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ROCHESTER — Only two votes separated the candidates for Select Board, with incumbent Brad M

ROCHESTER  — Trees were in the spotlight as Rochester observed Arbor Day with a ceremony Fr

ROCHESTER — The intersection of Mary’s Pond and Walnut Plain roads, the site of many collis

David Hughes defeated Brad Morse of a position on the Water Commission. ROCHESTER — Just 347 voters decided the outcome of three contested elections on May 26. Newcomer Sarah Eby ousted 26-year incumbent Dale Barrows for a spot on the Board of Health, Rochester government veteran David Hughes won a seat on the Water Commission over Selectman Brad Morse, and Marc Rousseau and incumbent Lee Carr edged out newcomer Dennis McCarthy for a position on the Planning Board. Eby received 182 votes for the Board of Health and Barrows received 154. “I’m just excited to help care for our town,” Eb...

Brad Morse (left) and David Hughes (right) are running for Water Commission ROCHESTER — It’s Election Day in Rochester, and the race is on.  Registered Rochester voters can vote from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Rochester Council on Aging.  There are three contested races in the election: Planning Board, Board of Health and Water Commission. But another four open positions in town government — Moderator, Cemetery Commission and one of two seats on the Rochester Memorial School Committee — have no candidates. At Rochester Candidates Night on May 6, Selectman Woody Hartley encouraged resid...