Meet candidates for 64th District Oct. 15 at Housatonic forum

FALLS VILLAGE — While media attention has mainly focused on the higher-profile mid-term election races (especially the Senate seat being vacated by Christopher Dodd),there are also several significant local contests.

To help voters become familiar with the issues and the candidates, The Lakeville Journal is co-sponsoring a candidate forum at Housatonic Valley Regional High School in Falls Village at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 15.

The featured candidates will be the incumbent state representative for the 64th District, Democrat Roberta Willis, and her challenger, running on the Republican ticket, Kathy Lauretano.

The 64th District includes the towns of Salisbury, Sharon, Goshen, Cornwall and Torrington.

The forum on Oct. 15 is cosponsored by The Lakeville Journal and the League of Women Voters of Litchfield County. Questioners will include Cynthia Hochswender, executive editor of The Lakeville Journal, and George Krimsky, reporter at The Waterbury Republican-American. Jean Rabinow, an attorney in Trumbull, Conn.,  will be the moderator of the forum. Rabinow is an experienced moderator as well as the current president of the Bridgeport chapter of the League of Women Voters.

The event will be videotaped by CATV 6 Cable TV and recorded by National Public Radio Station WHDD (robinhoodradio.com).

Biographical information on Lauretano can be found online at kathylauretano.com. Biographical information on Willis can be found online at robertawillis4us.com.

For more information on the forum, contact Janet Manko at 860-435-9873 or by e-mail at publisher@lakevillejournal.com .

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