Volume 6, Number 40
cheshirecitizen.com
Thursday, July 25, 2019
ELECTION 2019
Parties select their slates By Michael Gagne Record-Journal staff
The Democratic and Republican town committees scheduled nominating caucuses for Tuesday, July 23, to determine candidates for November’s ballot. Thomas Mulholland in a trench where Connecticut’s 102nd Infantry fought the first German offensive in World War I.
Local travels to France for trench restoration project of the Battle of Seicheprey, “the first battle of World War I that ConnectiA group of Connecticut res- cut soldiers fought in,” said idents, including Mulholland, who discussed Cheshire’s Thomas Multhe trip in an interview beholland, recently particifore he left and also gave pated in the Connecticut updates during it. State Library’s “Digging into History: World War I Connecticut State Library’s Trench Restoration in SeChristine Pittsley, project icheprey, France. The addirector for the World War I venture began July 7 and Commemoration projects, wraps up with their return led the trip. The group inthis week. cluded 15 Connecticut high school students chosen Their destination, a small from a state-wide competiFrench town, was the site tion, including Mulholland, By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen
All nine Town Council seats are up for grabs along with four Board of Education seats, three Planning & Zoning Commission seats, three Zoning Board of Appeals seats, two Board of Assessment seats and four constable positions.
The Democratic Town Committee was set to caucus at the Cheshire Senior Center, 240 Maple Ave. While the Republican Town Committee was to convene at Town Hall. The council seats to be decided in November include five “at-large” seats and four district seats. All will be elected to two-year terms, which begin Dec. 2. Democratic Town Committee Chairwoman Judy Villa See Slates, A6
a college student majoring in history and an intern with the state library. Students were joined by teachers and chaperones, In June, students and teachers met at the Branford Armory for a pre-trip picnic. “It was the first time most met, and it was really interesting, because they had reenactors there and a World War I meal,” Mulholland said. In addition, each stuSee France, A7
Samantha Rosenberg is seen in the Town Clerk's office Thursday afternoon, July 18 filling out paperwork ahead of this week's town committee caucuses. Rosenberg, a longtime teacher and political newcomer, is seeking a seat on the Board of Education. Michael Gagne, Record-Journal
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