New Faces For Board Of Education And Planning & Zoning

The Democratic Town Committee endorsed five candidates for the Board of Education at their nominating convention tonight. There is likely to be substantial turnover in November, as none of the existing Board members whose terms were expiring decided to run again.

The Democratic nominees are Franca Acuri Biales, Ava Marie Hart, Edward M. McKeon, Eugene P. Nocera, and Mitchell G. Wynn. Chair of the Democratic Town Committee Lisa Santangelo said that two of these had been through the school's parent leadership training program, and that several currently have children in the school district.

For Planning and Zoning, the Democratic nominees are Carl Chisem, who served on P&Z in the 1990s, Michael Johnson and Richard Pelletier, currently on the Commission, Joyce Rossitter, chair of the Greater Middletown League of Women Voters, Elizabeth Emery, longtime participant in Planning and Zoning hearings, and Gary Faraci, a lifelong resident of Middletown.