The Duxbury Annual Town Election was held on Saturday and voters weighed in on a ballot question regarding a Levy Limit Override. The ballot question called for an additional $5,800,000 in real estate and personal property taxes to fund the operating budgets of the school department and the town. According to unofficial results, the measure […]
In Plymouth, to ban the sale of nips or not…that question goes to the ballot in January. Such a ban was approved by Town Meeting last month on a 72 to 67 vote to go into effect on July 1st. But liquor store retailers did not settle for the Town Meeting vote and gathered the […]
Abington Board of Selectmen Chair Alex Hagerty speaks with WATD’s Dan McCready about Saturday’s Special Town Election.
Benjamin Zoll and Richard Wells both earned seats on the Milton Select Board after Tuesday’s Town Election. Unofficial results show Zoll was the top vote getter with 2,964 votes and Wells won another term with 2,744 votes. George Ashur had 2,295 votes, Cindy Christiansen had 498 votes, and Philip Johenning had 119 votes. The race […]
Those supporting a referendum to strike down a law that allows undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver’s license held an event Wednesday at Faneuil Hall in Boston. State Representative Dave DeCoste laid out some reasons for the opposition to the law. Signatures had to be submitted by 5 p.m. at Town Clerk’s Offices, […]
Three competitive races and a ballot question were voted on during Plympton’s Annual Election on Saturday. Unofficial results show Jared Adams Anderson beating Art Morin for a seat on the Board of Health with Anderson getting 188 votes and Morin getting 110 votes. The race for Planning Board saw Paul D’Angelo as the top vote […]
Three contested races and four non-binding questions will be on the ballot for the Plymouth Annual Town Election on Saturday. The race for Select Board will see John Mahoney, Charles Bletzer, Alan Costello, and G. Edward Bradley competing for two seats. Noreen Carvalho Bechade, Luis Pizano, and James Sorensen will be competing for two seats […]
There will be eight contested races when Halifax hold its Annual Town Election on Saturday. The first race will see three candidates; Robert McCarthy, Naja Robert Nessralla, and Jonathan Selig vying for a seat with a one year term. The second race will see incumbent Gordon Andrews facing challenger Alexander Meade for a 3-year-term on […]
Scituate Select Board Member Andrew Goodrich speaks with WATD’s Dan McCready about a ballot question on the upcoming Annual Election Ballot that calls for the construction of a new water treatment plant. Photo Credit: Tighe & Bond