Vote in Tuesday's 2013 Needham Town Elections

Today, Needham goes to the polls to cast their vote for Town officials and Town Meeting members. Who is on the ballot? Where do I go to vote? These questions and more are in the Election Guide. 

Where to Vote

• Sample Ballot: Specimen ballots can be viewed as PDFs in the image gallery above. 

• Poll Hours: Polls will be open on Tuesday, Nov. 6 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in all 10 precincts.

• Polling Locations: To find out where you should vote, visit wheredoivotema.org and enter your street name and number. Below is a look at the polling locations for each precinct in Needham:

Precinct Polling Location Address Precinct A Hillside Elementary School (gym) 28 Glen Gary Rd. Precinct B  Hillside Elementary School (gym) 28 Glen Gary Rd. Precinct C   Newman Elementary School (gym) 1155 Central Ave. Precinct D Newman Elementary School (gym)
1155 Central Ave. Precinct E Pollard Middle School (Room 226) 200 Harris Ave. Precinct F Stephen Palmer Senior Center 
(community room) 83 Pickering St. Precinct G Broadmeadow Elementary School 
(performance center) 120 Broad Meadow Rd. Precinct H Broadmeadow Elementary School
(performance center)  120 Broad Meadow Rd. Precinct I Mitchell Elementary School (gym) 187 Brookline St. Precinct J Mitchell Elementary School (gym) 187 Brookline St.

Who is on the Ballot

One Moderator for One Year

• Michael Fee, running unopposed

One Selectman for Three Years

• Daniel Matthews, running unopposed

One Town Clerk for Three Years

• Theodora Eaton, running unopposed

One Assessor for Three Years

• Thomas Colarusso, running unopposed

Three Members of School Committee for Three Years

• Joseph Barnes, Jr.
• Constance Barr
• Marianne Cooley
• David Ecsedy

One Trustee of Memorial Park (trustee of soldiers’ memorials – veteran) for Three Years

• Charles Mangine, running unopposed

One Trustee of Memorial Park (trustee of soldiers’ memorials – non-veteran) for Three Years

• Joseph McSweeney, running unopposed

Two Trustees of Needham Public Library for Three Years

• Lois Bacon
• Rose Doherty

One Member of Board of Health for Three Years

• Stephen Epstein, running unopposed

One Member of Planning Board for Five Years

• Artie Crocker
• Elizabeth Grimes

One Member of Needham Housing Authority for Five Years

• Andrew Cohen, running unopposed

One Commissioner of Trust Funds for Three Years

• Joseph Scalia, running unopposed

One Commissioner of Trust Funds for One Year

• Barry Coffman, running unopposed

Two Members of Park and Recreation Commission for Three Years

• Cynthia Chaston
• Michael Retzky

Town Meeting Members

Eight Town Meeting Members from Precinct A for Three Years

• Dennis Carothers
• Walter Herrick 
• Suzanne Fiering Nissen 
• James Allan Scott
• Irwin Silverstein 
• Nina Silverstein 
• Michael Miller

Two Town Meeting Members from Precinct A for Two Years

• John Diodato
• Van Spiros

Eight Town Meeting Members from Precinct B for Three Years

• Francis Arren 
• George Baierlein
• William Doyle 
• John Frankenthaler
• Richard Freedberg 
• Glenn Orenstein
• Gerald Rovner 
• Dorothea Von Herder

Eight Town Meeting Members from Precinct C for Three Years

• William Dugan, Jr. 
• John Haslip 
• Adelaide Young 

One Town Meeting Member from Precinct C for One Year

• Paula Callanan

Eight Town Meeting Members from Precinct D for Three Years

• Michelle Dhanda
• Reginald Foster
• Christopher Gerstel
• Aaron Pressman 
• Aaron Remorenko 
• Carl Ship 
• Arthur Walitt 
• Thomas John Crimlisk

Eight Town Meeting Members from Precinct E for Three Years

• Edward Cosgrove III 
• Walter Decker 
• Kurt Mullen 
• Ronald Ruth 
• Paul Siegenthaler
• Gerald Silverstein 
• Theodore Weiner 
• Risa Greendlinger

Eight Town Meeting Members from Precinct F for Three Years

• Barry Coffman
• Jeffrey Heller
• Steven Markman 
• Carolyn McIver
• Kenneth Scott Muldoon
• William Okerman 
• Richard Paolini 
• Michael Verdun 
• Leslie Kalish 
• Karen Price

Eight Town Meeting Members from Precinct G for Three Years

• Peter Beacham, Jr. 
• Michael Crawford 
• Michael Distler 
• Kenneth Freundlich 
• Gary Michael Kaufman 
• Timothy Tierney 
• John Crimmings 
• David Konieczynski

Eight Town Meeting Members from Precinct H for Three Years

• Isabel Avedikian
• Michael Diener
• John Kingston
• Jeffrey Kristeller 
• Laura London
• Richard Savage, Jr. 
• Jeffrey Shapiro

One Town Meeting Member from Precinct H for Two Years

• Thomas Edward Gillogley

Eight Town Meeting Members from Precinct I for Three Years

• Artie Crocker
• Claire Dee Ecsedy
• Stephen Kagan 
• Josephine Ochalla 
• Nicholas Renzulli 
• Anne Weinstein
• Kathleen Whitney 
• Janet Carter Bernardo
• David Ecsedy 
• Peter Pingitore

Eight Town Meeting Members from Precinct J for Three Years

• Robert Deutsch 
• Kevin Keane 
• George Kent 
• David Montgomery 
• Christopher Mooney 
• Peter Sergey Panov