Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Carmen Fields was elected delegate at the Fourth District Democratic Caucus held in Newton on April 21.
Needham resident Carmen Fields joins residents from Newton, Brookline, Mansfield, Sharon and Medway in representing Massachusetts' Fourth District in the 2012 Democratic National Convention. Fields was elected as a delegate at the Fourth District Democratic Caucus held Saturday, April 21 in Newton. Similar events were held in districts across the state. Delegates will represent their districts in the 2012 Democratic National Convention, to be held in Charlotte, NC in September. At the convention, delegates "will cast their votes to officially nominate President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden for a second term and approve the Democratic Party platform," according to a news release from the Massachusetts Democratic Party. About …
Monday, April 23, 2012
Candidate for U.S. Congress greeted voters on Saturday, April 21.
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Monday, April 23
Joe Kennedy III, candidates for U.S. Congress from the Fourth Congressional District, dropped by the Needham Recycling and Transfer Station on Saturday, April 21, where he collected signatures and greeted voters. Kennedy, a former assistant district attorney, is a Democrat running in the race to succeed retiring Congressman Barney Frank.
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Recycling and Transfer Station (RTS)
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Monday, April 16, 2012
Candidate for U.S. Senate dropped by Fresco on Friday, April 13.
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Monday, April 16
Elizabeth Warren, candidate for U.S. Senate, dropped by Needham on Friday, April 13 to meet with residents at Fresco on Chapel Street. Earlier in the day, Warren secured her spot on the fall ballot by delivering 28,378 certified signatures—well above the required 10,000—to the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s office, according to a press release from her campaign. "Our supporters worked their hearts out and went above and beyond collecting more than 28,000 signatures, securing a place on the ballot and spreading what our campaign is all about," Warren said in the press release. "I could not be prouder of our team or more energized by the strength of our grassroots movement."
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
This letter was submitted by a Needham resident.
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Thursday, April 12
Dear Precinct J voters, Please accept my sincere thanks for electing me as one of your Town Meeting Members in the election held on April 10. This is my first time to hold elected office, and I hope to represent our precinct well. With sincere thanks, Georgina Arrieta-Ruetenik Greendale Avenue
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Town Clerk: Voter turnout on April 10 was at about 20-25 percent.
After winning the selectman’s race in Tuesday’s Town Election, Matt Borrelli will be sworn in to office tonight, at the board’s next meeting. Borrelli took about 56 percent of the votes in the contest against Michael Greis for a two-year term on the Board of Selectmen, receiving 2,453 votes to opponent Michael Greis’s 1,864 votes (42 percent) and winning nine of the town’s 10 precincts. Greis beat Borrelli only in Precinct I, where he received 275 votes to Borrelli’s 267. Borrelli heard the results at a post-election party held at New Garden restaurant on Chestnut Street, where he was waiting with his wife Alison, campaign manager Louise Miller and other supporters. “We were just ecstatic as the precincts came in,” he said. “We knew that …
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A look at which residents earned, three-, two- and one-year terms.
Editor's note: This article was updated at 2 p.m. to add Sandy Balzer Tobin as a three-year Town Meeting member for Precinct C. Tobin's name was inadvertently omitted during the initial tally. Annual Town Meeting is about one month away, but voting members have had to put in some effort early on just to get a seat on the floor. All 240 seats were up in the April 10 Town Election, because Needham precincts were rearranged following the 2010 U.S. Census. To maintain the staggered voting system, in which 24 seats are typically up in each Town Election, the newly elected Town Meeting members will receive a term length based on the number of votes they received on April 10. The top third vote-getters in each precinct will receive the usual …
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Jacob, DiCicco take spots on the Park and Recreation Commission.
Matt Borrelli has won a seat on the Needham Board of Selectmen, according to official results released by the Town Clerk’s Office shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday. Borrelli received 2,453 votes to opponent Michael Greis’s 1,864 votes, winning the two-year term with about 55.6 percent of the vote. Borrelli won nine of the town’s 10 precincts, losing to Greis only in Precinct I, where he received 267 votes to Greis’s 275. In the contested Park and Recreation race, incumbent Tom Jacob and newcomer Dave DiCicco won the two open seats, beating another newcomer, Matt Toolan. Jacob led with 2,209 votes, followed by DiCicco with 2,051 votes. Toolan collected 1,742 votes. In a write-in campaign for a seat on the Board of Health, Jane Fogg won with …
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Results of today's Town Election will be posted soon on Needham Patch.
The polls officially closed at 8 p.m. for Needham's 2012 Town Election. Early reports have the voter turnout at between 10 and 15 percent, although an official tally has not yet been announced. Check back with Needham Patch for results as soon as they become available this evening.
Polls have been 'steady' at most precincts, workers say.
More than 1,400 Needhamites had cast their ballots as of 2 p.m. on Town Election day, with a turnout that several at the polls referred to as "steady." By noon, 169 votes had been cast at Precinct F, located in the Stephen Palmer Senior Center. Over at Precinct A at Hillside Elementary School, 110 votes had been cast by about 12:30 p.m., while Precinct B had 177. Lou Picariello, who was holding signs outside Hillside for Park and Recreation Commission candidate Dave DiCicco and selectman candidate Matt Borrelli, said he thought the traffic had been slow. "I think there have been more people coming to pick up their kids at the school than voting," he said. By about 1:10 p.m., at Mitchell Elementary School, Precinct J had a vote count of 210…
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Hillside Elementary School
28 Glen Gary Rd, Needham, MA
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Mitchell School
187 Brookline St, Needham, MA
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Stephen Palmer Senior Center
83 Pickering St, Needham, MA
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Broadmeadow Elementary School
120 Broad Meadow Rd, Needham, MA
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Polls are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. today.
Needham voters will head to the polls today to pick a new selectman, decide which two candidates will sit on the Park and Recreation Commission and elect 240 Town Meeting members. The polls will be open in all 10 precincts from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voters in Precincts C and D should note that, as they did in the March 6 primary, they will be voting at High Rock School instead of at Newman Elementary School, which is undergoing renovations. However, this time, voting equipment will be set up in the school library, not in the art room as it was in March. Below is a complete list of locations by precinct: As a quick reference, individuals can go online to wheredoivotema.com and enter an address to find their polling location. Residents also can …
Catherine Kurkjian
10:04 am on Friday, April 20, 2012
Thank you to Matt Borrelli and his campaign staff for their dedicated effort to engage more people in this election; especially Louise Miller, his campaign manager, and David DiCicco who selflessly put aside his own campaign to ensure that Matt‘s message was heard. To see Selectman Borrelli filling the empty seat on the Board provides promise that the work of Jim Healy will continue; that being, … more ›