• Alan Slavin (incumbent) • Patricia Wurts (write-in candidate)
Candidates who are running for office but have not yet confirmed their attendance including Ronald Besse, who is running for School Committee have been invited and may choose to attend.
The event will be broadcast live on WCTV’s Public (Comcast 9, Verizon 30) and Government (Comcast 95, Verizon 29) channels.
Anyone interested in watching who doesn’t have a television can tune in to the event on WCTV’s website at www.warehamtv.org, by hovering their cursor over the “Watch” tab, navigating down to “Live Streams” and selecting either the Public or Government streams. Alternatively, the event will also be streaming on WCTV’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/warehamtv.
Apr 19, 2021
Tricia Wurts. Photo courtesy: Tricia Wurts
Tricia Wurts, who got involved in town politics through the “No to Notos” movement, has announced a write-in campaign for the single open seat on the Board of Selectmen.
Wurts will face two candidates on the ballot: incumbent Alan Slavin and Finance Committee member Glenn Lawrence.
“The groundswell of Wareham citizens we organized to reject the Notos rezoning at Town Meeting moved me to enter the race,” said Wurts. “Status quo leadership is no longer acceptable people in Wareham are hungry for change.”
Wurts spent time in Wareham throughout her life, and purchased a home in Briarwood in 1998. She retired full-time to Wareham in 2018.
Chloe Shelford Mar 9, 2021
The ballot is set for the Tuesday, May 4, Town Election, including competitive races for the Board of Selectmen and the School Committee.
School Committee
Four candidates will be running for two seats on the School Committee.
Geoff Swett, who has served on the committee for 12 years in the past, said that he decided to run in part because his responsibilities as chair of the School Building Committee would be coming to an end this fall, and because he had been asked to run by several people.
He also said that he hopes to be involved as the schools plan for a post-pandemic future, which he thinks will likely include more virtual education.
Chloe Shelford Jan 25, 2021
Nomination papers are now available for the upcoming Town Election, and a race for a seat on the Board of Selectmen is on the horizon.
The Town Election will be held from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 4.
Board of Selectmen
He will be facing one challenger: Glenn Lawrence, a current member of the Finance Committee.
Slavin was first elected to the Board of Selectman in 2012, and is a longtime member of the Southeastern Regional Planning & Economic Development District, the Massachusetts Selectmen’s Association and the Massachusetts Municipal Association.
Asked why he is running again, Slavin said there are a number of large town projects that he has been working on for years and would like to see through, including bringing the commuter rail to Wareham, fixing up Merchants Way, and building a new police station and community center.