Sentences with word «selectmen»

November 21, 2013 - Four current and former selectmen and the Town of Limington have been named in a personal injury lawsuit related to allegations for mistreatment by male EMTs against female patients.

In my town, one month after we learned that our energy committee wanted to put a 1.65 wind turbine in our town — and we had conducted the research and people in our town were quite concerned — our board of selectmen, which is like your town councils, decided to not move forward with the project.

The board of selectmen, the town manager, the police department and the animal control officer don't seem to get that.»

Then you remember, you've seen her at every ribbon cutting, every gala, and every groundbreaking with the mayor or selectmen.

Besides mayors and first selectmen, school and zoning board positions and other local offices are on the ballot in Connecticut and New York.

The battle included numerous proposals, twists, and turns that prompted anxiety for mayors and first selectmen who were trying to balance their budgets.

Turnout was light overall in the off - year municipal elections, in which many incumbent mayors and first selectmen ran unopposed.

In addition to nominating their Democratic and Republican Senatorial candidates, Representative Ed Markey and businessman Gabriel Gomez, respectively, Tuesday was a day for Berkshire County voters to choose their selectmen and members of their local school boards.

First selectmen and mayors were stunned by Malloy's plan for fundamental change in the education formula, which would have resulted in boosting money for 31 underachieving communities.

The «church - system» looks more like the «filling - station system,» and the clergy in their varieties of responsibility and excellence seem most to resemble democratic political leaders — from town selectmen to governors, from demagogues to statesmen, from ward heelers to national party leaders.

In cities and towns where voters opposed legalization, elected bodies such as town councils or boards of selectmen can impose a ban without polling residents.

«It still remains a very serious concern to us,» said Greenwich First Selectman Peter Tesei.»

Former Simsbury First Selectman Mary Glassman, shown here in this 2014 file photo, is among the candidates seeking the Democratic endorsement for Congress in the 5th District.

The very conservative legislator will compete with New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart and Darien First Selectman Jayme Stevenson, who both qualified for the primary ballot.

Lieutenant governor candidate Jayme Stevenson, the first selectman of Darien, said Stewart had reached out to her as a courtesy earlier Friday.

Former Trumbull First Selectman Timothy Herbst, who is running for governor against Lumaj and others, immediately condemned the statements by Higbie.

The party also nominated former New Fairfield First Selectman Susan Chapman for secretary of the state.

State campaign financing records show a $ 1,000 donation by Luxenberg on Aug. 19 — the date mentioned in the Luxenberg text — to the campaign committee of Melissa Katz Kane, a Democrat running for first selectman in Westport.

«Listen, Bridgeport made a decision and I've said all along, whoever the mayor is, the first selectman of any community, will be treated with great respect and we'll work with them,» Malloy said.

Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton and former Trumbull First Selectman Tim Herbst are confident they will reach that threshold.

New Britain, CT 04/04/18 Former Trumbull First Selectman Tim Herbst speaks during a Republican gubernatorial debate.

Former Trumbull First Selectman Tim Herbst, shown in this file photo, is one of the GOP gubernatorial candidates

It brands Boughton, a former state representative and the mayor of Danbury, and Herbst, the former first selectman of Trumbull, as «career politicians.»

There are three Republicans running for the No. 2 spot: state Sen. Joe Markley of Southington, Darien First Selectman Jayme Stevenson and Greenwich First Selectman Peter Tesei, who has formed a ticket with Stewart.

Former Trumbull First Selectman Tim Herbst, shown in this file photo, is one of the GOP gubernatorial candidates (John Woike / Hartford Courant)

She has been seeking ways to help the plant since she became first selectman in 2007 and then in a simultaneous position as state senator since January 2013.

Mr. Cope, the first selectman of Sherman on the New York border, is not a typical Republican candidate.

But public documents show that Cathy Osten, the Sprague first selectman who confronted Foley outside the Fusion paperboard plant, had some of the same concerns about the plant as Foley.

While Sherman First Selectman Clay Cope was officially announcing his run for Congress in Danbury the state Democratic Party was busy releasing a statement in response.

Former Gov. M. Jodi Rell, shown recently in Fairfield at a Republican fundraiser for the first selectman's race, is opposing plans by Democrats to cut the public financing in Connecticut's landmark campaign reform law.

Trumbull First Selectman Tim Herbst is also pouring resources into Enfield in an attempt to defeat incumbent state Rep. David Alexander, who lost to Herbst in a battle for student body president 15 years ago at Trinity College.

