Five running for Wiscasset selectmen

Mon, 05/01/2017 - 7:15pm

Wiscasset residents will have five candidates to choose from for the Board of Selectmen when they head to the polls for the annual town election, Tuesday, June 13.

Candidates running for selectmen will be listed on the ballot in alphabetical order as follows: Kimberly Andersson, Robert Blagden, William David Cherry, Glen Craig and Katharine G. Martin-Savage. Voters will select two to serve two-year terms beginning July 1.

Cherry is the incumbent, although Blagden and Martin-Savage have previously served on the board. Blagden is also a former road commissioner. Craig is currently a member of the School Committee and Andersson is a former school committee member.

Town Clerk Linda Perry said two other residents had taken out nomination papers for select board but didn’t return them by Monday’s 5 p.m. deadline. On Jan. 31, Larry Gordon was elected to fill a five-month term on the board following the resignation of Judy Flanagan. Gordon chose not to seek re-election. His term expires June 30.

Perry said two candidates will seek one, three-year seat on the school committee. Chelsea Taylor, the incumbent, is seeking re-election. Michelle Lynn Blagdon of Langdon Road is challenging her.

Gregg Wood was the only resident to return nomination papers for one of two, three-year seats on the Wiscasset Water District. Wood serves as the district’s current chairman. George Knight’s water district term expires June 30. He did not seek re-election. Knight was elected as a write-in candidate.

Perry said only Zachary Gray took out nomination papers for one of three, three-year seats on the budget committee. There are seven other vacancies, three two-year terms and two, one-year terms.

Absentee ballots will be available on May 12, 30 days prior to the election. Perry said new residents could register at the town office during business hours or at the polls the day of the election. The polls at Wiscasset Community Center will be open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m..

The town office is open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.