Dear fellow Hanoverians:<\/p>\n
As you know from a previous post, nomination papers for the local town
\nelection are currently available. What you might not know is that due to a
\nresignation, there is now also going to be a one-year term on the Planning
\nBoard on this spring’s ballot! The other (previously announced) seats on
\nthe ballot are: two members of the Board of Selectmen for a three year term
\neach, two members of the School Committee for a three year term each, one
\nmember of the Board of Assessors for a three year term, one member of the
\nPlanning Board for a five year term, one Board of Health member for a three
\nyear term, one member of the Board of Public Works for a three year term,
\ntwo Trustees of the Public Library – one for a three year term and one for
\na one year term, and one Moderator for a one year term.<\/p>\n
For the Selectman’s race, papers have been pulled, returned and certified
\nfor incumbent Robert O’Rourke and Jocelyn Keegan. Papers have also been
\npulled by Robert Melone and Emmanuel Dockter for Selectman. In the School
\nCommittee race, incumbents Kimberly Mills-Booker and Ruth Lynch have both
\npulled papers; Mrs. Lynch’s papers have been returned but not yet
\ncertified. Kenneth Blanchard has pulled papers for the five year term on
\nthe Planning Board, and his papers have been returned and certified.
\nIncumbent Elaine Shea has pulled papers for re-election to a three year
\nterm as Library Trustee. Gabrielle Mahoney and Lynn White have pulled
\npapers for the Board of Health seat. Incumbent David Delaney has pulled
\npapers for the Board of Assessors, and Douglas Thomson has pulled papers
\nfor re-election as Town Moderator. And this just in, within the past 24
\nhours, Kara Nyman and Gary Young, Jr. have pulled papers for the one year
\nPlanning Board term!<\/p>\n
To date, no one has expressed interest in the Board of Public Works term or
\nthe one year term as a Library Trustee.<\/p>\n
Interested residents are encouraged to contact the Town Clerk\u2019s Office,
\nany of the related departments, or sitting members of the board or
\ncommittee they are interested in becoming a part of in order to gain more
\ninformation about an open position.<\/p>\n
To run for office, candidates only need to obtain 50 signatures of
\nregistered Hanover voters in order to be placed on the ballot. Candidates
\nfor office have until Monday, March 20th to submit the signed nomination
\npapers to the Registrar\u2019s Office for signature certification.<\/p>\n
For more information about the election process and related deadlines,
\nplease contact Hanover Town Clerk Catherine Harder-Bernier or Senior Clerk
\nMeg Pallotta at (781) 826-5000 x1079 or by e-mail at
\ncatherine.harderbernier@hanover-ma.gov or meg.pallotta@hanover-ma.gov .<\/p>\n
For “Around Town on the Web”,
\nCathy H-B<\/p>\n
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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 … Continue reading