Norm Hills is running to maintain his seat on the Marion Select Board, but he is retiring from the Planning Board, where he currently serves as chairman. Chris Collings’ and Eileen Marum’s Planning Board terms are also expiring.
The last day to file papers with the town clerk to run for elected office in Marion is Monday, March 20.
Terms for the following sitting members of other Marion boards and committees expire this spring: Assessors Pat DeCosta and Peter Winters (appointee), Board of Health member Albin Johnson (appointee), Marion School Committee members Nichole Nye-McGaffey and Mary Beauregard, Old Rochester Regional School Committee member Margaret McSweeny and Amanda Chace and Marc Sylvia of the Open Space Acquisition Commission.
The following Marion boards and committees had vacancies as of March 9: Affordable Housing Trust, Conservation Commission (associate member), Cultural Council, Historical Commission, Marine Resources Commission (associate member), Parks/Tree Committee and the Scholarship Education Fund Committee.
The last day to file papers in Mattapoisett is Tuesday, March 28, at 5:00 pm, and the last day to object or withdraw is Friday, April 28, at 5:00 pm.
Mattapoisett will see at least one contested election this spring as David Pierre runs against incumbent Frances-Feliz Kearns for a seat on the Old Rochester Regional School Committee.
William Wenneberg is running for Planning Board, but incumbent Arlene Fidalgo is not seeking reelection. The same goes for Trustees of the Public Library, where Ruth Oliver Jolliffe is seeking election. Jennifer Russell, the incumbent, is not seeking reelection. Also not seeking reelection is Moderator John Eklund.
The following Mattapoisett elected officials’ seats expire this spring: Town Clerk Catherine Heuberger, Select Board member R. Tyler Macallister, Assessor Raymond Andrews, Mattapoisett School Committee member Carly Lavin, Water/Sewer Commissioner Daniel Chase, Board of Health member Carmelo Nicolosi, Housing Authority member John Vaughn, and Community Preservation Committee members Michelle Hughes and Charles William McCullough.
Rochester Town Clerk Paul Dawson will retire from his post this year. The last day to file papers in Rochester is Wednesday, April 5, at 5:00 pm, and the final day to object or withdraw is Friday, April 21, at 5:00 pm.
The following Rochester boards and committees have vacancies: Soil Board (1 member), Conservation Commission (1 associate member), Historic District Commission (2 members, 1 alternate member) and Historical Commission (2 members.)
By Mick Colageo