SOUTH HADELY — It’s shaping up to be a quiet election season in town this year, with a host of incumbents or newcomers running unopposed and only two contested races in District 1.

The town election is scheduled for April 8.

Contested races involve a seat on both the Fire District 1 Prudential Committee and the Board of Water Commissioners.

In the Prudential race, Steve Blaney, a lifelong resident who spends his time coaching soccer and volunteering with Neighbors Helping Neighbors, is running against incumbent and former chair Bruce Perron.

Meanwhile, Town Meeting member of 11 years and former Prudential Committee chair Michael Wozniak will square off against Charles Scott for a three-year term on the Water Commission.

Scott is also on the ballot for one of two Board of Health seats. The other candidate is incumbent Stephen Clarence Frantz.

In other races, Renee Sweeney is running unopposed to keep her position on the Select Board.

Current School Committee Chair Eric Friesner is the only candidate for a three-year term on the committee, while Jackson Matos, who also serves on the School Committee, is pursuing a one-year term.

“Even though I don’t have a background in education, just having a level head and a calm demeanor and talk with folks was just something that maybe could be used on the School Committee,” Friesner said. “I’ve been on just about every subcommittee at the school committee level that I could be on. I just would like to continue serving.”

For the Planning Board, newcomer Robert (Bob) Szklarz is running for a seat currently occupied by Johanna Brown. A 32-year South Hadley resident, Szklarz owns home improvement company called Colonial Carpentry Innovations. He’s served on the Sycamore Rosen House Committee, the regulating body for a property near Sycamore Knoll, for 17 years, and chaired the committee for seven years.

“I think we’re at a very critical time in South Hadley for planning and development and the path we’re going to go in the future,” Szklarz said during a Meet the Candidates Night on March 18. “We have to come up with a plan to best develop this town and attract people to it that want to make this community better and want to send their kids to our school systems.”

Brown is not running for reelection.

On the Municipal Light Board, incumbent Paul Dobosh is the only candidate for two, three-year seats, and incumbent Thomas Terry is running for the two-year-term seat on the board.

Candidates for the three trustees of the Public Library seats are Gail Gretchen Scanlon, Jennifer Couturier and Kelly Ryan Woods.

Town Elections will take place on April 8 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. All precincts and both Fire Districts will vote at South Hadley High School.

Emilee Klein can be reached at eklein@gazettenet.com.