Nomination Deadline Passes for Williamstown Elections
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Voters will have two contested races on the ballot when they go to the polls for town elections in May.
Tuesday was the deadline to submit nomination papers for 12 positions that will be up for election this spring.
The town will see a two-person race for one one-year term on the Select Board and a five-person field running for four three-year seats on the Milne Library Board of Trustees.
In all, three seats on the five-member Select Board will be determined in May.
Just two candidates submitted papers for the two full three-year seats available: Peter Beck and Matthew Neely.
Neely currently is serving a portion of a term that was vacated last year by Andrew Hogeland, who moved out of the area in the middle of his three-year term.
Beck is coming off a five-year term on the Planning Board, which he currently chairs.
They are running for the seats currently held by Jane Patton and Randal Fippinger, who are not seeking re-election.
Meanwhile, Shana Dixon and Patton, the board's longest-serving incumbent, each have submitted papers to run for the remaining year on the seat formerly held by Hogeland.
Patton, who is finishing her fourth full term on the Select Board, said last year that she would not seek another full term. More recently, she indicated she would be interested in filling the last year of Hogeland's term to provide some continuity on the body.
Dixon currently chairs the town's Diversity, Inclusion and Racial Equity Committee, a post formerly held by both Patton and Select Board member Jeffrey Johnson.
There are four full terms and five seats in all on the ballot for the library trustees.
Incumbent Bridget Spann is following a similar route to Patton, running for the final year of an unexpired term on the body; she is unopposed.
For the four three-year Milne board seats, five candidates have filed papers: incumbents Robin Lenz, Micah Manary and Benjamin Lee-Cohen and newcomers Adriana Brown and Katherine Myers.
The other four positions on the ballot each have one candidate entered.
Moderator Elisabeth Goodman is seeking another three-year term in the post. Incumbents Judith Bombardier and David Westall are standing for re-election on the Housing Authority and Northern Berkshire Vocational Regional School Committee, respectively.
And just one candidate, Erik Reardon, submitted papers to run for an open five-year seat on the Planning Board.
The deadline to withdraw nomination papers is Thursday, April 10.
The deadline to register to vote in the May election and participate in the annual town meeting is Friday, May 2, at 5 p.m.
The deadline to apply for a mail-in ballot is Tuesday, May 6, at 5 p.m. The last day for in-person absentee voting is Monday, May 12, at noon.
And the town elections will be held from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 13, at Williamstown Elementary School.
Town meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 22, at 7 p.m. at Mount Greylock Regional School
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