Nomination papers for this fall's municipal election will be available from the City Clerk's office, starting March 11.
Nomination papers won't be available for another six weeks yet, but there are already four candidates who have emerged for this fall's city election, and only two of them are incumbents. Additionally, longtime Ward 5 City Councilor Dave Gamache says he will not seek re-election this year, leaving that seat wide open. Gamache is finishing up 24 years on the council and says he will make an announcement at Thursday's regular meeting (7:30 p.m.). Mayor Ted Bettencourt announced earlier this month that he will seek a second term in the corner office. The news was not a suprise from Bettencourt, who indicated in 2011 that he hoped to be mayor for a while yet. Councilor-at-Large Anne Manning-Martin also says she plans to keep her seat and …
Mayor Bettencourt released a press statement Wednesday, confirming he will run for a second term this fall and citing more work to do on major city projects.
Let there be no doubt, Peabody Mayor Ted Bettencourt wants a second term. And if history is any indicator in city politics, he'll get it. A popular Peabody native and former city councilor, the 39-year-old Bettencourt won his first bid for the corner office by a landslide in 2011, defeating fellow Tanner City native Sean Fitzgerald. Bettencourt is only the city's 14th mayor since 1917 – the late Peter Torigian had the record by far with 23 years in the corner office and Bettencourt's predecessor Michael Bonfanti spent a full decade in office. You have to go back to the 1950s to find an incumbent mayor who lost a race. Bettencourt also says being Mayor is a childhood dream come true for him. He released an announcement Wednesday, confirming…
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Joel Saslaw
1:36 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Dave, Good luck and thanks for all your years of service to the city. Joel Saslaw more ›