April Election 2013: What Your Aldermen Candidates Want to Change in Your City

PART 4: There are seven open aldermen seats in Town and Country and Manchester, with eight candidates running in the April 2 election. Only one race is contested. Prepare yourself by reading their responses to recent 'Patch' questions.

(Sign up here for the FREE Patch Newsletter, including Breaking News Alerts.) With the April 2 election day drawing near, Patch wants to make sure voters are able to make informed choices about their candidates. There are seven total open aldermen seats in Town and Country and Manchester, with eight candidates running. Only one race is contested, which is the seat for Manchester Ward III alderman currently held by Alderman John Schrader. Aldermen are elected to two-year terms. Earlier this month, Patch sent questions regarding the election to all aldermanic candidates. All week, Patch will share the candidates' responses with readers. Each day, Patch will post one question along with the answers of those who responded.  Editor's Note: All …

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April Election 2013: What Your Candidates For Aldermen Say is City's Greatest Challenge

PART 3: There are seven open aldermen seats in Town and Country and Manchester, with eight candidates running in the April 2 election. Only one race is contested. Prepare yourself by reading their responses to recent 'Patch' questions.

(Sign up here for the FREE Patch Newsletter, including Breaking News Alerts.)  With the April 2 election day drawing near, Patch wants to make sure voters are able to make informed choices about their candidates. There are seven total open aldermen seats in Town and Country and Manchester, with eight candidates running. Only one race is contested, which is the seat for Manchester Ward III alderman currently held by Alderman John Schrader. Aldermen are elected to two-year terms. Earlier this month, Patch sent questions regarding the election to all aldermanic candidates. All week, Patch will share the candidates' responses with readers. Each day, Patch will post one question along with the answers of those who responded.  Editor's Note: All…

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April Election 2013: Meet Your Mayoral Candidates

Two candidates are running for the seat of Town in Country mayor in the April 2 election. Prepare yourself by reading their responses to recent Patch questions.

(Sign up here for the FREE Patch Newsletter, including Breaking News Alerts.) With the April 2 election day drawing near, Patch wants to make sure voters are able to make informed choices about their candidates. Two candidates, current Mayor Jon Dalton and former alderman Barbara Ann Hughes, are vying for the seat of Town and Country mayor. The city's mayor serves a four year term. Earlier this month, Patch sent questions regarding the election to both candidates. Below are the questions and each candidate's response.  Check back later this week for answers from Town and Country and Manchester candidates running for aldermen. Editor's Note: The candidates received an identical questionnaire via email and were each given the same amount of …

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Gun Shy: Little Support for Armed Teachers Among Parkway Candidates

School security was one of the many topics discussed during a forum for Parkway School Board candidates held by the League of Women Voters Monday.

The eight candidates vying for two spots on the Parkway School Board discussed issues surrounding budgets, teachers, safety, sports and test scores at a forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters Monday night. Held at Parkway South Middle School, the forum lasted two hours as the candidates fielded questions proposed by the in-person audience and one watching via a live video stream on the district’s website. Patch has provided a summary their responses to a few of the many questions answered by the candidates in order to give voters a sense of where they stand on some important educational issues. For even more detail on the candidates, Patch will be publishing profiles of each individual as the election draws closer. This will give …

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Profiles Provide Basics on Parkway's School Board Candidates

Eight candidates are vying for the two open spots on the district's board of education. The election is set for April 2.

(For instant news updates follow Patch on Facebook and Twitter.) The following information was provided by the Parkway School District and is available on the district's website. The district will also host a candidate forum on March 11.  Sam C. Sciortino, Ph.D. Over thirty-six years, I had the distinct privilege to serve as a teacher and administrator in the Parkway School Distirct. My educational career began at Central Junior High School where I served as a Teacher and Assistant Principal. When East Junior High opened in 1972, I served as an Assistant Principal and later as Principal from 1975-1981. My opportunity to serve the school community at the district level began in 1981 as Manager of Secondary Curriculum and Instruction …

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Special School District of St. Louis County to Vote on Board Candidate, Incumbent

Two board seats are up during this election season with one newcomer and one incumbent filing to take the spots.

The deadline has approached to file as a candidate for board positions with the Special School District of St. Louis County (SSD), for the 2013 municipal election season. The SSD administrative offices are located in Town and Country. (For instant news updates follow Patch on Facebook and Twitter.) SSD handles the election process a in a different manner than other municipal elections. Nancy Ide, SSD's Chief Communications Officer said the district has one candidate for each of the two seats up for re-election. "With the passage of Proposition S in 1998, SSD Board of Education members are elected by the District’s Governing Council," Ide said. "The Governing Council will interview both candidates and hold an election at its meeting." (Get …

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Tuesday is Last Day to File For 2013 April Election

Seats on the Town and Country and Manchester board of aldermen, West County EMS and Fire Board and the Parkway School Board are all up for election along with the position of Town and Country Mayor.

Are You Voting Tuesday? Why?

Tell us in this Patch poll why you are or are not voting in Tuesday's primary election. Plus, find all your candidate information here.

Are you heading the polls to cast your vote in Tuesday's primary election? If so, Patch has you covered with its candidate profiles from the federal to the township level. If a candidate filled out their information, we've inlcuded it in our election guide. (Check out the Town and Country - Manchester Election Guide.) We also want to know why you're voting today. Is it an issue, candidate, patriotism or another reason that has you casting your ballot? Tell us in the Patch poll below. Be sure to check back to Town and Country - Manchester Patch for election results Tuesday night once the polls close and more updates Wednesday morning. (Sign up here for the FREE Patch Newsletter, including Breaking News Alerts.)

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A 3-Way Race For Two Seats on Parkway Board of Education

Last-minute filing by means it's a race on April 3.

The Board of Education race in Parkway School District got a third candidate Tuesday, the last day to file, providing a challenger to the two incumbents on the seven-member board. Kim Appelbaum joined the race against incumbents Beth Feldman and Helen Casteel. The Parkway board of education decides how to spend some $200 million a year in tax dollars on Chesterfield-based public schools, grades K - 12. District officials said the challenger is not related to Tom Appelbaum, a current Parkway Board of Education director. Kim Appelbaum is a Ballwin resident and Maritz IT Contract Manager, with two children inParkway West Middle and High schools. Incumbent Feldman, is currently board vice president. She was first elected in 2009, after a one-…

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