Article: Voters set to make their mark

Spirited contests for mayor and several controversial ballot proposals are claiming the spotlight as 21 communities across the region prepare to hold local elections Tuesday.

Competitive mayoral fights are the center-stage attractions for open seats in Lawrence and Newburyport, along with duels between incumbents and challengers in Lynn and Woburn.

Ballot questions also are generating heat, including in Revere, where voters will decide whether to stop allowing high school students to obtain contraceptives at a school-based health clinic; in Malden, where a proposal to eliminate the city's pay-as-you- throw trash program is on the ballot; and in Saugus, where voters will consider whether to ...

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