No Lanesborough Residents Showing Interest in Mount Greylock School Committee Seats
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.—With just more than two weeks left to turn in nomination papers, a three-way race is shaping up for two seats on the Mount Greylock Regional School Committee.
Two other seats have yet to draw any candidates' interest.
On Tuesday, the district office told iBerkshires.com that three Williamstown residents have taken out nomination papers to appear on the November ballot for the seven-person committee.
Incumbent Steven Miller is the first candidate to return papers with the required number of signatures.
Another incumbent, Carolyn Greene, and a newcomer, Laurel Bifano, also have taken out papers.
Two of four seats designated for Williamstown residents and two of three seats designated for Lanesborough residents will be on the ballot in November.
As of Tuesday, no resident of Lanesborough had taken out nomination papers, Superintendent Joe Bergeron reported.
Currently, the committee has two members whose terms are expiring this year: Curtis Elfenbein and Christina Conry.
Potential candidates for a four-year seat on the School Committee need to return papers with at least 45 verifiable signatures of residents of either Lanesborough or Williamstown or both.
The deadline to submit those signed papers is July 21.
Since residents of both towns vote for all seven members of the committee, the district runs its election on federal election days every two years -- the days when voters in both the district's member towns go to the polls.
If all three of the candidates who have shown interest in the Williamstown seats complete the process, the top two vote-getters on Nov. 3 will win seats on the committee.
Nomination papers are currently available at the district office, next to the middle-high school on Cold Spring Road (Route 7) in Williamstown or at Williamstown's town hall.
