WILMINGTON, MA — The race for two seats for the Wilmington Board of Selectmen is about to get loud. Ed Loud, that is!
Loud, a longtime Wilmington Board of Appeals member, and its current chair, pulled nomination papers on Friday.
Loud will be vying for one of the two Selectmen seats up for grabs in two months. He will have some company. Two additional challengers have already stepped forward — political newcomer Christopher Dawson and repeat candidate Mark Nelson — but neither have returned nomination papers yet.
Incumbent Mike McCoy is definitely running for re-election, having already pulled and returned his nomination papers. Selectwoman Judy O’Connell, on the other hand, has yet to publicly declare her re-election plans.
Here is where all the races that are part of this year’s Town Election currently stand, according to an update from the Town Clerk’s Office provided on February 17:
Wilmington Board of Selectmen — 2 seats — 3-year terms
- Mike McCoy (incumbent) — pulled papers on 1/3 — papers returned on 1/4 — papers certified on 1/27
- Mark Nelson (challenger) — pulled papers on 1/11 — not yet returned & certified
- Christopher Dawson (challenger) — pulled papers on 1/18 — not yet returned & certified
- Edward P. Loud, Sr. (challenger) — pulled papers on 2/17 — not yet returned & certified
NOTE: Incumbent Judy O’Connell has yet to pull papers.
Wilmington School Committee — 2 seats — 3-year terms
- Stephen P. Bjork (incumbent) — pulled papers on 1/23 — not yet returned & certified
- Sabrina A. Hewitt (challenger) — pulled papers on 1/24 — not yet returned & certified
- Jesse L. Fennelly (challenger) — pulled papers on 1/25 — not yet returned & certified
- Kathleen O’Donoghue (challenger) — pulled papers on 1/27 — not yet returned & certified
- Amy B. Largenton (challenger) — pulled papers on 1/30 — returned papers on 2/14 — papers certified on 2/16
- Rhonda I. Musikar-Rosner — pulled papers on 1/31 — returned papers on 2/6 — papers certified on 2/7
- Jennifer R. Bryson — pulled papers on 2/16 — not yet returned & certified
NOTE: Incumbent Ginny Bonish has yet to pull papers.
Wilmington Housing Authority Seat — 1 seat — 5-year term
- Stacie Murphy — pulled papers on 1/9 — not yet returned & certified
Nomination papers have been available in the Town Clerk’s Office since January 3. Papers, with at least 50 valid signatures from Wilmington voters, are due back to the Town Clerk by Friday, March 3.
The Wilmington Town Clerk’s Office, located at Town Hall, is open Monday through Friday, from 8:30am to 4:30pm.
The Annual Town Election will be held on Saturday, April 22, 2017. Polls will be open from 8am to 8pm.
The last day to register to vote for the Town Election is Monday, April 3, 2017.
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