Politics & Government

LaRosa Elected to Fourth Term as Mayor

Voter turnout hits a record low.

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Anthony LaRosa defeated Marti Stiglich in the race for mayor in the 2011 municipal election by just over 700 votes.

LaRosa will be serving his fourth term as mayor of Rocky Hill. He was a member of the Town Council for four years before he became the mayor in 2005. The last Republican mayor was Todd E. Cusano in 2003.

There were no shakeups on the Town Council with Joe Kochanek taking the spot left by Mary Ellen Flynn. The Town Council will consist of:

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  • Democrat - Larrye DeBear 
  • Democrat - Timothy Moriarty
  • Democrat - Philip Sylvestro
  • Democrat - Joe Kochanek
  • Democrat - Barbara Surwilo
  • Republican - Catherine Vargas
  • Republican - Nadine Bell
  • Republican - Frank Szeps

All the Board of Education candidates were elected because only nine people ran for nine spots. The new Board of Education will consist of:

  • John Bedalck
  • Chris Buckbee
  • Raffaella A. Calciano-Coler
  • Dilip Desai
  • Brian Dillon
  • Maria Mennella
  • Frank Morse
  • Rene (Skip) Rivard
  • Ronald Robbins

Marc Beliveau, former chairman Bill MacDonald and Edward "Alex" Silva did not seek re-election.

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According to final unofficial numbers provided by the Registrar of Voters, 3,042 residents or 27.33% of registered voters voted in the 2011 municipal election.  The voter turnout is down 2.40% from 2009, numbers showed.

 

ROCKY HILL ELECTION RESULTS (D=Democrat; R=Republican) (*=winner; results unofficial) MAYOR *Anthony LaRosa (D) 1,848 Marti Stiglich (R) 1,144 TOWN COUNCIL *Timothy Moriarty (D) 1,536 *Nadine Bell (R) 1,515 *Joe Kochanek (D) 1,476 *Frank Szeps (R) 1,451 *Catherine Vargas (R) 1,438 Philip Sylvestro (D) 1,427 Larrye deBear (D) 1,384 Barbara Orsini Surwilo (D) 1,369 Jeffrey Murray (R) 1,241 Jeffrey Thomen (R) 1,187 BOARD OF SELECTMEN *Donald Francis (D) 1,611 *Lois Morton (D) 1,390 Donald Watson (R) 1,377 David Williams (R) 1,210 BOARD OF EDUCATION *Maria Mennella (D) 1,697 *Renee Rivard (D) 1,554 *Frank Morse (R) 1,502 *Brian Dillon (R) 1,466 *John Bedlack (D) 1,453 Ronald Robbins (D) 1,405 Dilip Desai (R) 1,368 Raffaella Calciano-Coler (D) 1,341 Chris Buckbee (R) 1,327 BOARD OF ASSESSMENT APPEALS *Chris Casasanta (D) 1,809 *Michael Casparino (D) 1,797 Chris Buckbee (R) 1,365 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS *Joseph Coelho (D) 1,538 *Philip Benoit (D) 1,508 *James Reilly (R) 1,329 Christopher Incarvito (R) 1,282 Greg Faulkner (R) 1,282 Alan Mordhorst (D) 1,258 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS ALTERNATE *Salvatore Gozzo (D) 1,738 *Stephen Park (D) 1,626 James Ussery (R) 1,517

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