By ANDREW MARTIN

The losing streak for Chariho Regional School District bonds has
officially come to an end as voters passed two of three parts of a $25
million bond aimed to improve the district’s Switch Road campus.

Unlike last November, when the bond failed by 47 votes in Hopkinton, the
Chariho supporters were able to tackle most of the dissenting voters in
the three towns – the bonds for the high school and middle school both
passed while the bond for a new Reaching Youth through Support and
Education (RYSE) School building failed in Hopkinton by 78 votes.

By ANDREW MARTIN

The voters have certainly spoken in Charlestown, where they ushered in a
new town council and approved all referenda.

The council will have a clean slate because only one incumbent ran –
acting President James M. Mageau, who received 4.7 percent of the vote, or
798 votes. He was handily defeated by his opponents and finished in last
place behind Democrats Raymond S. Dreczko Jr. (135 votes, 7.9 percent) and
Ralph C. Conti (1,335 votes, 7.8 percent) and independent Frank L.
Bradbury (1,069 votes, 6.2 percent).

By KATHLEEN McKIERNAN

Like the rest of the state, Richmond voters chose Sen. Barack Obama for
president, but they also chose a new town clerk, Tracy Nelson Hay and
chose to have a town manager, approving the home rule charter on
yesterday’s Election Day.

By GALEN McGOVERN

HOPKINTON – There were no new faces in the Hopkinton Town Council race,
especially with four incumbents running (Vinnie Cordonne decided not to
run this term). Since the incumbents all won – the only new face on the
council is William Felkner.