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By the numbers: Town elections

Wayland Student Press Network 4/7/12: By the numbers: Town elections. A graphic of eligible voters, votes cast and number of contested races in recent elections.

Incumbent Selectman Out, Incumbent Rec Commissioners In

Wayland Patch 4/3/12: Incumbent Selectman Out, Incumbent Rec Commissioners In. Incumbent Sue Pope lost her bid for another term on the Wayland Board of Selectmen as former selectman Doug Leard and local lawyer Ed Collins earned the most votes and captured the two seats up for grabs.

Wayland residents vote out incumbent selectman

Wayland Town Crier 4/4/12: Wayland residents vote out incumbent selectman. Voters yesterday ousted selectman and former state representative Susan Pope from the Board of Selectmen, choosing newcomers Doug Leard and Edward Collins. In a four-way race, Leard led the pack with 1,048 votes, followed by Collins with 931. Pope garnered 885 votes and Chris Brown received 782. Turnout was modest: 1,948 voters, or 21 percent of the town’s 9,008 registered voters, went to the polls.

Town Election Results

Based on unofficial tallies, winners in today's contested elections are: Board of Selectmen (three year terms):  Douglas J. Leard and Edward J. Collins Housing Authority (three-year term):  Jacqueline C. Ducharme Recreation Commission (three-year terms):  Thruston Wright III and Stas Gayshan Winners in the uncontested races were: School Committee (three-year terms): Malcolm L. Astley and Ellen M. [...]

Low Morning Turnout for Wayland Town Election

Wayland Patch 4/3/12: Low Morning Turnout for Wayland Town Election. The 20 positions up for election in Wayland Tuesday were being decided by a very small percentage of voters as of about 11am.

WSPN hosts debate for selectman candidates

Wayland Student Press Network 3/30/12: WSPN hosts debate for selectman candidates. Thursday, March 29, WSPN hosted a debate at Wayland High School for the selectman candidates. All four candidates, Chris Brown, Ed Collins, Douglas Leard and Susan Pope, participated.

WaylandeNews and Patch both post Q&A with the Candidates

WaylandeNews submitted a set of questions to each of the Board of Selectmen candidates, and all four provided their responses.  Their answers are available online here:  WaylandeNews Q&A Wayland Patch has also submitted questions to candidates for contested races.  Those responses are available here: Board of Selectmen Candidates Housing Authority Candidates Additional resources, including links [...]

Five Questions with Board of Selectmen Candidates

Wayland Patch 3/28/12: Five Questions with Board of Selectmen Candidates. The April 3 Wayland Town Election will have Wayland voters electing 20 positions in town government. Only five positions up for grabs are contested and that includes two spots on the Wayland Board of Selectmen. Wayland Patch asked the four candidates for Board of Selectmen, Chris Brown, Edward Collins, Douglas Leard and Susan Pope to respond to five questions. All four candidates submitted answers.

Five Questions with Housing Authority Candidates

Wayland Patch 3/28/12: Five Questions with Housing Authority Candidates. Wayland voters on April 3 will head to the polls to elect a number of positions in town, including several on the Wayland Housing Authority. Two women, Jacqueline Ducharme and Laurie Hojlo, are vying for a single, one-year term on the Wayland Housing Authority. Patch reached out to the two candidates with a set of five questions designed to help voters get to know the candidates better, and also to shed some light on the candidates' views of the position for which they are running. You can read their responses by clicking the links below:

• Jacqueline Ducharme
• Laurie Hojlo

Candidates’ Night Part 3: Recreation Commission

Wayland Patch 3/25/12: Candidates' Night Part 3: Recreation Commission. Two newcomers and two incumbents addressed the audience and answered questions Thursday night during the Recreation Commission segment of Wayland’s 62nd Annual Candidates’ Night. Stas Gayshan and Thurston “Brud” Wright are the incumbents, while Mark Lucier and Gary Carvalho are running as challengers. The questions Thursday night ranged from relinquishing recreation land for affordable housing to the benefits and drawbacks of artificial turf.

