Ballot Finalized For April 30 Wilmington Election

Five-person race emerges for School Committee, four-person race for Board of Selectmen.

Ballot Finalized For April 30 Wilmington Election

Five-person race emerges for School Committee, four-person race for Board of Selectmen.

Residents will find just two contested races when they go to the polls on April 30 for the 2013 Municipal Election. But they promise to be interesting. With three seats up for grabs on the Wilmington School Committee, five candidates have emerged. Incumbents Margaret Kane and Kathleen Carroll will be challenged by Julie Broussard, Jennifer Spear and Donna Leone. With incumbent Robert Hayes opting not to seek re-election, there is guaranteed to be at least one new member on the school committee. There is a four-way race in place for two seats on the Board of Selectmen. Incumbents Lou Cimaglia and Michael Newhouse will be challeged by Kevin MacDonald and Daniel Murphy. Given the friction between MacDonald and the board in the past, the …

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UPDATED: Just a Few Hours Left For Potential Candidates To Return Papers

Today is the deadline for candidates to return nomination papers for the April 30 municipal election.

(Editor's Note: This story was updated on Friday at 10:30 a.m. with news that Lou Cimaglia had turned in his nomination papers for re-election to the Board of Selection.) The clock is ticking for candidates looking for a place on the ballot in the April 30 Municipal Election. Candidates have until 5 p.m. today (March 8) to return their nomination papers with the signatures of 50 registered Wilmington voters. Those signatures then need to be verified in order for the nomination to be official. Thre is a wide-open race for School Committee, as incumbent Margaret Kane and Kathleen Carroll and challengers Julie Broussard, Jennifer Spear and Donna Leone have returned papers for the two available seats. Jennifer Defeo and Michael Bodner could …

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School Committee Election Could Be A Six-Person Race

One candidate takes out nomination papers for three different offices.

Just when it looked like the Board of Selectmen race might be the most interesting in the upcoming Municipal Election, the School Committee now looks as thought it ready to take center stage. Three additional potential candidates --Jennifer DeFeo, Jennifer Spear and Donna Leone -- took out nomination papers this week, joining Kathleen Carroll, Julie Broussard and incumbent Margaret Kane. This creates the potential for a six-way race (or more) for three seats on the committee. DeFeo employed the interesting strategy of taking out nomination papers for Housing Authority and Shawsheen Tech School Committee, in addition to the Wilmington School Committee. While it's unlikely she would run for all three seats, there is no law forbidding it. She…

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