The town of Marion held their annual elections on Friday, May 25, 2012. Of the seven positions up for election, all but two were uncontested.
In the race for Selectman, Jonathan E. Dickerson won, with 574. His opponent, Edwin M. North, received 222 votes.
Ray Pickles ran uncontested for the Assessor’s position and received 659 votes. Also running uncontested for Town Moderator, David B. Titus won, with 673 votes. John B. Howard, MD ran uncontested for the Board of Health position. He received 649 votes.
In the race for two seats on the Planning Board, Stephen Curtis Gonsalves received 558 and Stephen J. Kokkins received 423 votes. John B. Sweeney came in third with 270 votes.
Joseph A. Scott and Jay Pateakos both won positions on the Marion School Committee with 517 votes for Scott and 490 votes for Pateakos.
Jonathan Howland ran uncontested for a position on the Open Space Acquisition Commission and received 638 votes.
In all, 808 ballots were cast in the election.
By Eric Tripoli