Candidates’ Night Part 2: Board of Selectmen

Wayland Patch 3/24/12: Candidates’ Night Part 2: Board of Selectmen. Four Wayland residents are vying for two spots up for grabs on the town’s Board of Selectmen when voters go to the polls for the Town Election on April 3. Thursday night, the four candidates took to the stage in the Large Hearing Room of the Wayland Town Building for the 62nd Annual Candidates’ Night, sponsored by the Wayland League of Women Voters. Chris Brown, Doug Leard, Ed Collins and incumbent Sue Pope offered opening statements before responding to a wide variety of questions from the audience and LWV members, several of which focused on taxes.

Candidates’ Night Part 1: Housing Authority

Wayland Patch 3/23/12: Candidates’ Night Part 1: Housing Authority. The Housing Authority candidates took the stage first. Jacqueline Ducharme and Laurie Hojlo are vying for a single, one-year term on the board, while Mary Antes and Kevin Goodwin are running uncontested for a five-year term and a two-year term respectively. Ducharme said she would like to see Wayland maintain its semi-rural character while meeting the affordable housing needs of residents as well as the state's requirements. “I believe the town needs to have an updated, comprehensive affordable housing plan,” Ducharme said, adding that she’d like to see many options when it comes to affordable housing. Hojlo pointed out that while many Wayland residents live comfortably in homes they can afford, that isn’t the case for everyone. “Not everyone in Wayland lives in such optimal conditions,” Hojlo said. “I would love to be able to assist … in finding healthy housing options for residents who already live in town.”

WSPN to Host Selectmen Candidates Debate, Thursday, March 29 at the WHS Theater (and livestreamed on WSPN, WayCam)

A debate for the Wayland selectmen candidates will be held in the Wayland High School theater on Thursday, March 29 at 7:30pm. The candidates participating include Chris Brown, Ed Collins, Douglas Leard and Susan Pope. The candidates will be answering questions regarding the town of Wayland’s warrant articles. Anyone with questions for the candidates may [...]

LWV Candidates Night will be held on March 22 at Town Building

The League of Women Voters Annual Candidates Night will be held on March 22.  The program will begin at 7:15pm with light refreshments, and the candidates will take the stage beginning at 7:30pm.

Live Candidate Q&A on Wayland Cable TV

Candidates in Wayland's contested races for town office will be participating in the 14th annual Candidates Live! Q&A/Call-In program on Wayland cable TV on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Viewers can find the program on Comcast channel 9 and Verizon channel 38. Former Town Moderator Peter Gossels will once again host [...]

Four residents return nomination papers for selectmen race

Wayland Town Crier 2/15/12: Four residents return nomination papers for selectmen race . The following residents returned nomination papers on Tuesday to run for office in the annual Town Election on Tuesday, April 3. They will appear on the Town Election ballot unless they withdraw their nomination papers by Feb. 28. Positions in bold note a contested race.

• Board of Selectmen (two openings, three-year term) – Susan Pope, Christopher Brown, Douglas Leard, Edward Collins
• School Committee (two openings, three-year term) – Malcolm Astley, Ellen Grieco 
• Board of Assessors (two openings, three-year term) – Zachariah Ventress, Mary Upton
• Planning Board (one opening, five-year term) – Kevin Murphy 
• Board of Health (two openings, three-year term) – Michael James Bean, Cynthia Hill 
• Commissioner of Trust Funds (one opening, three-year term) – David D’Orlando
• Library Trustees (two openings, three-year term) – Sally Cartwright, Nancy Jahnke
• Board of Public Works (two openings, three-year term) – Jonathan Mishara, Robert Goldsmith
• Board of Public Works (one opening to fill a vacancy, one-year term) – Michael Lowery
• Recreation Commissioner (two openings, three-year term) – Mark Lucier, Thruston Wright III, Stas Gayshan, Gary Carvalho
• Housing Authority (one opening, five-year term) – Mary Antes
• Housing Authority (one opening to fill a vacancy, two-year term) – Kevin Goodwin
• Housing Authority (one opening to fill a vacancy, one-year term) – Jacqueline Ducharme, Laurie Hojlo

Incumbents All But Carry the Elections in Wayland

Wayland Patch 4/5/11: Incumbents All But Carry the Elections in Wayland. The blustery and unpredictable weather didn't stop Wayland residents from showing up to cast their votes in Tuesday’s town election. And most of those voters put their support behind the incumbents. Two of the three seats open on the School Committee went to incumbent candidates and both open seats on the Board of Selectmen went to candidates seeking re-election.

