2013 Tewksbury Municipal Election

O'Neill Joins Campaign for Shawsheen School Committee

Wentworth and Polimeno are first candidates to have nominating signatures certified.

Another active race is taking shape for the Tewksbury Municipal Election. According to information provided by Town Clerk Denise Graffeo, Richard O'Neill Jr. has taken out nomination papers with the intent of challenging incumbent Patricia Meuse for her seat on the Shawsheen Tech School Committee. Another new potential candidate is James Killion, who took out nomination paper for the Board of Health. In the meantime, School Committee Incumbent Krissy Polimeno and Jim Wentworth, one of six candidates for two seats on the Board of Selectman, became the first official candidates on the ballot when their nomination signatures were certified. Candidates have until Feb. 19 to return nomination papers with at least 50 valid signatures of …

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Despite O'Neill's Sales Pitch, School Committee Still Concerned About Special Act Charter

Fears persist that town council form of government will render school committee irrelevant.

Former school committee member Richard O'Neill appeared before the school board and delivered a passionate sales pitch on behalf of the Special Act Charter Committee (SACC) on Wednesday night, but many School Committee members weren't in a buying mood. "In all honesty I think that they (SACC) heard us, they listened to some of our concerns, but they didn't take us to a place where I feel comfortable with the school budget," said school committee chairperson Krissy Polimeno, who has gone on record as opposed to the proposed change to a town council form of government. At issue is the fact that, under the SACC proposal that will go before the voters at town elections next month, a nine-member town council would have final say on approving …

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