Trumbull First Selectman Timothy M. Herbst, an aspiring 2018 gubernatorial candidate, bemoaned the closing of the federal investigation.

Sanchez enters a race where former Simsbury First Selectman Mary Glassman and Rabbi Shaul Praver are seeking Democratic endorsement.

Cope, the first selectman in Sherman, has been waging an energetic campaign against the two - term Democrat for months but first he has to secure the nomination against fellow Republican Bill Stevens.

On the Republican side candidates who have formed exploratory or candidate committees include Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton, Trumbull First Selectman Tim Herbst, Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti, state Rep. Prasad Srinivasan of Glastonbury and state Sen. Toni Boucher of Wilton.

Herbst is from neighboring Trumbull, where he was first selectman for eight years, while Walker, the former U.S. comptroller general, resides next door in Bridgeport.

Tim Herbst, the former first selectman of Trumbull, speaks during a Republican gubernatorial debate in Windsor last year.

Republican Tim Herbst, the former first selectman of Trumbull, has surpassed $ 250,000 in small - dollar donations, putting him in position to qualify for public campaign financing as he seeks his party's gubernatorial nomination.

«I've been working closely with my first selectman and superintendent to say that the governor doesn't have the final word on this,» Hampton said Monday.

Several Republicans reported passing the quarter million dollar threshold during the recent filing period including Tim Herbst, the former first selectman of Trumbull; Peter Lumaj, an immigration attorney from Fairfield; and Steve Obsitnik, a tech entrepreneur from Westport.

Those included unsuccessful races by Democrat Bill Curry for governor in 1994 and 2002, Westport First Selectman Diane Farrell for Congress against incumbent Republican Chris Shays, and U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman in his loss to Greenwich upstart Ned Lamont in the August 2006 Senate primary.

Bill Stevens, a political newcomer seeking the nomination in the 5th U.S. House district, a seat held by Democrat Elizabeth Esty, tried to make headway over what he thought was a campaign diamond: an apparent arrest record of his opponent, Sherman First Selectman Clay Cope, decades ago in Texas.

Ben Holden, Canton Selectman — 140 (3.1 %) 7th Place Dan Delventhal, Fairfield Constable — 791 (%) 9th of 9 Daphne Dixon, Fairfield Zoning Board of Appeals Alternate — 527 (%) 3rd of 3 David Bedell, New Canaan Constable Hector Lopez, New Canaan Constable Joan Sullivan, New London City Council — 1,014 (%) 12th of 16 Jessica Cartagena, New London City Council — 1,041 (%) 10th of 16 Ken Hansen, New London City Council — 752 (%) 15th of 16 Ronna Stuller, New London Board of Education — 1,175 (%) 11th of 17 Myrna Martinez, New London Board of Education — 1,184 (%) 10th of 17 Leif Smith, Redding Constable — ELECTED — 447 (8.6 %) 6th of 6 for 6 seats Mary Farrell, Stamford Constable — 1,120 (%) 9th of 11 Rolf Maurer, Stamford Constable — 817 (%) 10th of 11 Ruthann Johnson, Middletown Common Council — not elected

Also on Saturday, Republicans endorsed Thad Gray, a longtime investment executive of Salisbury, for treasurer, and Kurt Miller, the first selectman of Seymour, for state comptroller.

Former Simsbury First Selectman Mary Glassman is already a declared candidate, while state Rep. Michelle Cook of Torrington is still weighing a potential run.

«I never really heard the governor talk about fairness to the taxpayer, fairness to the job creator, fairness to the employer,» said Tim Herbst, the former Republican first selectman of Trumbull.

In the 1st District, Larson raised $ 215,058 to Matthew Corey's $ 8,623; in the 2nd District U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney raised $ 179,639 to $ 10,842 for his Republican opponent, Daria Novak; and in the 5th District, Esty outraised Clay Cope, the Republican first selectman of Sherman, $ 300,253 to $ 16,251.

Ben Holden Office: Selectman District: Canton County: Hartford Election date: 11/08/2011 Elected: No results yet

The multimillionaire cable television businessman had little political experience aside from a stint as a Greenwich selectman in the late 1980s.

Two - term incumbent Republican Sen. Art Linares, 27, of Westbrook, won a battle against first selectman Norman Needleman, 65, of Essex in the 12 - town 33rd Senate District.