School Committee chairman out in Wayland

Wayland Town Crier 4/6/11: School Committee chairman out in Wayland. Ellen Grieco was the only challenger to win a town office yesterday, defeating School Committee Chairman Louis Jurist by 80 votes. Grieco had 1,203 votes to Jurist's to 1,123 to win a one-year seat on the board. "I'm thrilled," Grieco said. "I'm very excited, and I'm looking forward to putting my best effort forward for the Wayland schools." School Committee members Barbara Fletcher and Beth Butler won re-election, receiving 1,274 and 1,411 votes, respectively. They defeated challenger Alexia Obar, who had 1,156 votes. Selectmen Steve Correia and Joseph Nolan also kept their seats.

Town Election Results

Based on unofficial tallies, winners in today's contested elections are: Board of Selectmen (three year terms): Steve Correia and Joe Nolan School Committee (three-year terms):  Beth Butler and Barb Fletcher School Committee (one-year term): Ellen Grieco Commissioner of Trust Funds (three-year term): Russell Kopp  The Debt Exclusion:  Passed   Winners in the uncontested races were: Board of Assessors (two [...]

Ask the Candidates Live Available on demand on WayCAM

WAYCAM.tv Ask the Candidates Live. Host: C. Peter R. Gossels interviews the upcoming Candidates and home viewers ask the Candidates question they phone in. Recorded March 29, 2011.

Wayland School Committee candidates discuss the issues

Wayland Town Crier 3/30/11: Wayland School Committee candidates discuss the issues. The five candidates for the Wayland School Committee slots sat down last week at the League of Women Voters’ Candidates Night and discussed their priorities with seeming unanimity.

Board of Selectmen candidates make their case

Wayland Town Crier 3/30/11: Board of Selectmen candidates make their case. The Wayland League of Women Voters held its 61st annual Candidates Night last week, hosting the three candidates for two slots on the Board of Selectmen, incumbents Steven Correia and Joseph Nolan and challenger Don Bustin.

School Committee Q&A

WaylandeNews Q&A with the School Committee Candidates WaylandeNews has submitted the following set of questions to each of the candidates. Candidates were given 11 days to respond, and we requested that candidates adhere to a word-limit of 200 words per response, though indicated we would try not to truncate longer responses if the overall document [...]

WaylandeNews Candidate Q&A Documents

WaylandeNews submitted a set of six questions to each of the candidates. Candidates were given 11 days to respond, and we requested that candidates adhere to a word-limit of 200 words per response, though indicated we would try not to truncate longer responses if the overall document remained of reasonable length.  Many responses exceeded this [...]

School Committee Opening Statement videos from Candidates’ Night

Videos of opening statements from all five School Committee candidates are available here. Videos posted courtesy of Wayland Patch

Candidates’ Night Draws Large, Inquisitive Crowd (Part 1)

Wayland Patch 3/25/11: Candidates’ Night Draws Large, Inquisitive Crowd (Part 1). The crowd spilled into the hallway outside the Large Hearing Room at the Wayland Town Building Thursday night as candidates for the upcoming Town Election took to the stage to introduce themselves and answer questions. Hosted by the League of Women Voters, the event [...]

Four contested races in upcoming Wayland town election

Wayland Town Crier 2/16/11: Four contested races in upcoming Wayland town election:

• Board of Selectmen (three-year term) – incumbent Steven Correia, incumbent Joseph Nolan, and Donald Bustin
• School Committee (three-year term) – incumbent
• Elizabeth Butler, incumbent Barbara Fletcher, and Alexia Obar
• School Committee (one-year term) – incumbent Louis Jurist, and Ellen Grieco
• Commissioner of Trust Funds (three-year term) – Steven Glovsky and Russell Kopp

Kinney and Bladon win in close races at Town Election

Wayland Town Crier 5/12/10: Kinney and Bladon win in close races at Town Election. Wayland’s local election brought out close races on Tuesday, with Shawn Kinney winning the open School Committee seat by just 50 votes over Beth Butler. In the race for the open seat on the Board of Selectmen, John Bladon defeated Don Bustin by a vote of 1,320 to 1,161.

