Selectmen’s races in each of the three Silver Lake towns brought out voters, some in record numbers, for Saturday’s election, May 18.
Plympton newcomer Dana Smith defeated longtime selectman Christine Joy, with his 374 votes to her 298.
Arthur Bloomquist put on a spirited campaign as a write-in candidate for a three-year term on the Board of Health. His bid garnered 153 votes. His opponent, Bradford T. Cronin, won with 391 votes.
Plympton’s elementary school committee saw Jason W. Fraser win his three-year term with 520 votes. The second seat was a write-in contest, won by Jon Wilhelmsen with 87 write-ins.
Jocelyn Anderson won three more years with the Board of Assessors, her write-in campaign garnering 37 votes.
Nathanial B. Sides was unopposed, winning 492 votes for the three-year term.
Miranda Pink won her write-in campaign with 80 votes for the three-year term as Library Trustee.
Ann M. Sobolewski won her bid for a five-year term on the Planning Board with 506 votes.
Lucasz Kowalski won re-election to a three-year term on the Silver Lake Regional School Committee.
Tara Shaw won her bid for Town Clerk with 551 votes. She ran unopposed.
William N. Hayes, Jr. was unopposed in his bid for Tree Warden.
Halifax gave the nod to newcomer Thomas J. Pratt, besting Naja Nessralla in the race for Selectman, 571 votes to Nessralla’s 440.
Dorothy Lamoureux was unopposed for the three-year term of Assessor, taking 783 votes.
Pamela A. Engstrom got 794 votes running unopposed for the Board of Health.
The Halifax Housing Authority 3-year term was won by Patricia Marie McCarthy who ran unopposed, taking 796 votes.
Susan E. Vogt and Brian Thomas Houlihan will serve three-year terms on the Board of Library Trustees. Diane Ruxton won 793 votes running unopposed for the two-year term on the Board of Library Trustees.
Lori A. Costa-Cline won her seat on the Halifax Elementary School Committee with 666 votes, and Lauren Michelle Laws won her seat with 722 votes.
Robert G. Gaynor, II, won re-election to the 3-year term as Moderator with 706 votes. Challengers Gordon C. Andrews and Adrienne T. McDougall got 77 votes and 12 votes respectively.
Bruce Nobles won the three year term as Park Commissioner with 754 votes.
Amy L. Troup won re-election to the Planning Board’s 5-year term with 567 votes. Challenger Robert J. Piccirilli got 436 votes.
Susan Lawless, running unopposed, won re-election to the three-year term as Town Clerk with 840 votes.
Linda Anne McCarthy ran unopposed for the three-year term as Treasurer/Collector with 834 votes.
Gordon D. Laws, Jr. ran unopposed for the three -year term on the Silver Lake School Committee, winning 766 votes.
Daniel O. Bosworth, Jr., won re-election to the three-year term as Water Commissioner.
Kingston saw Melissa A. Bateman unseat incumbent Sheila Vaughn, 590 votes to Vaughn’s 349. Kimberley A Emberg was re-elected to a three-year term with 450 votes. It was a best two out of three for the three-year terms.
There was no declared winner for the 5-year Planning Board seat, though there were 80 write-ins for various candidates. Alex Graham won 26 write-in votes for the position.
Incumbent Mark Guidoboni squeaked out a victory over Megan Garrity Cannon, with 413 votes to Cannon’s 409 for the Silver Lake Regional School Committee 3-year term.
Megan Garrity Cannon won election to the three-year term on the Kingston Elementary School Committee. Opponent Laurie A. Casna won 387 votes.
Incumbent Richard Wilson Loring, Jr., won election to his three-year term as Water Commissioner with 633 votes.
There was no candidate for the five year term on Housing Authority, but there were 37 various write-in votes.
Sheryl A. Antoine won the contest for the three-year term on the Board of Health with 422 votes. Her opponent Patricia Iafrate won 299 votes.
Emily Flight Curtin, incumbent, was unopposed for one three-year term as Library Trustee, taking 685 votes,. The second position had no candidate and remains unfilled. There were 13 write-ins.
Matthew Richard Donohue was unopposed for a two-year term on the Board of Library Trustees.
Incumbents Melissa A Bateman and Eileen Mary Moynihan were both re-elected to three-year terms on the Recreation Commission, 699 votes and 482 votes, respectively.
Brian M Donahoe was unopposed for the three-year term as Sewer Commissioner.