Southbridge School Committee Candidates - June 6, 2016

Southbridge Town Council Debate

Council Hypocrisy Regarding The Landfill

The town charter is quite clear that the town council is the chief policy making body of the town.

It is equally clear that appointments to the Board of Health are made by the Town Manager with the approval of the council.

For the last week I have been engaged in a debate on the site Focused On Southbridge.

While I planned to discuss the shortcomings of the Goals and Objectives set for the Town Manager, it quickly devolved into a discussion about the town’s landfill. 

Telegram Reports On Superintendent Candidate Interviews

Writing in the Worcester Telegram, Brian Lee reported on Wednesday’s interviews of candidates by the Southbridge School Committee.

Sheryl Stanton, Southbridge's assistant superintendent; Richard D’Agostino, a retired Warwick, Rhode Island, superintendent; and Amy McKinstry, Northbridge director of curriculum, were interviewed by committee members Scott Lazo, Dr. Raymond Page, Jill Congdon, William Bishop and Amelia Peloquin.

Southbridge Town Council Candidates' Debate

Southbridge School Committee Candidates' Debate

An Invitation To Southbridge Candidates

Ken O’Brien

Candidates for public office in the upcoming Southbridge town election are invited to submit statements of their positions on issues of concern to them and Southbridge residents.

In addition to highlighting areas of policy concern, candidates should also include information on their education, prior public service, occupation and any other area that might be of interest to voters.

Please include a recent photo of yourself in JPEG or PNG format for inclusion in your article. 

Address responses to obanion@netzero.net. Articles will be reproduced in the form that they are submitted without editing other than to fit the format of this blog. All articles will be headlined [NAME] candidate for [POSITION].

Town Manager Candidate Interviews - June 4, 2015

Southbridge Town Manager Candidates Named

Ken O'Brien

Candidates For Southbridge Town Election

Ken O’Brien

The slate for the Southbridge Town Election is pretty well set. A couple of candidates had not returned their papers as of 2:30 this afternoon.

 However, the big news is confirmation that Lauren McLoughlin and Kara Donovan never even took out papers to run for re-election to the School Committee.

The candidates for office are as follows:

Southbridge Town Election Candidates 2014

Below is a list of candidates for contested positions in the June 2014 Southbridge Annual Town Election who had submitted papers with a sufficient number of signatures as of yesterday’s deadline and who have not withdrawn previously submitted forms.

            Town Council                        School Committee
              (3 openings)                             (3 openings)
            Miguel Estrada                        Brent Abrahamson

            James Marino                          Scott Lazo

            John Pulawski                         Christopher Olivo

            Gus Steeves                            Raymond Page

            Albert Vecchia, Jr.                  LeAnn Pate

            Paul Zotos