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The Bradley Point Garden Club is planning a day trip to the Hartford Flower and Garden Show on Saturday, Feb. 20. The trip is open to the public. Lunch at Trumbull Kitchen is included in the price of $ 58. Bus departs from Orange and West Haven.

For more information and reservations, call at (203) 933-2424.

Candidate gets lawyer PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 12 November 2009 00:00

By Bill Riccio, Jr.
Voice Editor

The top vote-getter for the GOP in last week’s Board of Education election has procured the services of an attorney to challenge the seating of the next Board in December. David Riccio, who received more than 1,900 votes citywide, is challenging the results, which he says would violate the City Charter.

It is Riccio’s contention the election results would see a 7-2 split Democrats to minority representation, including two who were elected under the A Better Future Party banner. The charter is explicit in that no more than 6 members of the nine-member panel can be from the same party.

“I don’t care how they decide it, but I was the next vote getter in a party other than the Democratic Party, and should be sitting when the Board is sworn in next month,” he said.

Riccio, a former City Council member, was the top vote getter on the Republican slate, outpolling mayoral candidate Steven Mullins. He believes the people of the city knew what they were doing on Nov. 3.

“The voters know me and more than 1,900 voted for me. I should get a seat,” he said.

At press time it was unclear whom the Republican had hired to represent him, but it was known that he was in contact with several attorneys and Republican officials well versed in the minority representation clauses of the charter.

 
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Tax prep help offered

The West Haven Senior Center is offering a free tax-preparation service to help low- to middle-income taxpayers, with special attention to those ages 60 and older, fill out their federal tax forms.

The AARP Tax-Aide service, by appointment, runs from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, starting Feb. 4, in the senior center at the Robert A. Johnson Community Center, 201 Noble St.

The service is offered by trained volunteer tax preparers from AARP in cooperation with the Internal Revenue Service.

For an appointment, call the senior center at 203-937-3507.