SHUTESBURY — Two former members of the Select Board are seeking to return to the town’s top board when the town election is held Saturday.
Voters can cast ballots from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Shutesbury Elementary School, the same location where annual Town Meeting will begin at 9 a.m.
Elaine Puleo is seeking to fill the remaining two years of a seat vacated by Timothy Logan, who resigned from the board in December for health reasons, while J. April Stein is running for the three-year position held by incumbent chairman Michael DeChiara. DeChiara chose not run again.
Puleo, last on the board in 2015, said in a statement to the town that, if elected, she would assist in implementing the master plan, improve the health, quality of life and transportation for residents, and also try to get the next generation interested in participating in town government.
After departing the board in 2016, Stein said she wants to return to create community space and to maintain the town’s rural character, as well as to honor all voices and ideas.
No other candidates are on the ballot for Select Board.
The election will also fill out the new Municipal Light Plant Board that will oversee decisions made related to the new broadband infrastructure, with Gayellen Huntress and Steve Schmidt the only candidates for the two, three-year seats, Craig T. Martin and Graeme J. Sephton running for the two, two-year seats and Kent Whitney interested in the one, one-year seat.
Incumbents are running unopposed for most positions. including Arleen A. Read and Alan Werner for three-year terms on the Board of Health; Raymond B. Cusson for three-year Cemetery Commission position; Katherine A. Cell and Michele Cunningham for three-year positions as trustees for the M.N. Spear Memorial Library; and James Summers Aaron for a three-year term on the Planning Board.
Aside from the light plant board, the lone newcomer on the ballot is Jennifer Malcolm Brown, seeking a three-year position on the School Committee. For a second three-year seat, no one is running.
In addition, no candidates have emerged for a two-year Planning Board seat.
