March 31, 2001, election results, Arlington, Massachusetts

ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION,
March 31, 2001

COMPLETE, CERTIFIED RESULTS

Source: Town Clerk's Office

The names of winners are in red

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The clerk's office reported 7,505 voted out of an 28,913 registered voters, or a turnout of about 26 percent.

This official list reflects how the candidates
are positioned on March 31 ballot.

The ballot question is below the candidates

Town Moderator (elect 1)
Presides over any Town Meeting

Total ballots cast 7,505
  No. of votes Percent of votes cast
John L. Worden III 5,431 98.66
Write-ins for moderator: 74 1.34
Blanks for moderator: 2,000  
 

Board of Selectmen (elect 1 for 3 years)

  No. of votes Percent of votes cast
Kevin F. Greeley (incumbent) 5,225 97.66
Write-ins for selectmen: 125 2.34
Blanks for selectmen: 2,155  
 

Board of Assessors (elect 1)

  No. of votes Percent of votes cast
James F. Doherty 5,027 99.17
Write-ins for assessor: 42 0.83
Blanks for assessor: 2,436  
 

Board of Assessors
(elect 1, to fill a vacancy)

  No. of votes Percent of votes cast
Mary Winstanley O'Connor 4,964 98.98
Write-ins for assessor: 51 1.02
Blanks for assessor: 2,490  
 

School Committee (elect 2 for 3 years)

  No. of votes Percent of votes cast
  Paul Schlichtman
3,631  29.66
Teresa R. Bottoni 986 9.05
  William A. Carey Jr. (incumbent)
3,220 26.30
  Suzanne Baratta Owayda
4,382 35.79
Write-ins for School Committee: 23 0.19
Blanks for School Committee: 2,768  
 

Housing Authority (elect one for 5 years)

  No. of votes Percent of votes cast
Olga B. Kahn 2,814 42.9
Nicholas C. Mitropolos 3,717 56.66
Write-ins for Housing Authority: 29 0.21
Blanks for Housing Authority: 945  
 
Town Meeting members Representatives from each of the town's 21precincts gather each spring to consider and vote on town issues known as articles.
Precinct 1 (elect four for three years)
Total votes: 165  No. of votes  Percent of votes cast
Paul J. McGaffigan 118 51.75
Martin W. Cuddy (sought re-election) 103 45.18
Maria C. Hood, 25 Silk St. (write-in) 2 1
Others 5 2.07
Blanks 432  
No candidate filed    
No candidate filed    
 
Precinct 2 (elect 4 for three years)
Total votes: 365    
William Logan (sought re-election) 199 25.71
Anthony C. Casieri (sought re-election) 189 24.42
Augustine R. Cella (sought re-election) 198 24.26
Paolo F. Marinelli 187  24.16
Others 1 0.11
Blanks 470  
 
Precinct 3 (elect 4 for three years)
Total votes: 206    
William F. Hayward (sought re-election) 128 26.12
Osmano Boschi (sought re-election) 112 22.86
Melissa Haussman (sought re-election) 121 24.69
Susan M. McShane 125 25.51
Others 4 0.82
Blanks 334  
 
Precinct 4 (elect 4 for three years)
Total votes: 211    
Robert P. Scopettuolo (sought re-election) 132 46.15
David Stoff 137 47.9
Others 17 5.94 
Blanks 286  
No candidate filed    
No candidate filed    
 
Precinct 4 (elect 1 for two years)
Total votes: 211    
Rona S. Logue 154 98.72
Others 2 1.28
Blanks 286  
 
Precinct 5 (elect 4 for three years)
Total votes: 241    
Abigail DuBois (sought re-election) 177 50.43
M. Wendy Watson (sought re-election) 162  46.15
Colleen R. Goodsell, 88 Rawson Road (write-in) 2   
Thomas G. Goodsell, 88 Rawson Road (write-in) 4   
Others 6 3.42
Blanks 613  
 
Precinct 5 (elect 2 for two years) to fill vacancies
Total votes: 241    
Paul J. McLellan, 4 Park Street Place (write-in) 3  
Scott D. Murphy, 6 Park Street Place (write-in) 2  
Others 17  
Blanks 460  
 
Precinct 6 (elect 4 for three years)
Total votes: 262    
Philip A. Scharff (sought re-election) 123 16.8
Jeffrey D. Thielman 169  23.09
Dennis Bento (sought re-election) 151 20.63
Andrew S. Fischer (sought re-election) 127  17.35
Paul Schlichtman (sought re-election) 158 21.58
Others 4 0.55
Blanks 316  
 
Precinct 6 (elect 2 for one year) to fill vacancies
Total votes: 262    
Lisa Reynolds 142 37.67
Jeffrey D. Thielman 165 43.77
Andrew M. Randolph Jr. 69 18.3
Other 1 0.27
Blanks 147  
 
Precinct 7 (elect 4 for three years)
Total votes: 254    
Beth Ryan 155 24.37
Joseph M. Connors (sought re-election) 158 24.84
Kenneth W. Hughes (sought re-election) 142 22.33
Theodore W. Sharpe (sought re-election) 111 17.45
Myra S. Schwartz 70  11.01
Other 0 0
Blanks 380  
 
Precinct 7 (elect 1 for one year) to fill a vacancy
Total votes: 254    
Beth Ryan 145 72.86
Myra S. Schwartz 54  27.15
Others 0 0
Blanks 55  
 
Precinct 8 (elect 4 for three years)
Total votes: 428    
Cindy F. Friedman (sought re-election) 296 25.69
Carma D. Forgie (sought re-election) 262 22.74
John L. Worden III (sought re-election) 275 23.87
Clarissa Rowe (sought re-election) 306 26.56
Others 13 1.13
Blanks 560  
 
