Mattapoisett’s town elections were held on Tuesday, May 20 with voting wrapping up at 8:00 pm.
Running unopposed, Jordan Collyer secured his seat at the Select Board table for another term. He has been on the board for 21 years and now enters his 8th term.
There were three contested races. Water and Sewer Commissioner saw Dana Lebaron Barrows running for re-election against newcomer Mason Mathieu. Barrows won, maintaining her seat and receiving 562 total votes.
For a Board of Health seat, Michelle Bernier was up for reelection against N. Douglas Schneider. Bernier also maintained her seat, securing 742 total votes. Running, she expressed her focus on waste disposal, saying” we are starting a swap shop for reuse and have ordered a new scale for the transfer station.”
A seat on the Old Rochester Regional School Committee was fought over by Betsy Stewart and Nina Datshkovsky-Ennis. Stewart won with 802 votes. Before the election, Stewart stated, “My priorities are accelerating learning improvement, lowering the town’s tax burden through budget reform, investing in civics education, ensuring student safety, and increasing civil discourse.”
Both ballot questions passed. Question 1 asked voters to agree to bond the Oakland Street sewer renovation. Question 2 asked voters to fund, via a bond, renovations needed at the “Town Barn,” also known as the Highway Department.
The final results are as follows:
SELECT BOARD (3 Years) (1)
Jordan C. Collyer – 920
ASSESSOR (3 Years) (1)
Cary a LeBlanc – 976
MATTAPOISETT SCHOOL COMMITTEE (3 Years) (2)
Cristin Cowles – 824
Mackenzie Jean Emmons – 662
OLD ROCHESTER REGIONAL SCHOOL COMMITTEE (3 Years) (1)
Nina M. Datshkovsky-Ennis – 448
Betsy Stewart – 802
TRUSTEE OF PUBLIC LIBRARY (3 Years) (2)
Michael F. Rosa – 832
Jeanne L. Hopkins – 669
MODERATOR (1 Year) (1)
Lizanne Capper Cambell – 910
WATER/SEWER COMMISSIONER (3 Years) (1)
Dana Lebaron Barrows – 727
Mason Thomas Mathieu – 347
BOARD OF HEALTH (3 Years) (1)
Michele C. Bernier – 742
N. Douglas Schneider – 442
PLANNING BOARD (5 Years) (1)
Nathan C. Ketchel – 897
CONSTABLE (3 Years) (2)
Michael D. King – 832
HERRING INSPECTOR (3 Years) (1)
Jonathan William Wilbur – 953
TREE WARDEN (3 Years) (1)
Christian Paul Nadeau – 934
COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE (2 Years) (2)
Michelle Hughes – 948
Charles William McCullough – 813
BALLOT QUESTIONS:
QUESTION 1
YES – 680
NO – 469
QUESTION 2
YES – 681
NO – 472
By Marilou Newell