Marion held its Town Election on Friday, May 15. There were two contested races: that of the Select Board with the seat occupied by Norman Hills and a seat on the Old Rochester Regional School Committee.
In the end, there were 847 votes, including those from early voting. As candidates gathered, waiting in the Benjamin D. Cushing Community Center, Town Clerk Katrina Desroches read results after about 45 minutes of tabulation. Carleton “Toby” Burr had won back a seat on the Select Board, after deciding not to run in last year’s election and his seat going to current Vice Chair John Hoagland. Burr won by a 102-vote margin, unseated Hills, a multiterm incumbent.
In the other contested race, multiterm incumbent Margaret E. McSweeny came out on top in the race for ORR School Committee. She won by over 400 votes.
Results from the final tally are below:
Select Board: (Vote for One)
Carleton “Toby” Burr Jr.: 368
Norman A. Hills: 266
George T.J. Walker: 201
Write in: 1
Blank: 11
Board of Assessors: (Vote for One)
Patricia Ann Decosta: 690
Write ins: 7
Blank: 150
Board of Health: (Vote for One)
Albin R. Johnson III: 670
Write in: 7
Blank: 170
Planning Board: (Vote for Three)
Ryan Burke: 603
Ann Voorhees Morgan: 531
Sean C Sweeney: 573
Write in: 18
Blanks: 814
Marion School Committee: (Vote for Two)
Nichole Nye McGaffey: 614
Mary Beauregard: 606
Write in: 6
Blank: 468
Old Rochester Regional School Committee: (Vote for One)
Margaret E. McSweeny: 578
Katharine M. McAuley: 174
Write in: 1
Blank: 194
Open Space Acquisition Commission: (Vote for Two)
Patricia Ann De Groot: 620
Norman A. Hills: 586
Write in: 14
Blank: 474
Marion Town Election
By Sam Bishop