Town Election Results

The Town has voted in the 2010 Local Elections (and state senate race).  Town Meeting begins at 7:30pm on Thursday night at Wayland High School.  The warrant for Town Meeting is available online here. Results of the voting are shown below: Debt Exclusion: Passed Contested Races: Board of Selectmen:  John Bladon defeated Don Bustin School [...]

Candidates debate for Scott Brown’s Senate seat

MetroWest Daily News 5/5/10: Candidates debate for Scott Brown's Senate seat . In the only debate before the May 11 special election, state Senate hopefuls Peter Smulowitz and Richard Ross last night squared off on the economy, health care and job growth. At the event, moderated by Town Clerk Gail Bernardo, each candidate offered opening statements to a large audience at King Philip Middle School before diving into the hot-button issues. Voters will hit the booths next Tuesday to fill Scott Brown's seat in the state Senate. The district includes Wayland, Millis, Sherborn, Needham, Wrentham, Norfolk, Plainville and North Attleborough as well as parts of Natick, Franklin, Wellesley and Attleboro.

How the dual election on May 11 will work

Wayland Town Crier 5/4/10: How the dual election on May 11 will work. The League of Women Voters of Wayland wants to make sure that all voters understand the somewhat complicated procedure for the election on May 11 – so let us explain.

Democrats spar at State Senate candidates forum in Needham

Wayland Town Crier 4/6/10: Democrats spar at State Senate candidates forum in Needham. The race for the State Senate seat vacated by Scott Brown heated up last night at Broadmeadow Elementary School, as the two primary Democratic candidates squared off in a public forum hosted by the Needham League of Women Voters.

Town Election Results (including by Precinct)

Town Election Results for elected officials and ballot questions. Turnout: 38.5% with 3489 votes cast out of 9070 eligible voters.

Results are in: Winners are Astley, Dieffenbach, Pope and Fay

Wayland Town Crier 4/8/09: Results are in: Winners are Astley, Dieffenbach, Pope and Fay. Residents returned Jeff Dieffenbach to another three-year term on the School Committee and elected newcomer Malcolm Astley to the same board. In the Board of Selectmen’s race for two three-year terms, residents elected former state Rep. Susan Pope with 2,174 votes. [...]

Town Election Results

Below is a brief summary of election results for today’s Town Elections.  We will have complete results on our website during the day tomorrow. Debt Exclusions: Question 1 passed with 73% voting in favor (2494-912) Question 2 passed with 72% voting in favor (2432-930) Board of Selectmen: Tom Fay and Sue Pope were elected to [...]

Interviewing Susan Pope, selectmen candidate

Wayland Student Press Network 4/1/09: Interviewing Susan Pope, selectmen candidate. Related Articles:More honors for Wayland Student Press Network (Apr 30, 2010) Student journalists receive top honors (Apr 28, 2010) WSPN wins 2010 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Crown Award! (Mar 21, 2010) Another major award for Wayland Student Press Network (May 28, 2009) WSPN Nominated [...]

Selectman candidates talk economy

Wayland Town Crier 4/2/09: Selectman candidates talk economy. he town’s financial health was the most popular topic with voters at Candidates Night, an annual forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters. Questions for the candidates ranged from the town’s unfunded pension liability to the candidates’ specific ideas for regionalization or consolidation of services with [...]

Tight race for School Committee

Wayland Town Crier 4/2/09: Tight race for School Committee. In two joint appearances last week, the five contenders for two open School Committee seats answered questions submitted through a moderator at the League of Women Voters Candidates Night and on a local cable show. Candidates Malcolm Astley, Jeffrey Baron, Jeff Dieffenbach, Steven Glovsky and Paul [...]

Election season: Disagreements about domain name and private meeting

Wayland Town Crier 3/19/09: Election season: Disagreements about domain name and private meeting. School Committee candidate Jeff Baron denies he did anything wrong by registering a domain name (soswayland.com) that is strikingly similar to that of SOS (soswayland.org) even after it was intentionally used to cause mischief.

WaylandeNews Posts Q&A with the Candidates

In an effort to help voters understand candidate positions on a wide variety of issues, we solicited question suggestions from the Board of Selectmen and School Committee candidates, and then send them all a set of questions on Thursday, February 26.  We required responses by March 9.  We limited answers to 100 words for each question [...]