In the Pleasant Ridge School District race for two open seats on the school board, political newcomer Mary Newberry garnered more votes than her two incumbent rivals defending their seats. Newberry’s 475 votes represented 42.5 percent of the votes cast, beating Scott Hopper’s 432 votes (35.13 percent) and S. Robert Tice-Raskin’s 213 votes (22.82 percent). With the two open seats going to the top two vote-getters, Tice-Raskin’s term will end when Newberry is sworn in at the December meeting of the school board, said Superintendent Britta Skavdahl. Both Tice-Raskin and Hopper were appointed in March and June, respectively, to fill …












