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Enjoying a spot of tea The Park House Museum presented an “Anne of Green Gables” tea last Saturday afternoon with the event drawing approximately 30 people. Amy Schauber, Jennifer Mailloux, Kimberly Sprague and Emily Sprague enjoy some tea during the event. For more photos and information on the “Anne of Green Gables” tea, please turn to Page 10 of this week’s issue.
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Nominations closed, candidates set for Oct. 24 election By Ron Giofu And we’re off! The nomination period for the Oct. 24 municipal election closed last Friday at 2 p.m. and there is a full list of candidates. There are four candidates seeking the mayor’s chair while five candidates are attempting to become the deputy mayor. Neither race sees the incumbents running, with Mayor Aldo DiCarlo and Deputy Mayor Leo Meloche both already having declared they are retiring from municipal politics. Running for mayor are Michael Prue, who is a current councillor, as well as Frank Cerasa, John Laframboise and Bob Rozankovic. That compares to
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two candidates in 2018 and four in 2014, the latter time being the most previous instance where the incumbent mayor didn’t seek re-election. The five people running for deputy mayor include Chris Gibb, Nancy Atkinson, Joe Shaw, Dennis Sanson and Gregory Moore. There were four candidates in 2018 and three in 2014. Since amalgamation in 1998, there has been a new deputy mayor elected in every election. They include Tony DiBartolomeo (1997-00), Bob Pillon (2000-03), Anthony Leardi (2003-06), Robert Bailey (2006-10), Ron Sutherland (2010-14), Bart DiPasquale (2014-18) and Meloche (2018-present). There are 16 people seeking one of the five councillor position, up slightly from the 14 people that ran
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in 2018, but down from the 22 that ran in 2014. Four incumbents are seeking to return to the town council table, including Peter Courtney, Don McArthur, Marc Renaud and Patricia Simone. Former councillors Diane Pouget and Gerry Theriault are seeking to return as well. Among the other candidates seeking a position as a town councillor are Molly Allaire, Larry Amlin, Lucas Anderson, Andrew Argoselo, Linden Crain, Frank Di Pasquale, Bill Fryer, Tara Kersey, Holger Kretschmann, and Lori Wightman. The River Town Times has started running candidate profiles and will continue to do so in the coming weeks.
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