Northampton will hold preliminary election in September >Published: 7/28/2021 8:39:23 PM
NORTHAMPTON The city will hold a preliminary election on Sept. 28 to narrow the field of candidates for mayor in November’s election to two.
City Clerk Pamela Powers confirmed Wednesday that a preliminary election will be necessary after three mayoral candidates were certified for the November ballot Shanna Fishel, Roy Martin and Gina-Louise Sciarra.
The Board of Registrars also has certified Rosechana Gordon’s voter signatures, but she has yet to pick up her nomination papers from the registrars and bring them to the city clerk’s office. If that happens by the deadline of Aug. 13, she will be added to the preliminary ballot.
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Sixth candidate emerges in race for Smith Voc board of trustees in Northampton >Published: 7/1/2021 11:12:16 PM
NORTHAMPTON – A sixth candidate has announced plans to run for the Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School board of trustees, setting up a potentially historic challenge for the board’s three elected seats.
All three incumbents are running for reelection against three challengers, and if all are certified for the ballot, it will represent the most candidates for the board in at least 22 years.
Richard Aquadro, 63, a third-generation commercial carpenter and a 20-year member of Smith Vocational’s carpentry advisory board, said Thursday that he pulled nomination papers this week.
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