Boyd, Carlisle Elected to Williamstown Planning Board
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Stephanie Boyd and Alexander Carlisle earned spots on the Planning Board as 702 Williamstown residents went to the polls for the annual town election on Tuesday.
Boyd earned a five-year seat on the board by defeating Michael Goodwin by a margin of 390-291.
Carlisle defeated John Spelman, 383-323, to earn the right to serve the final two years in the unexpired term of Ann McCallum, who is stepping down from the board.
Turnout was typically light, with just 14 percent of the town's 4,855 residents voting.
The election featured three contested races, but the third, for Elementary School Committee, generated little interest. The two winners from among three candidates on the ballot will serve just about six weeks on the committee after they are sworn in following May 15's annual town meeting.
Incumbent Catherine Keating and newcomer Elizabeth Miller will be part of the final five people to serve on the school committee before it is disbanded and the Mount Greylock Regional School Transition Committee assumes all authority for the recently expanded district on July 1.
Keating earned 402 votes, and Miller garnered 304. The third candidate on the ballot, Robert Matthews, got 198 votes.
The election featured three uncontested races.
Incumbent Anne O'Connor was returned to her three-year seat on the Select Board. Charles Bonenti won another three-year term as a Milne Public Library Trustee, and Timothy Rickert was elected to serve three years as the town's representative on the Northern Berkshire Regional School (McCann Technical) Committee.
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