Some Williamstown Town Election Ballot Spots Still Empty
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — With just more than a week to go to file papers for the spring's town election, two positions still have seen no interest from potential candidates.
And two more offices have seen potential candidates pull nomination papers that have not been returned as of Monday morning.
The deadline for returning papers with a sufficient number of nominating signatures is Tuesday, March 23.
Town Clerk Nicole Pedercini on Monday reported that no one has taken out papers for a five-year seat on the Williamstown Housing Authority or a three-year seat on the Northern Berkshire Vocational Regional School District Committee, the McCann Technical School committee.
The Housing Authority "is responsible for providing fair and safe housing to eligible families and individuals regardless of age considerations in accordance with Massachusetts Chapter 667 Public Housing guidelines," according to the town's website.
As of Monday morning, three candidates for two seats have returned completed nomination papers: incumbent Charles Bonenti for the Milne Library Board of Trustees and two candidates running for a single three-year seat on the Select Board: Anthony Boskovich and Jeffrey Johnson.
On May 11, voters also will decide who will fill the remaining one year left on the term of resigning Select Board member Jeffrey Thomas. As of Monday, two potential candidates, Barbara Rosenthal and Nicholls "Niko" White have pulled papers but not returned them, Pedercini said.
The last potentially contested race on the May ballot will be for Planning Board and a five-year seat currently occupied by Susan Puddester. Puddester has taken out nomination papers, as have Kenneth Kuttner and Alexander Carlisle, who lost his re-election bid to the board in 2020.
None of the three potential Planning Board candidates have returned completed papers.
Candidates need to solicit at least 31 signatures — in ink, no electronic signatures. But Pedercini recommends that prospective candidates obtain more in case a signature cannot be verified.
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