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...Anne Preston, a board member of the Cambridge Civic Association and a supporter of the proposal, says the ballot question came partially as a result of the Fisheries and Wildlife Board's recent decision to expand the number of traps hunters are allowed to place on their property...
...really doesn't matter anyway," said Christopher A. Bassolino '97, as he stood in line yesterday. "I'm just fulfilling my civic duty...
BORN: Jan. 5, 1935, Chicago EDUCATION: Radcliffe College, B.A., 1957 FAMILY: Husband, Theodore; three children RELIGION: Unitarian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Civic leader POLITICAL CAREER: Connecticut Senate, 1977-82; U.S. House, 1982- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1986, New Britain...
...life, says he is concerned that too many retail and service-sector jobs have been taken from longtime black residents of the district by recent immigrants. He thinks the disparity can be alleviated if these old-line residents could get small-business loans. Rolle has a long history of civic involvement, but given the district's overwhelming Democratic slant, he will have his work cut out for himself in November...
...political novice against a political legend, no matter how old," Towle notes. In North Carolina, it's a somewhat different story. Helms' bitter, racially charged 1990 contest against former Charlotte mayor Harvey Gantt established Gantt as a legitimate contender. Since then, a coalition of politicians and civic leaders has registered tens of thousands of new voters -- many of them black. "It there is a pivot, it will be the dramatic increase in black voter registration since the last election. Black registration is up 31 to 34 percent in some urban North Carolina counties," Towle says. Polls give Helms an eight...