Melrose Election Preview: Voters To Decide On School Committee

MELROSE, MA — Voters are to decide what School Committee candidate will be on the outside looking in following Tuesday's election.

Voting will take place at the Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School gym complex for the second straight year. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. Mail-in ballots must reach the elections office by the time polls close; there is a drop box behind City Hall. (See here if your ballot has reached officials.)

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For the first time in a few years, this election has not been preceded by much buzz. All 11 City Council seats are uncontested, and the only suspense is in School Committee, where four candidates are vying for three seats.

Chair Jen McAndrew and member Jen Razi-Thomas are running for re-election, joined on the ballot by John Connelly and Dorie Withey.

Despite lacking drama, the City Council will see three new faces. Manjula Karamcheti is set to take over for John Tramontozzi in Ward 1, School Committee member John Obremski looks to succeed Jeff McNaught in Ward 2 and Ryan Williams is prepared to take the reins from Cory Thomas in Ward 7.

Incumbent at-large Councilors Chris Cinella, Jack Eccles, Leila Migliorelli and Maya Jamaleddine and Ward 3's Robb Stewart, Ward 4's Mark Garipay, Ward 5's Shawn MacMaster and Ward 6's Jen Grigoraitis are slated to return.

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