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Reception for Rep. Jeff Perry with Special Guest Mitt Romney

Reception for State Representative Jeff Perry (R) with Special Guest Mitt Romney

A reception for Representative Jeff Perry will be held on Thursday, June 26, 2008 at the Cape Codder Resort on Route 132 in Hyannis. 

Doors open at 6:30pm.  There will be complimentary appetizers and a cash bar.  There will also be a performance by Sgt. Daniel Clark, "The Singing Trooper".

The evening's special guest will be former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. 

The cost to attend is:

• Host Committee: $500 (includes a private reception with Mitt Romeny & Jeff Perry)
• Event Sponsor: $200 (includes preferred reserved seating)
• General Reception: $50
  

For more information or to RSVP, call 508-888-2158 or email here.  Visit Rep. Perry's site here.

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Lt. Governor to address the MA Mayors' Association at Wequassett

Lt. Governor to address the MA Mayors Association

On Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 2pm, Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray will address the Massachusetts Mayors' Association at Wequessett Inn Resort on Pleasant Bay in Chatham.

The Massachusetts Mayors' Association Spring Conference is taking place at the Inn Wednesday through Friday of this week.

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Democratic Candidates for County Commissioner Debate

Harwich Democratic Town Committee to Host Debate
for Five Democratic Candidates for County Commissioner

The Harwich Democratic Town Committee has scheduled a debate between the five Democratic candidates for Barnstable County Commissioner on Wednesday, May 14th from 7pm-8:30pm at the Harwich Community Center, 100 Oak Street.

Scheduled to participate are the five announced Democratic candidates for county commissioner :

• Current Commissioner Lance Lambros of Sandwich
• Tom Bernardo of Yarmouth, Former Speaker of the Assembly of Delegates
• Mary Pat Flynn, Chair of the Falmouth Board of Selectmen
• Sheila Lyons, Assembly Delegate from Wellfleet
• Greg Milne, Barnstable Town Councillor.

Only two of the five Democratic candidates will make it to the final election in November where they will face the two Republican candidates; Brad Crowell of Dennis and Ric Barros of Barnstable for the two contested seats.

Ray Gottwald, Deputy Speaker of the Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates will serve as moderator for the debate.  For more information email Ray Gottwald here.

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Candidates' forum in Falmouth set for May 13

The League of Women Voters of Falmouth will hold a candidates' forum on Tuesday May 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Morse Pond School, 323 Jones Road.

Candidates for selectman, school committee, library trustee and housing authority have been invited to answer questions from moderator Edward Dewitt and local residents. Admission to the forum is free and all are welcome.

For more information, contact the league at league@LWVF.org or call 508-457-7782.

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Harvard professor to speak on conflict in Gaza

Dr. Sara Roy, senior research scholar at the Center for Middle East Studies at Harvard University and author of "Failing Peace: Gaza and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict," will discuss the subject of her book on Sunday May 4 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Yarmouth Senior Center, 528 Forest Road, Yarmouth.

Admission is free and all are welcome to attend. Dr. Roy's appearance is being coordinated by the local group Wake Up Cape Cod.

For more info, call 508-394-2863 or send an email to eduquet@comcast.net.

(photo credit, plutobooks.com)

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County commissioner candidate to kick off campaign

County commissioner candidate Sheila Lyons kicks off her campaign with a formal announcement and fundraiser on Saturday May 17 from 4 to 7 p.m. at The Irish Village, 512 Route 28, West Yarmouth, with "hors d'oeuvres, refreshments and politics being served."

For more info, contact Lyons at  slyons03@comcast.net, 508-349-7872 or 508-349-0194.

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Anastasia Welsh Perrino Fund-Raiser on May 22, 2008

The Committee to Elect Anastasia Welsh Perrino Register of Probate is holding a fund-raiser on Thursday, May 22 from 5:30pm-7:30pm at the Orleans Inn, Route 6-A and 28 on Town Cove in Orleans (enter Orleans from the Eastham-Orleans rotary on the Mid-Cape Highway.  The inn is a 1/4 mile on your left opposite the entrance to the Stop & Shop.

Tickets are $50 per person. 

For additional information contact Rep. Shirley Gomes, (Ret.) (508) 776-2684 or via email.  An RSVP is requested for a count.  Visit Anatasia here.

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Head of Mass. Federation of Republican Women to speak in Yarmouth

Carol Sneden, president of the Massachusetts Federation of Republican Women, is guest speaker at the next monthly luncheon of the Lower Cape Cod Republican Women's Club on Friday May 2 at 11:30 a.m. at the Yarmouth House restaurant,  Route 28, West Yarmouth. Sneden will describe the functions of Massachusetts Republican women's clubs.

The menu choices are baked schrod, crab cakes or Caesar salad with beef tenderloin. For more information or to make reservations, call Deirdre Leyden at 508-760-1978. 

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Fundraiser/Meet the Candidate event planned for Yarmouth selectman candidate

Yarmouth selectman candidate Tracy Post will hold a fundraiser and "Meet the Candidate" event on Wednesday April 30 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Skipper Restaurant, 152 South Shore Drive, South Yarmouth. All are welcome to attend.

For more info, contact Post at 508-737-2434 or electtracypost@comcast.net.

(photo credit, Tracy Post)

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Democrats to elect state committee members for senate districts

In Senate District Conferences scheduled for Saturday May 3 at 1o a.m., Democrats will elect a male state committee member in the Cape & Islands district represented by State Senator Robert O'Leary, D-Barnstable, and a female state committee member in the Plymouth & Barnstable district represented by Senate President Terry Murray, D-Plymouth. 

The conference for the Cape & Islands' committee member will be held at the Dennis senior center on Route 134 in South Dennis, and for the Plymouth & Barnstable district committee member, at the Bourne Veteran's Memorial Building on Main Street in Buzzards Bay.

Go to www.capeandislandsdemocrats.com for more information.

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