School Board to be Only Contest on Ballot

It's bound to be a pretty quiet month race wise for candidates on the town and school ballots for the various positions that need filling.

Town Councilor Jackie Flood is not running for a second term, saying recently that one term was a good opportunity for her to be involved in town in another capacity and that she'd like to focus more time with the Parks and Recreation Department's commission.

So the two open seats on the Town Council will are being sought by incumbent Dan Dwyer and former councilor David Yakuboff, who stepped down at the end of his term in 2012 to address health issues. He spoke to Patch on Feb. 20 about his plan to return to the board.

Also on the town ballot are Richard Barnes, who is running uncontested for a three-year seat as a library trustee and Jennifer Jobin who is running unopposed for a two-year seat as a library trustee.

No one filed to fill a three-year seat on the ethics committee and a three-year seat as a trustee of trust funds.

On the school ballot, Gary Krupp, who ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the school board in 2012, will run against incumbents Shannon Barnes and current Chairman Chris Ortega, for a seat on the board.

Two three-year seats on the planning and builiding committee have been filed for by incumbents Stanley Heinrich and Gage Perry.

Three residents are running for four, three-year seats on the school district budget committee. Those residents are Alicia Nelson, Lisa Mooney and Stanley Heinrich, an incumbent. Nelson is a newcomer to the committee while Mooney stepped in to fill a seat vacated mid-term and is now running for a full term.

School District moderator Lynn Christensen is the only canidate to file for that position, while school district clerk Patricia Heinrich and treasurer Richard Hastings, also incumbents are running opposed.