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Banking official elected Needham Town Meeting member
Laura Dorfman, Dedham Savings executive vice president of residential and consumer lending, was elected a Needham Town Meeting member on April 13.
In this role, Dorfman will collaborate with fellow Town Meeting members to approve annual budgets and town by-laws and conduct general town business.
A longtime Needham resident, Dorfman has served on the Needham Historical Commission as well as the conservation committee for several years.
“I am deeply honored to be elected to the Town Meeting by the voters of Needham,” Dorfman said. “I look forward to leveraging my local real estate and municipal experience to address the issues affecting our town, hearing from constituents and getting to know my colleagues in town government.”
Dedham Savings EVP elected Needham town meeting member
COURTESY OF DEDHAM SAVINGS
Dedham Savings announced that Laura Dorfman, executive vice president of residential and consumer lending, was elected a town meeting member for the town of Needham.
In this role, Dorfman will collaborate with fellow town meeting members to approve annual budgets and town by-laws and conduct general town business. The Annual Town Election was held April 13.
A longtime Needham resident, Dorfman has served on the Needham Historical Commission as well as the Conservation Committee for several years.
“I am deeply honored to be elected to the Town Meeting by the voters of Needham. I look forward to leveraging my local real estate and municipal experience to address the issues affecting our town, hearing from constituents, and getting to know my colleagues in town government,” Dorfman said.
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Other contested elections included the School Committee, Town Meeting Members and Town Assessor. (Dan Libon/Patch)
NEEDHAM, MA The Annual Town Election was held Tuesday, April 13. Get caught up here with who will be serving in office and their policy initiatives.
Contested Elections
Select Board: Moe Handel, four-term Select Board member and three-time chair, lost his reelection Tuesday when he came in third, with 2,581 votes.
Lakshmi Balachandra, a professor at Babson College, came in first with 3,818 votes. Marcus Nelson, a youth and community organizer, placed second with 3,668 votes. Nelson and Balachandra are the first people of color to ever serve on Needham s Select Board.