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Clarksburg Elects New School Committee Member |
| By: By Tammy Daniels On: 05-15-2012 10:20PM |
Toting up the votes at Clarksburg Senior Center on Tuesday. |
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Voters ousted the chairman of the School Committee in favor of a former school principal but returned a longtime selectman back to that board.
Some 285 voters turned out to for the polls in Tuesday's annual town election. The only races were a two-way for a three-year seat on the School Committee and a three-way battle to complete the final year of a three-year term on the Selectmen.
The biggest shakeup was on the School Committee. John Solari, a retired Drury High School principal polled 150 votes to Berger's 120. Berger, who works at Williams College, has served on the board for 18 years. Solari, who has spent some 35 years in education, retired in 2006 put still works part-time in tutoring.
Debra LeFave's comeback attempt to finish out her term on the Board of Selectmen came to naught as longtime colleague Carl McKinney won the one-year term with 127 votes. Lefave, who served with McKinney for more than a decade on the board, quit to pursue the town administrator's post, later withdrawing her name from consideration.
McKinney won with 126 votes; Gary Bellows, an engineering technician, polled 85 votes and Lefave, 65.
Jeffrey Levanos, owner of Jack's Hot Dog Stand in North Adams, easily earned 256 votes running unopposed. Levanos will also continue on the School Committee to finish out his second two-year term on that board.
All other posts on the ballot were unopposed and no seat was left vacant, said Town Clerk Carol Jammalo. However, there were a lot blanks and more single write-ins than usual. In some cases, voters checked two candidates for the one-year term on the selectmen, canceling out both their votes.
Jammalo described the turnout, at about 28 percent, as good. "It's one of the biggest ones we've had," she said.
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Neal Collects Triple Amount Of Needed Nomination Signatures |
| By: Staff Reports On: 05-14-2012 06:24PM |
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Incumbent Congressman Richard Neal collected triple the amount of required signatures to appear on the ballot for the U.S. House of Representatives race.
Neal is running against Andrea Nuciforo and Bill Shein for the seat. Neal collected 7,340 signatures — well above the required 2,000 — from all over the newly drawn district. According to a release from Neal's campaign, 5,906 of those were certified by the Secretary of State's office.
The signatures came from all across the district with 17 percent from Berkshire County.
"I campaign the same way I have always governed; every region has an equal voice," Neal said in a statement. "Whether you live in the smallest town or the largest city our grassroots operation is the same. We are spreading our positive Democratic message about my voting record by talking to our friends and family, knocking on the doors of our neighbors, and speaking to our communities members at the ball fields and in the coffee shops."
The Berkshire's current Rep. John Olver, D-Amherst, is retiring and redrawn district merges Neal's current district with the Berkshires. The newly drawn district covers parts of Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester counties and the Berkshires.
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Sheldon Retains Selectmen Seat in Williamstown Election |
| By: By Andy McKeever On: 05-08-2012 08:52PM |
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 Photos Courtesy of Stephen Dravis
Top: Justin Adkins campaigning for votes outside of the Elementary School.
Left: Incumbent Thomas Sheldon gesturing to someone entering the school on Tuesday morning.
Bottom: Theodore Anagnos, who lost his bid for Elementary School Committee, receives his ballot from Claire Boyer. |
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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Incumbent Thomas Sheldon retained his seat on the Board of Selectmen after defeating Justin Adkins by a sound margin on Tuesday.
Sheldon reeled in 387 votes to Adkins' 136.
In the other contested race, Christopher Jones and Richard Scullen III earned seats on the Elementary School Committee.
Theodore Anagnos received 186 votes; Darryl Lee Brown received 115; Jones received 230 and Scullen received 325.
Elementary School Committee incumbents Jennifer Trainer Thompson and Adam Filson did not run for re-election.
About 13 percent of registered voters - 538 of 3,995 - came out to the polls.
In uncontested races, M. Geoffrey Hedden received 424 votes for Library Trustee.
Chris Winters returns to the Planning Board with 419 votes.
Thomas Mahar reeled in 463 votes for the Northern Berkshire Vocational Regional School Committee.
David Mangun, 415 votes, and Joan Burns, 363 votes, won seats on the Housing Authority.
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Lenox Decides Selectmen, School Committee Races |
| By: Tammy Daniels On: 05-08-2012 08:41AM |
LENOX, Mass. — The town of Lenox has released the results of the annual town election held Monday, May 7.
In a five-way race for two three-year seats on the Board of Selectmen, Edward Lane (760) and Channing Gibson (562) bested David W. Berkel (332), Jedd L. Hall (195) and Carolyn L. Barry (134). There was one write-in.
Frances E. Sorrentino (829) and Jennifer S. Reinholt (530) won the two three-year seats on the School Committee over Jo Anne H. Magee (450) and Nora O'Brien (268); and Kathleen McNulty-Vaughan easily won the three-year seat on the Planning Board, polling 734 votes to Mark D. Woodward's 170.
Winning uncontested races were Hugh C. Cowhig, moderator, 787 votes; Marie V. Feder, Board of Health, 748; Scott M. Pignatelli, assessor, 859; and Marjorie J. Pero, one year of an unexpired term on the Housing Authority, 844.
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Harrington; Duval Win Selectmen Seats In Adams |
| By: By Andy McKeever On: 05-07-2012 08:24PM |
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 Top: Longtime School Committee member John Duval was the second highest voter getting in Monday's election and will join the Board of Selectmen.
Right and Bottom: Arthur "Skip" Harrington was re-elected for the board. |
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ADAMS, Mass. — Incumbent Arthur "Skip" Harrington and longtime School Committee member John Duval won seats on the Board of Selectmen on Monday.
Duval edged out former Selectmen Edward Driscoll by only 61 votes while Harrington ran away with re-election by winning every precinct.
The final totals were Harrington with 851; Duval with 565; Driscoll with 504; Richard Blanchard with 470 and Jeremy Halek with 341. A total of 1,470 of the 5,826 registered voters — about 25 percent — made it to the polls.
The five candidates were vying for two three-year seats. Selectman Jason Hnatonko did not run for re-election.
For Duval, he is looking forward to the change from his last 17 years on the Adams-Cheshire Regional School Committee.
"I look forward to working with the board," Duval said. "I'm just humbled for the support I've received."
The election did not come without worry as he led Driscoll by only 44 votes after four of the five precincts were reported. Harrington, who campaigned heavily on what he believes are successes of the last three years, said he was confident that he would be re-elected.
"I am a little disappointed there wasn't more of a turnout," Harrington said. "I think John [Duval] is a good addition to the board and I am glad to be back for another three years."
The only other contested race was for moderator and Joseph R. Dean Jr. won re-election over Ryan Biros by a margin of 937-477.
The uncontested races were: Haley Meczywor for town clerk; Donna MacDonald for assessor; Patricia Clairmont for Board of Health; James Loughman and Eugene Michalenko for library trustees, James Fassell for Parks Commission; Sandra Moderski for Planning Board; Aaron Dean for the Northern Berkshire Vocational School District and Stephen Vigna for the Adams-Cheshire Regional School Committee.
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