BudCom Vice Chair to Run for Selectman

Mary-Louise Woolsey, the vice chairwoman of the Hampton Budget Committee, will once again run for a seat on the Hampton Board of Selectmen after filing her candidacy paperwork Monday morning.

Woolsey, a former selectman, unsuccessfully ran for one of two available selectman seats in the 2012 town meeting elections. Woolsey garnered 1,146 votes, placing third behind eventual winners Ben Moore (1,592 votes) and Phil Bean (1,441 votes), and in front of then-incumbent Selectman Jerry Znoj (1,010 votes) and now-former budget committee member Dustin Marzinzik (847 votes).

Woolsey has often said the community needs to "get back on track" and work to restore a sense of "community," and she has also often criticized current and past selectmen for a "lack of leadership."

A complete list of other registered candidates for Hampton and North Hampton town and school office can be found here, while a primer for the 2013 town meeting and this weekend's Hampton deliberative session can be found here.