With 9 days left, there’s still one Board of Health seat with no candidate
Here are your neighbors who have taken out, and returned, nomination papers for Town of Tewksbury elected offices as of this afternoon. The deadline for having signature papers back to the town clerk is 12:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 16.
No new candidates have come forward since our last update, but both Thomas Bowley and Eric Ryder returned their papers. They join Jomarie Buckley, John Deputat, Vincent Fratalia, Bridget Garabedian and James Mackey in having secured enough voter signatures to officially qualify for the ballot.
An * denotes an incumbent, and a (Q) indicates that the candidate has qualified to be on the ballot by turning in papers with at least 50 registered voters’ signatures.
Offices open for election in the year 2024 are:
Select Board (2 Seats)
▪ James F. Mackey III* (Q)
▪ Jomarie Buckley (Q)
▪ Thomas Bowley (Q)
▪ Eric Ryder (Q)
School Committee (2 Seats)
▪ Bridget L. Garabedian* (Q)
▪ Collin McNaught
▪ Christopher Moncada
Planning Board (1 Seat)
▪ Vincent Fratalia* (Q)
Board of Library Trustees (2 Seats)
▪ Bonnie Page*
▪ Chris Castiglione*
▪ Jonah McCreary
Board of Health (Two 3-year seats, one 2-year seat for unexpired term)
▪ George Ferdinand, three-year seat
▪ George Ferdinand, two-year seat (may be on the ballot only once)
▪ Steve Dalin, three year seat
Housing Authority (1 Seat)
▪ John Deputat* (Q)
Shawsheen Valley Technical High School Committee (1 Seat)
▪ Robert Hutchins
Interested in running? Nomination papers for Town of Tewksbury elected offices are available at the Town Clerk’s Office, Town Hall, 1009 Main St. Office hours are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Tuesday from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Friday 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The last day for candidates to file their nomination papers is Friday, Feb. 16, 2024 before 12:30 p.m., at the Town Clerk’s Office. Fifty valid registered Tewksbury voter signatures and addresses are required to be put on the ballot.
The Annual Town Election will be held on Saturday, April 6, 2024, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Learn more about running for office in Tewksbury here.
The Carnation thanks the Town Clerk’s office for facilitating coverage of the election.
Lorna Garey
Lorna is a past and current Malden resident, U.S. Army veteran, and longtime tech and community journalist who has written for organizations ranging from the DIA to InformationWeek. In her previous hometown she founded a hyperlocal news site, the Tewksbury Carnation.
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