Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Three Arlington Elected Officials Support Dave Rogers Candidacy

A selectman and two school committee members are backing Rogers, a candidate for state representative in the 24th Middlesex District, in the Sept. 6 primary.

The following is a joint Letter to the Editor from Arlington residents Joseph A. Curro Jr., a selectman, and Judson L. Pierce and Cindy Starks, both school committee members. We have all been inundated with wall-to-wall coverage of every political thrust and parry around November's Presidential and Congressional elections. The commencement of nominating conventions over the coming weeks will certainly ratchet up the noise level, even as many of us turn our attention to autumn’s milder pursuits, including the opening of another school year and of the football season. Against such a backdrop, it can be easy to forget that we are actually coming up to an election on September 6th -- a mere two weeks from now -- and that Democratic primary …

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RESULTS: Curro, Byrne Take Selectmen's Race

Incumbents re-elected to School Committee.

Newcomers Joseph Curro and Steven Byrne earned seats on the Board of Selectmen in Tuesday’s Town Elections, while incumbents Jeffrey Thielman and Cindy Starks recaptured theirs on the School Committee. BOARD OF SELECTMEN In a highly-anticipated race, Curro, a School Committee member, and Byrne, a 24-year-old legislative aide on Beacon Hill, finished atop the five-candidate field with 26.7 and 21.9 percent of the 12,806 votes cast, respectively. Curro, who many considered the favorite heading in, didn’t disappoint, winning with 3,417 votes. Byrne received 2,805 votes, just 99 more than former School Committee member Joseph Curran, 2,706 (21.1 percent). Robert Tosi wasn’t far behind with 2,447 votes (19.1 percent), and Maria Romano finished …

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Lizze

11:57 am on Thursday, April 12, 2012

If you think they are doing such a bad job why don't you run. Love it when people like you make sweepng statements like "Feeley continues asleep at the switch" and Byrne will "dance to his tune". I think you just like using cute phrases and have no knowledge of anything that goes on. That is why we have elections, a right to vote and a right to run. If you don't think it is going well then you …   more ›