Precinct 9 (elect 4 for three years)
Total votes: 391    
Natalie C. Peters (sought re-election) 225 22.43
Philip L. Budne (sought re-election) 178  17.75
Douglas J. Peters (sought re-election) 206  20.54
Jerome P. Hallee (sought re-election) 211 21.04
Lyman G. Judd Jr. (sought re-election) 179 17.85
Others 4 0.40
Blanks 561  
 
Precinct 10 (elect 4 for three years)
Total votes: 473    
Donnarose Russian (sought re-election) 288 42.73
Barbara M. Costa (sought re-election) 314 46.59
Katharine Daley Fennelly, 97 Gray St. (write-in) 13   
Richard Young, 50 Newport St. (write-in) 8  
No candidate filed    
No candidate filed    
Others 51 10.68
Blanks 561  
 
Precinct 11 (elect 4 for three years)
Total votes: 488    
Alan Chachich (sought re-election) 288 22.38
Claire E. Maytum (sought re-election) 324  25.17
Lynn A. Lowenstein 321 24.94
Thomas Caccavaro Jr. 343 26.65
Others 11 0.85
Blanks 665  
     
Precinct 12 (elect 4 for three years)
Total votes: 567    
Patricia J. Thomas (sought re-election) 367 23.82
Dorothy F. Nicholas 361 23.43
Roland E. Chaput (sought re-election) 409 26.54
Martin Thrope (sought re-election) 399 25.89
Other 5 0.32
Blanks 727  
 
Precinct 13 (elect 4 for three years)
Total votes: 523    
Christopher W. Peters 324 24.81
Robert B. Hayden (sought re-election) 306 23.43
Michael T. Healy 345 26.42
Philip J. McCarthy (sought re-election) 316 24.20
Others 15 1.15
Blanks 786  
 
Precinct 14 (elect 4 for three years)
Total votes: 523    
Richard Arena 239 27.53
Evelyn Smith DeMille (sought re-election) 205 23.62
Sarah A. Parker (sought re-election) 221 25.46
Richard Avery (sought re-election) 195 22.47
Others 8 0.92
Blanks 548  
 
Precinct 14 (elect 1 for two years) to fill a vacancy
Alan H. Jones, 1 Lehigh St. (write-in) 19  
No candidate filed  
Others 42 100
Blanks 293  
 
Precinct 15 (elect 4 for three years)
Total votes: 505    
Brian Lavalle (sought re-election) 300 24.49
Nancy A. Mara (sought re-election) 306 24.98
Richard C. Fanning (sought re-election) 315 25.71
Frank J. Ciano (sought re-election) 301 24.5
Others 3 0.05
Blanks 293  
 
Precinct 15 (elect 1 for one year) to fill a vacancy
Total votes: 505    
Teresa R. Bottoni 159  44.17
Phyllis Bailey 201 55.83
Others 0 0
Blanks 145  
 
Precinct 16 (elect 4 for three years)
Total votes: 418    
Judith Ann Phelps (sought re-election) 278 68.14
Donald A. Sandrelli, 77 Park Avenue (write-in) 36   
Am D. Franzen, 81 Oakland Ave. (write-in) 33  
Grace M. Dingee, 71 Claremont Ave. 13  
No candidate filed    
No candidate filed    
No candidate filed    
Others 48 31.86
Blanks 10  
 
Precinct 16 (elect 1 for two years, to fill a vacancy)
Total votes: 418    
Martin CoIwell, 60 Claremont Ave. (write-in) 5  
No candidate filed    
Others 41 100
Blanks 10  
 
Precinct 17 (elect 4 for three years)
Total votes: 187    
William K. Burke (sought re-election) 136 33.17
Zavan Mazmanian (sought re-election) 127 30.98
Edward R. Owen 134 32.68
No candidate filed    
Others 13 3.17
Blanks 338  
 
Precinct 18 (elect 4 for three years)
Total votes: 378    
William J. Ford (sought re-election) 256 32.24
John H. Vann (sought re-election) 249 31.36
Joseph J. Santore Jr. (sought re-election) 257 32.37
Joseph L. Mayo, 3 Browning Road (write-in) 10   
No candidate filed    
Others 22 4.03
Blanks 718  
 
Precinct 19 (elect 4 for three years)
Total votes: 478    
James M. O'Conor (sought re-election) 291 32.01
Leo F. Doherty Jr. 297 32.67
Edward D. Tremblay (sought re-election) 289 31.79
Charles M. Norton, 625 Summer St. (write-in) 5  
No candidate filed    
Others 27 3.52
Blanks 1,003  
 
Precinct 19 (elect 1 for one year, to fill a vacancy)
Total votes: 478    
Constance M. Hogan 322 99.08
Others 3 0.92
Blanks 153  
 
Precinct 20 (elect 4 for three years)
Total votes: 342    
Raymond M. Bloom (sought re-election) 195 29.24
Mark Streitfeld (sought re-election) 201 30.13
Helen M. Binell (sought re-election) 217 32.53
Cheryl N. Vossmer, 25 Peck Avenue (write-in) 21   
No candidate filed    
Others 33 8.10
Blanks 701  
 
Precinct 21 (elect 4 for three years)
Total votes: 323    
Neal O'Brien 207 24.67
Michael P. Malone 196 23.36
Freeland K. Abbott (sought re-election) 210 25.03
Leslie A. Mayer (sought re-election) 220 26.22
Others 6 0.72
Blanks 453  

QUESTION NO. 1
THIS QUESTION IS BINDING

"Shall the Town of Arlington be allowed to exempt from the provisions of Proposition two and one-half, so called, the amounts required to pay for the bond issue in order to acquire the Symmes Hospital site and to renovate the buildings thereon?"

YES (4,441) NO (2,476)
BLANKS (588)