PROVINCETOWN – Communications consultant Leslie Sandberg defeated restaurant manager Oriana Conklin and Select Board incumbent Lise King for the single open seat on the Select Board by a vote of 589 to 442 and 309 in Tuesday’s town election.
“I want to thank the town for believing in change, for believing the fact we can build consensus and we can get things done,” Sandberg said in a phone call following the results. While Conklin and King waited at Town Hall for the announcement from the Town Clerk, Sandberg did not.
“I did not expect to win after the attacks by people in town on Facebook, but I did believe in the fact that going door to door and talking to people one on one would make the difference,” Sandberg said.
Aidan Pollard May 12, 2021
MATTAPOISETT Town Election will be on May 18, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Old Hammondtown School, with 11 elected offices and a question on the ballot.
Leading the ballot is the race for the newly renamed Select Board, between Nicki Demakis and Jodi Lynn Bauer. The two are vying for Paul Silva’s position on the board, as he chose not to seek another term.
Two positions on the Mattapoisett School Committee are open: Incumbent Jim Muse’s seat, for which he is seeking reelection, and a seat left open by Carol Clifford, who chose not to run for reelection.
The Mashpee annual town election scheduled for Saturday, May 8, features a three-way race for two seats on the Board of Selectmen and a ballot question seeking a debt exclusion
Following election, Northfield Selectboard expands; highway superintendent returns as sewer commissioner
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NORTHFIELD The annual town election on Tuesday saw Highway Superintendent Thomas Walker elected to the Board of Sewer Commissioners in the only contested race, and officially elected three Selectboard members, thus expanding the board to have five members total.
According to Town Clerk Dan Campbell, who was re-elected with 218 votes and no opposition, the election saw 238 ballots cast by the time polls closed at 8 p.m.
Walker won the three-year Board of Sewer Commissioners seat with 144 votes compared to Bernard “Bernie” Boudreau’s 79 votes. Walker previously served on the board for 12 years before he did not seek re-election in 2018. He could not be reached for comment by press time on Wednesday.
Newport Beach News
By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager
Orange County’s COVID-19 numbers mostly held steady this week, continuing the trend we’ve seen over the past several weeks. In Orange County, the seven-day average daily case number decreased slightly, from 2.8 to 2.6, while the test positivity rate (the percentage of positive tests among those tested) stayed at 1.4 percent. The health equity metric increased slightly, from 1.7 percent to 1.9 percent.
This means Orange County will remain in the Orange Tier for a bit longer. By June 15, though, the state will resume full business operations if hospitalizations stay low and vaccine supply remains constant.