beliefs. You can make your application and cast your vote in one visit to the Clerk’s Office or request the ballot be mailed to you. If you wish to vote by mail, make certain the application arrives at the clerk’s office early. Absentee Ballot application deadline is no later than NOON the day before the election (April 29th). ***All 2013 Absentee voters must complete a new Absentee ballot application*** All …
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