"Who are you voting for?" will be a popular question in Westborough today and Tuesday.
Tuesday's annual town election will end with voters deciding contests for selectman and Westborough Housing Authority. Voters also will elect three library trustees, two by write-in vote.
The polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Precincts 1 and 3 will vote at the Gibbons Middle School. Precincts 2 will vote at the Hastings Elementary School. And Precincts 4 5 will vote at the Mill Pond School. Residents unsure where to vote can call the town clerk's office at 508-366-3020.
Westborough Patch will have updates from the polls throughout Tuesday.
Westborough Patch's election coverage, including candidate profiles from the contested races, can be found here.
Two three-year terms on the board of selectmen are on the ballot. Incumbents Timothy Dodd and Leigh Emery, and Ruggles Street resident Stephen Faris, are the candidates.
Meanwhile, Whitney Street resident Jill Dupree and Smith Street resident William Linnane are running for a three-year term on the housing authority. Incumbent Charles Naples is unopposed for a five-year term on the housing board. Incumbent Julie Pappazsis isn't seeking re-election.
Unopposed for re-election are school committee members Stephen Doret and Bruce Tretter, library trustee Helena Engberg and planning board member Joanne Mallozzi.
Library trustees Karen Griegal and Geralyn Kohler will not seek re-election.
The top two write-in candidates receiving votes will be offered the seats, Town Clerk Nancy Yendriga has said.
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Mike
10:46 am on Monday, March 4, 2013
I would be interested in hearing how the canidates would respond if a resident lodge a complaint because they and their dog were attacked unprovoked by unlicensed dogs running off the owner's property onto the sidewalk.
Leigh Emery
11:57 am on Monday, March 4, 2013
Dear Mike,
I take this issue very seriously. I am a pediatric nurse and know first hand how desvastating an attack can be on a child and have a adult cousin who had to have over 6 surgeries to repair a dog bite on her face. The incident should be reported immediately to the police who will respond if necessay but will certainly notify the Animal Control Officer to respond, if the animals are still loose immediately, but also to follow up on the causes of the dogs being loose. We strictly enforce our leash law. No one should be frightened by or endangered by another person's dogs. If for some reason the issue is not resolved to your satisfaction you can always contact the Chief of Police, Alan Gordon, the Town Manager, Jim Malloy or the chairman of hte Board of Selectmen, currently Leigh Emery
Mike
2:43 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013
I know that when it happened to me and my Labrador in August, I called the police right away. The officer stated that they don’t deal with dogs. I showed the officer my leg and he stated it was a scratch. The police Sgt stated there was nothing they could do. The on-call dog officer who came almost an hour later stated all he could do is write the owner a ticket. I sent emails to the chief of police, selectmen, and town manager in the following days. I couldn’t believe that we got violently attacked unprovokingly while we were on the sidewalk, the first dog had to run about 100 yards to attack us, and the authorities stated all they could do is fine the owner.
Mike
2:43 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013
I also couldn’t believe that no one cared to get back to me. I got little or no response to the emails I sent to the Chief of police, town manager, and selectmen. The town manager sent me an email stating that the dog officer had fined the owner. My dog had to have surgery, drain, and staples. The dog officer came the a few days later to quarantine my dog because neither of the attacking dogs were licensed. The dog officer told me that the attacking dogs would neither be ordered to be muzzled or taken because it was a first time offense. I wrote further emails with to the board of selectmen, with no response. It took months to get a meeting with the dog officer and town lawyer. The final resolution was the owner was fined and the matter was closed. I wasn’t even able to get a nuisance hearing in front of the board of selectman, even though I requested one in writing.
Stephen Faris
5:16 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013
Mike,
I would contact a lawyer and see if you can file suit. The lawyer may take the case on contingency. Meaning you only need to pay the lawyer if he wins. In this case you have witnesses and poilice reports. It should be a slam duck to get some money to ease the pain.
Steve Faris
Stephen Faris
8:40 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013
Mike,
When I lived in Southboro, my son suffered a similar problem. However, when we contacted our Selectmen they setup a meeting with the dog owner. The Selectmen ordered the dog removed from Town because it had more than 1 violation. It sounds like our Selectmen were not as sensitive.
However, you can take the owner to Small Claims Court right here in Westborough and extract some justice.
Steve Faris