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Hull won a decisive victory with, nearly double the votes of his opponent Jennifer Duczkowski. I didn t choose to run, Hull said. People came to me and asked me, with their concerns. This will not be the Leonard Hull Show. This will be the people s show. They will set the agenda. My political agenda will be the people s agenda.
Hull, a retired high school history teacher and former Dighton School Committee member, became the town s new selectman with a total of 688 votes versus 363 votes for Duczkowski in Saturday s annual town election.
Meanwhile, Goulart, who was retiring from the Board of Selectmen this year because of her husband s death of COVID-19, won a write-in contest for a seat on the Board of Assessors.
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DIGHTON Two candidates are vying to fill an open selectmen s seat in the upcoming election a retired teacher who previously served on the D-R school committee and a financial analyst who serves on the Commission on Disability.
Retired teacher Leonard Hull will be facing off against financial analyst Jennifer Duczkowski in the April 10 election to fill the seat being vacated by longtime Selectman Nancy Goulart, who is retiring after the recent loss of her husband to COVID-19.
Jenn Duczkowski
Duczkowski explained her reasons for running in simple terms. It comes down to service. I want to start to give back to my town, she said.
DIGHTON A plan to resolve the controversy over whether the gay pride flag should fly at Town Hall year-round remains in limbo.
Selectmen took no action this week in response to a recommendation the flag should fly at Town Hall only during national Gay Pride Month, in June.
Ken Pacheco, who is both a selectman and a member of the town s Human Rights Committee, announced the Human Rights Committee s recommendation for a June Pride flag display at the March 10 Selectmen s meeting.
But the selectmen took no immediate vote.
Selectmen Chair Brett Zografos, who has expressed support for flying a gay pride flag at Town Hall year-round, explained it wasn t an action item on the agenda and there are other, higher priorities the town must tend to first.