Funny numbers

Ripples from last Monday’s Clinton Town Election continue to be felt today as some voters and candidates question the accuracy of the results. In short, a printout from Town Hall of the voters who voted in last Monday’s election, obtained by former selectman candidate Greg Stahl, doesn’t match the number of ballots cast. In fact, [...]

The saga continues

The Clinton town clerk has confirmed it: we’re looking at three recounts. The Planning Board tie race was shaping up as a given, but now former Selectman Steven Mendoza is calling for a recount in the selectmen’s race after he lost by 70 votes. Mendoza was ahead most of the day, beating out Mary Rose [...]

What a loss…

It’s always hard to hear of young lives lost. And it always seems to happen to the nicest guys. Andrew Bibbo may have picked up and moved to Milford after his many years in Clinton, but it’s clear the 22-year-old left an impression. People we’re talking to have nothing but wonderful things to say about [...]

The election that never ends

This just in… According to the Clinton town clerk’s office, the provisional ballots that could have determined the tied race for Planning Board cannot be used. The clerk was waiting to confirm the validity of the ballots and has determined they do not represent registered voters.
Now what?
This means the race between Rebecca Stahl and Clifford [...]

Clinton man killed in helo crash

The Navy has released the names of the men killed in a helicopter crash in Nevada Monday night and one of them is from Clinton. We’ve picked up the story from our daily’s AP wire and posted it here.
Twenty-two-year-old Andrew Bibbo is listed as being from Clinton. We’ll get you more on him when we [...]

It’s a tie

Hold the victory celebration, it’s a tie! Clinton Town Clerk Phil Boyce has told the Times & Courier that after hand counting ballots that didn’t go through the machine last night Rebecca Stahl hit a dead tie with Clifford Thompson for a seat on the Planning Board. Absentee ballots have already been added in. But [...]

Goin’ old school

If this year’s Clinton election was a choice between well-trod names and newcomers, voters today clearly were kickin’ it old school. Right down the line from Dickhaut and O’Toole to Elworthy and Tena Zapantis, wife of a former selectman.
If the newcomers made a big splash in the months leading up to the election, it was [...]