Tuesday, February 5, 2013
This will be the town native's second attempt in less than a year to win a seat on Seekonk's top governing board.
There are two official candidates as of Monday afternoon in the contest for one Seekonk Board of Selectmen seat, and there will likely be a third candidate in the race by the middle of the week. Seekonk native and Board of Assessors member Paul Buckley qualified for the ballot late last week when Town Clerk Jan Parker confirmed his candidacy papers included signatures from at least 50 local residents. Buckley was also a candidate in the September special election for one selectmen seat. He lost in a close contest to Nelson Almeida . "This is a different race," Buckley told Seekonk Patch last month. "I think there's some momentum for me and I want to continue with it. I want to see if I can win in a different type of atmosphere." Incumbent…
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
The grandson of a former selectman and a TV talk show host pull papers for April contests.
Election Day in Seekonk is not until April, but potential candidates are already beginning to prepare for the contests. Michael DelRosso, grandson of former Selectman Robert DelRosso, pulled papers Monday for a potential Board of Selectmen run. Also on Monday, local television talk show host Jeffrey Starr Mararian pulled papers for the school committee contest. Both men must collect 50 signatures from registered Seekonk voters to get their names on the ballot. If DelRosso enters the race, he would face Francis Cavaco, the current BOS chair. Cavaco announced last month that he would seek a new term. His seat is the only one on the BOS up for renewal in April. Cavaco has served on the board since he won a special election in August 2008 to …
Thursday, July 12, 2012
He is the second official candidate in the contest for one seat on the Seekonk Board of Selectmen.
Paul Buckley became an official candidate Thursday afternoon in the campaign to fill the Seekonk Board of Selectmen seat made vacant last month by the resignation of Bill Rice. Buckley, who sits on the town's Board of Assessors and is the chair of the Seekonk Republican Committee, pulled papers for a potential run last month and returned them Wednesday with at least 50 signatures from registered Seekonk voters. He told Seekonk Patch he collected 70. Buckley is the second official candidate for the position. The other person is Nelson Almeida, who sits on the Parks and Recreation Committee. Local cable talk show host Jeffrey Starr Mararian contacted the clerk's office last month saying he wanted to be a write-in candidate. Election Day is…
Jack Smith
3:58 pm on Friday, March 29, 2013
this will be Buckleys 3rd and hopefully final attempt to the BOS more ›