Dear fellow Hanoverians:
As you know from a previous post, nomination papers for the local town
election are currently available. What you might not know is that due to a
resignation, there is now also going to be a one-year term on the Planning
Board on this spring’s ballot! The other (previously announced) seats on
the ballot are: two members of the Board of Selectmen for a three year term
each, two members of the School Committee for a three year term each, one
member of the Board of Assessors for a three year term, one member of the
Planning Board for a five year term, one Board of Health member for a three
year term, one member of the Board of Public Works for a three year term,
two Trustees of the Public Library – one for a three year term and one for
a one year term, and one Moderator for a one year term.
For the Selectman’s race, papers have been pulled, returned and certified
for incumbent Robert O’Rourke and Jocelyn Keegan. Papers have also been
pulled by Robert Melone and Emmanuel Dockter for Selectman. In the School
Committee race, incumbents Kimberly Mills-Booker and Ruth Lynch have both
pulled papers; Mrs. Lynch’s papers have been returned but not yet
certified. Kenneth Blanchard has pulled papers for the five year term on
the Planning Board, and his papers have been returned and certified.
Incumbent Elaine Shea has pulled papers for re-election to a three year
term as Library Trustee. Gabrielle Mahoney and Lynn White have pulled
papers for the Board of Health seat. Incumbent David Delaney has pulled
papers for the Board of Assessors, and Douglas Thomson has pulled papers
for re-election as Town Moderator. And this just in, within the past 24
hours, Kara Nyman and Gary Young, Jr. have pulled papers for the one year
Planning Board term!
To date, no one has expressed interest in the Board of Public Works term or
the one year term as a Library Trustee.
Interested residents are encouraged to contact the Town Clerk’s Office,
any of the related departments, or sitting members of the board or
committee they are interested in becoming a part of in order to gain more
information about an open position.
To run for office, candidates only need to obtain 50 signatures of
registered Hanover voters in order to be placed on the ballot. Candidates
for office have until Monday, March 20th to submit the signed nomination
papers to the Registrar’s Office for signature certification.
For more information about the election process and related deadlines,
please contact Hanover Town Clerk Catherine Harder-Bernier or Senior Clerk
Meg Pallotta at (781) 826-5000 x1079 or by e-mail at
catherine.harderbernier@hanover-ma.gov or meg.pallotta@hanover-ma.gov .
For “Around Town on the Web”,
Cathy H-B
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