Gabrielle Senza checks in at the Great Barrington Fire Station to vote in the town elections Tuesday. BEN GARVER â THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE
GREAT BARRINGTON â Garfield Reed beat incumbent Kate Burke by a 20-vote margin in a tight three-way contest for two Select Board seats that centered on the marijuana industry, as well as diversity at Town Hall.
Eric Gabriel won the second vacant seat on the board with 649 votes. Reed received 619 votes, and Burke 599, according to unofficial results released by Town Clerk Jennifer Messina on Tuesday night. There were 10 write-in candidates and 295 blanks.
Philip Orenstein secured one of two Finance Committee seats with 745 votes. In a last-minute contest that began Monday with two write-in candidates, Michelle Loubert received 149 votes, beating Karen Smith by 19. Loubert had decided not to run for reelection, then changed her mind.
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