Selectman Brad Morse was reelected on April 10 for a fifth term on the Board of Selectmen, despite an apparent write-in campaign to elect Michael Murphy, a current Planning Board member and prior 2018 candidate for Board of Selectmen.
Murphy received 33 write-ins, which wasn’t enough to exceed Morse’s 230 votes.
“Thank you to the town for believing in me,” said Morse just after 8:00 pm when the polls closed at the Senior Center on Wednesday night.
Constable of 20 years David Hughes will remain Constable after he got 195 votes, and coming in second with 156 votes, enough to win him the second open Constable position, was Marc Slabodnick. Carolyn Pruchnik received 130 votes – close, but not enough to secure her a win.
There were 299 ballots cast, making for an Annual Election voter turnout of just over 7 percent.
The following are the results of the remaining uncontested races: Jeffrey Eldridge, Highway Surveyor, 269 votes; Diana Knapp, Board of Assessors, 239 votes; Lori Souza, Cemetery Commission, 253 votes; Glenn Lawrence, Board of Health, 265 votes; David Hughes, Park Commission, 249 votes; Dennis Desrosiers and Kimberly Burt, two seats for Library Trustees, 235 and 186 votes, respectively; Sharon Hartley, Rochester School Committee, 240 votes; Richard Charon, Water Commission, 254 votes.
By Jean Perry