Reminder – voting in the annual Town election is tomorrow, Tuesday, May 10th. All three precincts vote in the gym at Trottier Middle School. (Use the side entrance, facing the outdoor track.) Polls are open from 6:30 am – 8:00 pm.
[Note: I’ll be sticking this post to the top of the blog through Tuesday evening. To view more recent stories on Tuesday scroll down.]
There are two races on this year’s ballot. Below are a reminder of all of the details on who is running with helpful links.
The big Town race is for a seat being vacated on the Planning Board:
Planning Board – 5 year term
- Alan Belniak
- Responses to written Q&A (plus to some previously posted comments)
- Initial Candidate’s Statement from April
- Statement in the Community Advocate last week
- Debbie DeMuria
- Responses written Q&A
- Initial Candidate’s Statement from April
- Statement in the Community Advocate last week
You can view the Planning Board section of Library Candidate’s Night which included Candidates’ statements.
Southborough voters also get to weigh in on Northborough’s representatives on the school committee for Algonquin Regional High School. There’s a battle for one seat this year:
NB-SB Regional School District Committee (Northborough Candidate) – 3 year term
- Joan Frank (incumbent) – candidate’s statement in Community Advocate
- William Barlow Redfern – candidate’s statement in Community Advocate
You can also view their Q&A at Southborough Library’s Candidate’s Night, along with my coverage of that. And the Community Advocate covered their prior participation in Northborough’s event here.
Unopposed
The following uncontested candidates are also on the ballot.
Board of Assessors – 3 year term
Jeffrey Klein (incumbent)
Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds – 3 year term
Nicholas Mccoy (incumbent)
Board of Health – 3 year term
Safdar Medina (incumbent)**
Board of Trustees Southborough Library – vote for two – 3 year term
Marguerite Landry (incumbent)
Janet Maney (incumbent)
Moderator – 1 year term
Paul Cimino (incumbent)
NB-SB Regional School District Committee (Southborough Candidate) – 3 year term
Matthew Spencer
Select Board – vote for two – 3 year term
Sam Stivers (incumbent)
Kathy Cook
Southborough School Committee – 3 year term
Roger Challen (incumbent)
**Medina wasn’t previously elected, but is currently serving on the Board of Health. He was appointed last summer to fill a vacancy.
Beth, thank you for the question format, articles, and clarifying information. For more helpful information on topics covered and related topics, see Mass.gov, Conflict of Interest Law, including the “Divided Loyalties” provision, also described on the site as the “After Hours” clause. This government website contains summaries of useful information that can serve as a quick reference guide. Thanks again for all the helpful articles.
Who won contested races in town election this past Tuesday ?
I did post about this on Wednesday morning but it looks like I forgot to put in the tags and categories that made it easy to pull up if you didn’t visit the blog when it was at the top of the front page.
Debbie DeMuria and Joan Frank were the winners. You can read the details here.