Town Election 2023: The Town Meeting races

By Mark E. Vogler

Sixty-six candidates are running for the 50 Town Meeting seats in the town’s 10 precincts. Unlike two years ago – when candidates running in half of the precincts got elected without opposition – there is competition in every precinct this year. There are seven candidates running in Precincts, 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 and 10. There are six candidates running in Precincts 5, 6, 7 and 9.

Here is a look at the precincts:

PRECINCT ONE: Candidates for reelection: Anthony Roger Arone, Sue Palomba, Susan C. Dunn, Christopher Russell Jones, Mark J. Bell. Challengers: Stacey Marie Herman-Dorant and John J. O’Brien.

PRECINCT TWO: Candidates for reelection: Christine Maria Moreschi, Peter A. Rossetti, Jr. and Robert J. Camuso. Challengers: Matthew David Parlante, Jeanette E. Meredith, Joseph Stephen Malone and Yves J. Lamitie.

PRECINCT THREE: Candidates for reelection: Daniel I. Schena, Richard Edward Thompson, Arthur David Connors, Jr., Rick Anthony Smith and Annemarie E. Tesora. Challengers: Leonard Joseph Ferrari, Jr. and Mark Victor Sacco.

PRECINCT FOUR: Candidates for reelection: Robert C. Northrop, William Louis Leuci, Glen R. Davis, Stephen Doherty and Maureen Whitcomb. Challengers: Robert J. Long and Stephanie M. Shalkoski.

PRECINCT FIVE: Candidates for reelection: Jaclyn Annette Hickman, Mary Frances Migliore, Pamela J. Goodwin, Brenton H. Spencer and Ronald Mark Wallace. Challenger: Mark S. Panetta.

PRECINCT SIX: Candidates for reelection: Allen V. Panico, Kevin D. Currie, Elisa LeBrasseur, William S. Brown and Jean M. Bartolo. Challenger: Karen Rakinic.

PRECINCT SEVEN: Candidates for reelection: Stephen F. McCarthy, Michael J. Paolini, John George Chipouras, Stefano D’Anna and Robert A. Palleschi. Challenger: Frank V. Federico.

PRECINCT EIGHT: Candidates for reelection: Thomas E. Traverse, William Kramich, Jr., William Edward Cross III and Anthony J. Lopresti. Challengers: Kristi A. Talagan, Arthur Grabowski and Darren R. McCullough.

PRECINCT NINE: Candidates for reelection: Robert M. Strasnick, Katrina L. Berube, Judith A. Worthley and Daniel Kelly. Challengers: Linda Lee Bell and John S. Cottam.

PRECINCT TEN: Candidates for reelection: Darren Steven Ring, Peter Z. Manoogian, Sr., Peter Delios, Jr., Carla A. Scuzzarella and Martin J. Costello. Challengers: James A. Tozza and Steven C. DiVirgilio.