Two Select Board members will keep their seats following Monday’s Town Elections in Hull with unofficial results showing that incumbents Brian McCarthy and Irwin Nesoff got 881 votes and 782 votes respectively. Challenger Christopher Patrick Niland got 475 votes. However, in the race for Housing Authority challenger Lisa Ann Boretti ousted incumbent Kathleen Bogdan securing […]
Milton voters say yes to a nine-point-five-million dollar override in Tuesday’s Annual Town Election with unofficial results showing that the override won with 5,556 votes compared to 3,215 no votes. The override was being sought to cover shortfalls in town department budgets and the schools. Incumbent Select Board member Roxanne Musto was ousted with Winston […]
In Plymouth, while it might make sense on paper, given the statistics, the vote at the Select Board meeting last week, on February 4th, to go from 14 to 4 voting locations, did not sit well with the public. The recommendation to consolidate polling locations was based on Town Clerk Kelly McElreath’s presentation at that […]
WATD Political Analyst John Creed gives Dan McCready his thoughts as Americans cast their ballots in the 2024 Presidential Election.
Plymouth Town Clerk Kelly McElreath speaks with WATD’s Dan McCready about early voting.
In Plymouth, over nine thousand people have requested vote by mail ballots, and in-person early voting begins on May 9th…this, in the lead-up to the town election on May 18th. WATD’s Bobbi Clark has more… Town Clerk Kelly McElreath says there were many voters… “…over nine thousand, that received the post-card from the state […]
In Plymouth, early voting for the special election to determine whether or not to ban the sale of nips in town begins Saturday, the 6th—the election is Saturday, January 13th. WATD’s Bobbi Clark has more… And January 13th is the Saturday of Martin Luther King day weekend, so Town Clerk Kelley McElreath has advice for […]
In Plymouth, democracy is alive and well so there will be a special election to determine whether or not to ban the sale of nips in town. This because enough folks wanted all the voters in town to make that decision—despite the fact that such a ban was approved by Town Meeting last fall on […]
Cohasset will be holding a Special Town Election on Saturday with four questions on the ballot. Question one requests funds to move all town offices to the first floor of a building under construction at 1 Pleasant St., and would include 13 rental units – four affordable – on the second and third floors. Question […]
Hingham resident and college student Samantha Bevins speaks with WATD’s Christine James about a proposal that would allow 17-year-olds to vote in primary elections if they will turn 18 by the time of the general election.