Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Residents headed to the polls Tuesday to elect the following representatives to the General Assembly.
Residents elected the following representatives for their voting district in Tuesday's election. Each of the following carries a term of two years. The winning candidate is indicated in bold type. DISTRICT 69 Raymond E. GALLISON JR. (D)*: 2772, 66.2% William L. Sousa GRAPENTINE (R): 1417, 33.8% District 70 John G. EDWARDS (D)*: 2757, 56.5% Nancy L. DRIGGS (R): 2123, 43.5% District 71 George S. ALZAIBAK (D): 2654, 49.5% Daniel P. GORDON JR. (R): 2705, 50.5% *incumbent
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Portsmouth Town Hall
2200 E Main Rd, Portsmouth, RI
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Facing her first election, Cynthia Perrotti is the big winner.
Voters elected three Republicans and one Democrat to the Portsmouth School Committee, subject to mail ballots yet to be counted. Only two incumbents—Marjorie Levesque and Cynthia Perrotti—ran for re-election. This was actually Perrotti's first time running for office, and she appears to be the largest vote-getter in the group. Perrotti was appointed to the School Committee by the Town Council in May 2009. The appointment was made to fill a vacancy on the committee, which was left by Jamie R. B. Heaney. Only four of the seven School Committee seats were open this year. Each term will last four years. Unofficial winners are shown below in bold.
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Portsmouth Town Hall
2200 E Main Rd, Portsmouth, RI
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Monday, November 1, 2010
Melville Elementary School issued a reminder Monday, a day before the General Election, on the proper uses for the school's e-mail directory following one parent's usage.
Parents of students at Melville Elementary School received an unexpected memo on Monday, reminding them of the proper uses for the school's e-mail directory. This memo was distributed following a campaign announcement, which was sent out to e-mail addresses listed on the school's directory. The school sent the following memo through the district's ListServ on Monday: Dear Melville Parents, The MPTG Directory was sent home in backpacks last week with students for each Melville family. The directory is a valuable tool to be used for social and school-related purposes only. As stated on the 1st page of the directory: "This directory is expressly for the use of members of the Melville Parent Teacher Group (MPTG). It has been prepared by the…
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Melville Elementary School
1351 W Main Rd, Portsmouth, RI
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Town Council candidates respond to questions in a three-part series.
Thirteen candidates for Town Council will face off in the November General Election against each other for only seven seats on the board. In order to better understand where the candidates stand on issues, Patch sent the following question to each candidate: Do you believe farmers should be allowed to conduct business on their properties that differs from traditional farming operations? Below are the candidates' answers. The answers are placed in the order they were received.
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Portsmouth Town Hall
2200 E Main Rd, Portsmouth, RI
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School Committee candidates respond to questions in a three-part series.
Nine candidates for School Committee will face off in the November General Election against each other for only four seats on the committee. In order to better understand where the candidates stand on issues, Patch sent the following question to each candidate: What educational programs or initiatives would you like to see conducted at Portsmouth schools? Below are the candidates' answers. The answers are placed in the order they were received.
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Portsmouth Town Hall
2200 E Main Rd, Portsmouth, RI
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Sunday, October 31, 2010
School Committee candidates respond to questions in a three-part series.
Nine candidates for School Committee will face off in the November General Election against each other for only four seats on the committee. In order to better understand where the candidates stand on issues, Patch sent the following question to each candidate: What steps would you take to balance the school department's budget for the next fiscal year (2011-2012)? Below are the candidates' answers. The answers are placed in the order they were received.
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Portsmouth Town Hall
2200 E Main Rd, Portsmouth, RI
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Saturday, October 30, 2010
School Committee candidates respond to questions in a three-part series.
Nine candidates for School Committee will face off in the November General Election against each other for only four seats on the committee. In order to better understand where the candidates stand on issues, Patch sent the following question to each candidate: What do you think should be done with the former Elmhurst Elementary School building? Below are the candidates' answers. The answers are placed in the order they were received.
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Portsmouth Town Hall
2200 E Main Rd, Portsmouth, RI
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Friday, October 29, 2010
A look at the many events happening Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
What's happening in town this spooktacular weekend? From horror films to last-minute campaigning before Tuesday's election, there's a lot happening this Halloween weekend. Here's a look at the events happening this Friday, Saturday and Sunday: Friday Saturday The annual Fall Festival will be held at Melville Elementary School, 1351 West Main Road, Portsmouth, on Saturday, Oct. 30, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or shine. The festival will feature activities for children including crafts, games with prizes, face painting, cake walk, children's raffle, inflatables, princess story time and a creepy classroom constructed by the schools' own third-graders. A silent auction, featuring the work and services of a variety of local vendors, will be …
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The Pennfield School
110 Sandy Point Ave, Portsmouth, RI
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Melville Elementary School
1351 W Main Rd, Portsmouth, RI
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933 Anthony Rd, Portsmouth, RI
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Custom House Coffee
W Main Rd & King Charles Dr, Portsmouth, RI
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Portsmouth Free Public Library
2658 E Main Rd, Portsmouth, RI
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
One resident encourages voters to head to the polls on Nov. 2 to keep Portsmouth great!
Portsmouth is Great! Go for a walk or bike around Portsmouth. Go to Sandy Point Beach, a PHS football game or polo. For such a small town, we have it good. And that is before considering how close we are to Newport, Boston, NYC, New England skiing and the world's best sailing. And yet of late, we do a lot of fighting—schools, budgets, sewers, etc. Everyone takes sides and it gets tense. And, with elections upon us, things get really tense. Voting in the national elections, one can get a feeling of not really making a difference; however, this is far from the case in the town election where in 2008 3,500 votes earned someone a position on the town council. Clearly, our votes count and we all must consider what is important to us for …
Sandy McGee
10:29 am on Wednesday, November 3, 2010
The numbers for Vadney were inputted incorrectly in the chart last night. Those numbers have now been changed. more ›