Groton Holds Municipal Election Today

Voters cast ballots today for Board of Education, Town Council and Representative Town Meeting in the Groton municipal election.

Seventeen people are running for 9 seats on the council and seven are running for 5 seats on the school board. Five of the eight district races for RTM are contested.

“People should understand that our local elected officials are the people that make the decisions we live with every day,” said Town Clerk Betsy Moukawsher.  “Whether it be a blight ordinance or school budgets, they make the decisions to fund our every day services.”

“Also, these are our neighbors that are running. These are people. . .volunteering their time to help our community.  And I think it’s a show of support when people come out to vote.”

Polls are open from 6 a.m. until 8 p.m. Groton has eight polling places. Locations are listed below:

1.  Groton Public Library, Route 117.

2. West Side Middle School, 250 Brandegee Avenue.

3.  City municipal building, 295 Meridian Street.

4. William Seely School, 55 Seely School Drive.

5.  Charles Barnum Elementary School, 68 Briar Hill Road.

6.  School Administration Building, 1300 Flanders Road.

7.  S.B. Butler School, 155 Ocean View Avenue.

8.  Town Hall Annex, 134 Groton Long Point Road.

A list of the candidates running for each office is listed below:

Town Council

George J. Swift (D)

John F. Scott (D)

Lisa M. Luck (D)

Richard Semeraro (D)

Rita M. Schmidt (D)

Warren T. Cooper (D)

Bob Frink (D)

Bill Johnson (D)

John C. Wirzbicki (D)

Heather Bond Somers (R)

Jim Streeter (R)

Harry A. Watson (R)

Mick O’Beirne (R)

Karen Morton (R)

Deborah Peruzzotti (R)

Dean G. Antipas (R)

Bruce S. Flax (R)

Board of Education

Patricia M. Doyle (D)

Kim Shepardson Watson (D)

Brian M. Shirvell (D)

Beth Gianacoplos (D)

Rita Volkmann (D)

Shelley Gardner (R)

Nancy Gilly (R)

Representative Town Meeting

District 1

Joe Baril (D)

Dolores R. Harrell (D)

Roscoe Merritt (D)

Dana Parfitt (R)

Karin Adams (R)

District 2

Patrice Granatosky (D)

Jean-Claude Ambroise (D)

Syma Alexi Ebbin (D)

Jackie Massett (R)

Keith Hedrick (R)

District 3

Michael B. Collins (D)

Alicia T. Bauer (D)

Elizabeth Luck (D)

Trisha Fleury (D)

Neal Gardner (R)

Christopher Monaco (R)

Archie Swindell (R)

Irma Streeter (R)

District 4

Nancy Driscoll (D)

Nancy Barnhart (R)

District 5

Connie Miller (D)

Christine Conley (D)

Ivy R. Williams (D)

Lori A. Watrous (R)

Michael Johnson (R)

Betty A. Prochaska (R)

Joan Steinford (R)

District 6

Dave Ferreira (D)

Robert M. Garcia (D)

Richard J. Pasqualini, Jr. (D)

Rosanne Kotowski (R)

Scott W. Aument, Sr. (R)

Susan Deane-Shinbrot (R)

District 7

Dana Semeraro  (D)

Jonathan D. Heller (D)

Jim Loughlin (D)

Pam Ryley (D)

Mark A. Svencer (D)

Bruce A. McDermott (R)

Robert Warn (R)

Luanne E. DeMatto (R)

District 8

Genevieve Cerf (D)

Susan Chase-Hildebrand (D)

Karen Hatcher (D)

Jack Sebastian (R)

Scott L. Newsome (R)

Lynn Crockett Hubbard (R)