Tuesday, November 6, 2012
What's it like when the potential next leader of the free world votes in your town? Patch sent three editors to find out.
How do you start the most important day in your life? If you're Mitt Romney, you come back to your home town to vote. Belmont will witness one of the rarest sites in America: A presidential candidate voting on election day. Join Patch as we live tweet from inside and outside the Beech Street Center in Belmont. Editors will capture the scene with tweets, photos, video and more. From broadcast news trucks to local media to protesters to residents just looking to get to Dunks, the scene should provide a colorful start to election day. ___ Late Update, 10:27 a.m.: Check out Belmont Editor Franklin Tucker's photo gallery from inside the voting station. 9:23 a.m.: "Line to vote has disappeared at Romney's polling place in Belmont," tweeted @…
How might the U.S. Senate race between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren affect the presidential race—and vice-versa? Find out what local politicos think, and check here late for election results. Connect with us on Twitter at #PatchElections.
Check back at your local Patch all day for live election updates. While Massachusetts is expected to go to Barack Obama over Mitt Romney in the race for President of the United States, influential Massachusetts political insiders have varying opinions on how the U.S. Senate race between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren will affect the presidential race, and vice versa. According to results from the Blue Commonwealth and Red Commonwealth surveys sent out last week and compiled today, Monday, 60 percent of the 23 local Republicans who responded think that the Brown-Warren race will result a modest increase in votes for Romney, while 40 percent of the 20 local Democrats who responded think the U.S. Senate race will increase Obama's total of …
Monday, November 5, 2012
There will no parking along certain streets; Waverley Street, Shean Road to be closed Tuesday.
The Belmont Police Department has created a plan for traffic and parking restrictions around the Beech Street Center and Town Field in anticipation of Republican candidate Mitt Romney voting at the Senior Center Tuesday morning, Nov. 6. Parking restrictions • No overnight parking will be allowed in the Beech Street Center lot on Monday, Nov. 5. • Parking on Beech Street (on the field side) is to be reserved for voters. ‘No Parking’ signs will be posted on Beech Street, opposite the Beech Street Center. • The Traffic Department posted ‘No Parking’ signs on the eastbound side of the following streets up to Slade Street: Upland Road, Drew Road, Benjamin Road and Orchard Street up to Amelia Street. • There is no on-street parking on both sides…
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Candidate will cast ballot in Belmont before heading to Ohio, Penn. on final push for votes.
Republican candidate for President Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, will be taking an early morning drive from their Belmont townhouse to the Beech Street Center to vote. The Romney campaign has said the candidate will arrive at the Beech Street Center at 8:30 a.m. and will vote at approximately 8:35 a.m. on election day, Tuesday, Nov. 6. The Romney's will then leave the Center and head to Bedford to take a flight to Ohio and Penn. for a final day of campaigning before heading to Boston for an election night celebration.
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This is Belmont Patch's last day of keeping daily track of where Mitt Romney is scheduled to be, when. He is expected to be in Belmont Tuesday to vote.
What: Hosting rally at Orlando Sanford Airport When: 6:25 p.m. Romney's final pre-election day activity is scheduled for 10 p.m. Monday in New Hampshire, hosting a rally with Kid Rock in Manchester, N.H. Some of the Romney calendar information above from Politico.com
Friday, November 2, 2012
Belmont Patch is back to keeping daily track for you of where Mitt Romney is scheduled to be, when.
What: Hosting event at Products Pavilion State Fair Park Romney calendar information above from Politico.com Friday, Oct. 26 Thursday, Oct. 25 Wednesday, Oct. 24 Tuesday, Oct. 23 Monday, Oct. 22
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Media to be kept in check with parking, traffic restriction near Beech Street Center.
Remember the media crush and traffic snarls this past February when Belmont's own Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, voted in the state's Republican primary? Residents had to weave their way around the Town Field neighborhoods due to crush of news trucks (and helicopters), curiosity seekers, political workers and protesters who surrounded the Beech Street Center. Now, as Belmont Town Clerk Ellen Cushman explains, multiply that activity by 10 come Nov. 6 when the world's media descends on the Town of Homes to witness the Republican candidate for president vote in his home town of the past 40 years. In an attempt to tamper, or at least control the coming news media "circus maximus," the Belmont Police Department has established a traffic and …
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Friday, October 26, 2012
Belmont Patch keeps daily track for you of where Mitt Romney is scheduled to be, when.
A dash to Iowa — and then back to Ohio: Romney calendar information above from Politico.com Thursday, Oct. 25 Wednesday, Oct. 24 Tuesday, Oct. 23 Monday, Oct. 22
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Belmont Patch keeps daily track for you of where Mitt Romney is scheduled to be, when.
All-Ohio, all-day: Romney calendar information above from Politico.com Wednesday, Oct. 24 Tuesday, Oct. 23 Monday, Oct. 22
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Belmont Patch keeps daily track for you of where Mitt Romney is scheduled to be, when.
A long day: Romney calendar information above from Politico.com Tuesday, Oct. 23 Monday, Oct. 22
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