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©2014 Breeze PuBlications inc. Fall Back Daylight saving time ends Sunday. Set your clocks back an hour. Serving Smithfield, Scituate, Foster and Glocester Observer the valley breeze & FREE valleybreeze.com @ OCTOBER 30-NOVEMBER 5, 2014 Valley Breeze & oBserVer Photo By charles lawrence Four-year-old twins arya and afraz rahman, of North Providence, are dressed as Princess Sophia and Spiderman for the Smithfield Police Department's Halloween Parade, held last Saturday at Smithfield Crossings. The parade began at the Home Depot and proceeded around ending at Dave's Marketplace, with treats at each store. See more photos on page 52. Little pumpkins on parade by melanIe thIbeaUlt Valley Breeze staff writer melanie@valleybreeze.com SMITHFIELD – After being narrowed down from 13 can- didates following Democrat and Republican primary elec- tions, 11 hopefuls will appear on Tuesday's ballot, vying for all five at-large seats on the Smithfield Town Council. Four of the five incumbents are running for re-election: Democrat Suzanna "Suzy" Alba, Republican Maxine Cavanagh, Democrat Bernard Hawkins, and Republican Alberto LaGreca Jr., who serves as the current Town Council President. Vice Chairman Ronald Manni, a Republican, has decided to end his 14-year run on the board. Other Democrats in the run- ning, in addition to Alba and Hawkins, are Ryan McNelis, Richard Nicholson, and Gregory Tocco. On the Republican side, along with Cavanagh and LaGreca, are John Cappello, Richard Poirier, and John Yoakum. One independent candidate, Matthew Reddy, a 2011 gradu- Slate of 11 seeks 5 Smithfield council seats by melanIe thIbeaUlt Valley Breeze staff writer melanie@valleybreeze.com SMITHFIELD – Next Tuesday, Nov. 4, nearly 16,000 registered voters in Smithfield will have the opportunity to vote for a slate of local and state officials and questions on two separate ballots. Smithfield Town Clerk Carol Aquilante said that through a state lottery, the order of candidates listed will appear Democrat, Moderate, Republican, and that the local town committee chairmen chose the order of how their individual candidates appear on the ballot. Voters can flip the first ballot over and vote for the seven state questions on the back. The second ballot, on a separate sheet, contains 11 local questions, including two bond referenda and nine proposed amendments to Smithfield's town charter. (See story on page 19.) On the local level, voters have 11 candidates to choose from for five at-large seats on the Town Council. (See story at left.) Nine people are facing off for three at-large School Committee seats. (See story on page 12.) Republican Hasan Alsawaf is challenging incumbent Stephen Archambault for the state Senate District 22 seat, which covers all of Smithfield and parts of North Providence and Johnston. (See story on page 18.) Smithfield voters at Raymond C. LaPerche Elementary School, Old County Road School, and Anna McCabe Elementary School will choose between incumbent Democrat Gregory Costantino or Republican challenger Philip Hirons for the House of Representatives District 44 seat. (See story on page 22.) Voters at Gallagher Middle School, Smithfield High School, and Elks Lodge #2359 will vote for the House of Representatives District 53 seat, Plenty of work on busy Smithfield ballot see SmIthfIelD, Page 35 look for Scituate and Glocester election news on page 23. see COUnCIl, Page 48 Spend Halloween with Cheech & Chong at Twin River. lIvInG Not your average Show like us on follow us on Visit our website BrightStartRI.com Now Enrolling Are you looking Are you looking for a for a Check out the back Check out the back of our of our Classified section where Classified section where you'll find our advertisers' you'll find our advertisers' most current job offerings! most current job offerings!

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