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There will be some new names on the Lincoln Town Election ballot this year, but only one contest.
Brianna Doo and Evan Gorman are running for a three-year term on the Parks and Recreation Committee. The seat is being vacated by Sarah Chester.
The following candidates will also be on the ballot.
Incumbent Jennifer Glass is running for a three-year term on the Board of Selectmen.
Incumbent Susan Taylor and John Maclachlan are running for School Committee. Peter Borden is stepping down. There are two open seats.
Heather Cowap Salemme, of Lincoln and Mary Warzynski, of Sudbury, are running for two three-year terms on the Lincoln-Sudbury School Committee. Ellen Joachim and Sarah Chester are stepping down.
Harding, William A. “Bill” Wednesday, February 10, 2021
William A. “Bill” Harding
William A. “Bill” Harding went home to be with his Lord and Savior on February 9, 2021.
Bill was born on April 21, 1936 in Isabel, Kansas to Orval and Mary Ellen Harding who preceded him in death, along with siblings Margaret Ditgen, Bernice Bell, June Wortman, Betty Ryan, and baby Orval Harding, Jr.
He was a member of the East Ridge Christian Church where he served as Pastor for several years.
Bill is survived by his devoted wife Linda, their children, Dr. William “Christopher” Harding (Molly) of Houston Texas, Jonathan Harding (Ashton Kate) of Ringgold, Georgia; his children, Debbie Baker (Danny) of Wichita, Kansas, Diane Stiff (Steven) of Houston, Texas, Denise McGrew (Dan) of Wichita, Kansas, Douglas Harding (Tammy) of Grove, Oklahoma, and Darrin Harding (Tina) of Wichita, Kansas, eleven grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren; siblings, Mary Ann Martin o
ELLINGTON â Two members of the Board of Finance â Republican John Rachek, who served as chairman, and Democrat Peg Busse â resigned from their positions this month for different reasons.
Rachek, who served on the Finance Board for 10 years, said it was simply time for him to step down while Busse, who served for three years, felt she could offer more advocacy to Ellington as a non-elected official.
Rachek has been replaced on the Finance Board by Republican Michael Purcaro, who is chairman of the Board of Education.
FINANCE BOARD CHANGES
WHAT: Two members of the Ellington Finance Board resigned for different reasons â Republican John Rachek, who served as chairman, and Democrat Peg Busse
“Everything’s a blur,” said Katie Hobbs, Arizona’s Secretary of State. “I don’t even know what day it is.”
Since Election Day, every single avenue of communication to her office every phone line, every social media account has been inundated with attempts at contact from angry supporters of President Trump who believe the 2020 election was somehow rigged or stolen, Hobbs said in a recent interview with
Phoenix New Times.
The top election official in the state, Hobbs said she couldn’t even classify the deluge as political pressure, given that her office has already done everything demanded of it to ensure the election was conducted fairly; there’s nothing to pressure her into. Rather, the Secretary of State says, the flood of fervor, vitriol, and threats of violence from these irate disbelievers amounts to pure harassment. She described Trump’s moves to delegitimize the election, and the vitriol and threats of violence that’s rising out of his loyal base,