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Meet the Candidates Night at Stoneham TV

Stoneham TV invites you to attend a Meet the Candidates Night:  Board

of Selectmen candidates on Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. hosted by
Stoneham TV at their studio, 53 Central Street, Stoneham.  The forum will be
moderated by Reading Town Moderator Alan Foulds.  Panelists from the local
media have been invited to ask questions to the candidates.

All candidates in contested races have been invited to attend the moderated

forum, which will be shown LIVE on Stoneham TV’s government access channel
(Comcast Channel 22, RCN Channel 15, and Verizon Channel 36) and it will be
seen LIVE through web streaming on www.stonehamtv.org.  In addition, the program will be recorded to
be replayed on Stoneham TV and through their website’s on-demand feature prior
to the election on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. This year’s contested field includes
for Board of Selectmen (two candidates for one seat) – incumbent Ann Marie O’Neill and
challenger Raymie Parker. Candidates for this seat will be invited to make
opening and closing statements and will respond to questions from the moderator
and press.

The following guidelines will be observed:

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  • Each Candidate will be invited to

    make an opening statement of no more than two minutes.


  • Questions will be accepted by

    panelists representing the local media.


  • Candidates will have 2 minutes to
    respond to each question in an effort to cover as many questions as
    possible.  Each candidate will receive two opportunities for
    rebuttal to be used during the course of the forum.  These rebuttals are no more than 2 minutes each.


  • All questions must be non-personal

    in nature and be answerable by all candidates. The Moderator reserves the
    right to disqualify any question.


  • The timekeeper will display a green
    sheet at 60 seconds, a yellow sheet at 30 seconds and a red sheet to stop.



  • The Moderator will rotate responders with each question.


  • A candidate may “Pass” on any
    question.


  • Each candidate will be invited to
    make a one-minute closing statement.
  • To submit a question for consideration to be asked of the candidates please

    email: forum@stonehamtv.org

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