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Friday, November 3, 2017
Six contested races featured in Tuesday’s Election By Christopher Roberson
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his year’s General Election will be held on Nov. 7 and will feature six contested races.
In the City Council race, incumbent City Councillors-At-Large Anne Manning-Martin, David Gravel and Thomas Gould are running for re-election. They are being
challenged by Ryan Melville, Stephen Collins, Peter Bakula, Thomas Rossignoll and Russell Donovan. In Ward 4, incumbent City Councillor Edward Charest is
Nightmare on Main Street
Shown at the city’s Nightmare on Main Street Halloween celebrations on October 25, from left to right, are residents Gina Puleo, Michelle Leune, Kerry Hayward and her daughter Alexa Hayward, Jennifer Santorro and April Frederick. See more photo highlights on page 12. (Advocate photo by Christopher Roberson)
being challenged by Bukia Chalvire. In Ward 5, incumbent City Councillor and council President Joel Saslaw is being challenged James Jeffrey. In Ward 6, Mark O’Neill and Michael Geomelos are looking to replace retiring City Councillor Barry Sinewitz. In the School Committee race, incumbent Members Jarrod Hochman and Beverley Griffin-Dunne are running for re-election. They are being challenged by Andrew Arnotis, Laurence Aiello and Linda Quadros-Lopez. Incumbent Library Trustee Dianne Gagnon-Caputo is seeking re-election and is being challenged by Frances Gallugi, Kate O’Brien, Thomas Pappas, Sandra Fecteau and Christopher Diantgikis. Incumbent Municipal Light Commissioners William Aylward and Thomas D’Amato are seeking another term and are being challenged by Raymond Melvin and Laurence Olcott. Mayor Edward Bettencourt is running unopposed this year. Other uncontested candidates include Ward 1 City Councillor Jonathan Turco,
~ ELECT ~
LAURENCE AIELLO Peabody School Committee
Experience Matters! (Pol. Adv. Paid for by Committee to Elect Laurence N. Aiello)
Ward 2 City Councillor Peter McGinn and Ward 3 City Councillor James Moutsoulas. The polling locations are as follows: Ward 1 Precincts 1 and 3: St. Ann’s Church (140 Lynn St.) Ward 1 Precinct 2: Aviv Centers for Living at Woodbridge (240 Lynnfield St.) Ward 2 Precincts 1 and 2: Welch Elementary School (50 Swampscott Ave.) Ward 2 Precinct 3: South Elementary School (16 Maple St. Ext.) Ward 3 Precincts 1 and 2: Our Lady of Fatima Church (50 Walsh Ave.) Ward 3 Precinct 3: Wilson Terrace Recreation Hall (15-A Wilson Terr.) Ward 4 Precinct 1: Calvary Baptist Church (4 Coolidge Rd.) Ward 4 Precinct 2: Smith Barn (38 Felton St.) Ward 4 Precinct 3: Peabody Veterans Memorial High School (485 Lowell St.) Ward 4 Precinct 3A: Macintosh Clubhouse (300 Brooksby Village Dr.)
SIX CONTESTED | SEE PAGE 9