Milford School Committee Race Flips In Incumbent's Favor

MILFORD, MA — Official results posted Wednesday by the Milford Town Clerk show that a school committee incumbent may get to keep his seat.

Milford School Committee Chair Christopher Wilson was trailing first-time candidate Gregory Allegrezza by 14 votes when unofficial elections results dropped Tuesday night. Official results posted Wednesday show Wilson now ahead with 1,490 votes to Allegrezza's 1,478.

The vote tally posted Wednesday includes the votes counted at polling places, plus 815 mail-in votes tallied at a different location.

Three school committee seats were up for election this year with incumbents Wilson, Meg Hornberger and Matthew Zacchilli all vying to keep their seats, and with Allegrezza aiming to knock one of them out. Hornberger and Zacchilli were both comfortably ahead in the official tally released Wednesday with 1,615 and 1,878 votes, respectively.

During a candidates' forum last month, Allegrezza spoke about a desire to cap the number of English language learners in Milford classrooms, saying they make "traditional students suffer" by slowing down lessons that might have to be translated in real time.

The other main contested race in this year's election for two health board seats also remained unchanged. Lorraine Braza and Diana Haynes were still in the lead with 1,303 and 1,011 votes, and challenger Charles Skaff in third with 363 votes.

Turnout in Milford's 2024 election was near 16 percent, with 2,868 voters casting a ballot against 18,250 registered voters. Turnout was about 9 percent in the 2023 spring election.