Tuesday, May 7, 2013
City Councilors Frank Cook, Richard Conti and Jay DiLisio become official candidates for the fall contests.
Editor's Note: The original version of this article incorrectly stated Walter Thibodeau was certified for the election and did not include the fact Richard Conti was certified. This was due to an error on the status sheet at the city's Election's Department office. Office Manager Marianne Draine contacted Patch about the error after the story was published. She said Thibodeau "is a little short of 100 percent certified" and Conti was certified for the election. The story has been corrected. Three sitting Attleboro city councilors were certified Monday for the fall election. Frank Cook, Richard Conti and Jay DiLisio became official candidates when election officials confirmed they had collected enough signatures from local registered voters…
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Two councilors head for the restroom during a vote with permission from the president. A third councilor says the vote should be redone. His motives are questioned.
Granting someone permission to use the bathroom can have consequences. For Capt. Mark McCluskey and Virgil "The Turk" Solozzo in the first Godfather film, the decision cost their lives as Michael Corleone returned from a restaurant restroom and fired a gun. The outcome was a little lower on the intensity scale for Attleboro City Council President Frank Cook, but his apparent permission to allow two colleagues to use the facilities during a discussion and vote at the April 2 meeting led to a 20-minute debate two weeks later about who can go when. At the center of the controversy were City Councilors Jay DiLisio and Mark Cooper, who left the table for the bathroom during a discussion and vote on, perhaps ironically, pollutant limits for …
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Leaders disagree on whether ARA board members should have made a presentation to the city council and whether the board members gave enough notice saying they would not do it.
Attleboro city councilors did not hold back their frustration Tuesday night when no Attleboro Redevelopment Authority board members appeared for a planned presentation of updates on various development projects. There was disagreement on whether board members gave adequate notice they would skip the meeting, but this did not appear to change the bigger picture that councilors said they should have been there and ARA board members said they had good reason to delay a presentation. Councilor Richard Conti, the council's liaison to the ARA and chair of the committee on capital improvements & city development, announced toward the beginning of Tuesday's council meeting he had received an email from Judy Robbins, ARA chair and former mayor, the…
Friday, March 8, 2013
She is the first official candidate.
Attleboro has its first official candidate in the at-large city council contest for the fall election. Attleboro Farmers Market manager Heather Porreca's nomination papers were certified Thursday, the Election's Department confirmed. "I am happy that my nomination papers have been certified and I will officially be on the ballot for city councilor at-large this fall," wrote Porreca in an email to Attleboro Patch. "I am encouraged and grateful for the support that I have received as I take the first step toward representing our community." She added, "It would be an honor to serve on the council and be a voice for the citizens as we make great strides and progress into the future. As many of you know, I am passionate about Attleboro and I …
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
He says no information triggered the request, but sources say that's not true.
City Council debate on the controversial proposal to rezone a property on Linden Street in Attleboro was stalled Tuesday night when the developer requested he be allowed to withdraw his bid. He said he needed more time to consider what to do with the 1.54-acre property. At least 40 people attended the meeting that began 15 minutes late (no reason was stated), many of them holding signs carrying a slogan in opposition to the proposed rezoning of the property from industrial to general residence. With the rezoning, developer John Cloud of A. Caponigro & Co. could build a planned 21-unit condominium complex. Let Patch save you time. Get great local stories like this delivered right to your inbox or smartphone everyday with our free newsletter…
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Sara-Lynn Reynolds says a recently approved cash reserve policy is "fluff." This angers Council President Frank Cook, who sources say yelled at Reynolds and Councilor Jonathan Weydt after the meeting.
The city could get specific on its savings policy if the City Council approves a measure proposed by Councilor Sara-Lynn Reynolds. She faces opposition from the council president and the head of the budget committee. Although the council approved a measure last month calling for the city to increase targets for cash reserve accounts, Reynolds said at last week's meeting this was "kind of just a fluff policy, there was nothing really set in stone." She has proposed the outline of an ordinance that she said would "put more teeth to it." Reynolds' proposal states, "The city of Attleboro requires and must maintain a cash reserve policy that includes stated targeted balances for the stabilization fund and other reserve funds or a percentage of …
Thursday, September 20, 2012
City Council President Frank Cook's walking out of the meeting on the Attleboro Landfill capping was childish and offensive.
Last evening, City Councilors Jonathan Weydt and Richard Conti held a meeting to inform Ward 4 residents about the situation at the Attleboro Landfill. It was an informational meeting that was requested by the people who live in the area and will be affected in many ways—truck traffic on tiny roads, health risks and property devaluation. The purpose was to educate and listen. Two city councilors cared enough about their constituency to do what they were elected to do. Thank you to both of them. Somehow, several city officials found this to be so offensive that they stormed out. City Council President Frank Cook was one of them. Mr. Cook was "offended" by the a word used by Councilor Weydt. Newsflash: This meeting was not about Mr. Cook or…
Friday, October 14, 2011
Richard Conti is running for reelection for another term as Attleboro City Councilor At Large.
Name: Richard Conti Education: bachelor's of arts from University of New Hampshire, and post graduate work at the University of Massachusetts. Seat: Attleboro City Councilor At Large Attleboro City Councilor Richard Conti is a local business owner who has served as City Councilor At Large for the past two years. Conti and his wife Martha run Conti Real Estate located at County Square. When he's not running the business, Conti can be found at Council Chambers at City Hall. Outside of government he has served on the board of directors for the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, Knights of Columbus and United Way. His most recent community involvement was helping to organize and launch the Attleboro Farmers Market. The Attleboro Farmers Market …
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Richard Conti is running for another term as Attleboro City Councilor At Large.
Attleboro City Councilor Richard Conti kicked off his official campaign for re-election as at large city councilor at Morin's Diner Wednesday night. Conti, a resident of Attleboro for nearly 30 years, pledges to open the lines of communication between residents of the community and the issues that will have an impact on residents. He is running up against existing City Councilors Kimberly Allard, Brian Kirby, Peter Blais, Cherie Felos and newcomers Bert Buckley, James Dilisio and Sara Lynn Reynolds. Along with serving as an at large city councilor, Conti said he has also served Attleboro on the Zoning Board of Appeals, WE-CARE Downtown Development Committee, Fireworks Committee, Streetscape Committee, Tri-Centennial Committee and Cultural …
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Councilors in Attleboro voted to commission a feasibility study on a new animal shelter.
Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story had the incorrect cost of the feasibility study. The study, according to Councilor Duff White, will cost betweeen $6,000 and $10,000. We regret the error. The Attleboro City Council voted on Tuesday night to commission a feasibility study that would look at the possibility of building a new $600,000 animal shelter in the city. After having had discussions about the shelter with Mayor Kevin Dumas, City Councilor Brian Kirby told his fellow councilors that the first step toward building a new animal shelter would have to start with a feasibility study on the design and construction of a shelter. A sticking point for some councilors, including City Councilor Duff White and City Councilor …
Jerry Chase
4:10 pm on Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Aw, why not, George? We need your insightful analysis . . on all city councilors. So, tell us what you really think of 70 y. o. Peter Blais, please. more ›