Updated at 3:10 p.m. to indicate all nomination papers have been certified.

 

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- A four-way race is shaping up for a single Select Board seat in May's town election.

 

Tuesday was the deadline for submitting nomination papers with signatures for six positions that will be on the ballot this spring.

 

Town Clerk Nicole Pedercini reported on Wednesday that all of the positions have been filled and all of the nomination papers have been certified.

 

On the Select Board, there are two seats open this year: a three-year seat currently held by Anne O'Connor, and the last year of a three-year term currently filled by Jeffrey Thomas, who announced this winter his intention to step down.

 

For the three-year seat, Anthony Boskovich will face Jeffrey Johnson.

 

For the last year in Thomas' term, four residents -- Albert J. Cummings IV, Nicholls (Niko) White, Barbara Rosenthal and Wade Hasty -- have submitted papers.

 

There are three candidates for a five-year seat on the Planning Board. Incumbent Susan Puddester will be challenged by Kenneth N. Kuttner and Roger TW Lawrence.

 

The fourth contested race on the ballot will be for the town's Housing Authority, where Joan F. Diver will run against Charles Stephen Dew.

 

There are two other positions on the May 11 election ballot. Incumbent Charles Bonenti is the lone candidate for Milne Library Trustee; Laila G. Boucher is standing for Williamstown's seat on the Northern Berkshire Vocational Regional School District (McCann Tech) Committee.

 

Town Manager Jason Hoch Monday noted that the application for a mail-in ballot is available on the town's website. The May election will be held under the commonwealth's current rule allowing no-excuse mail-in voting. Hoch said ballots cannot go to the printer until after the April 8 deadline for candidates to withdraw their names, which means the town likely will have ballots back and ready to begin mailing to those who have requested them on or about April 23.