FAIRHAVEN The unofficial results for the annual Fairhaven election, held Monday, April 5, were released by the town.
Selectman Robert Espindola unofficially won the Selectman race with a total of 1,766 votes. Challenger Lisa Plante, received 491 votes, unofficially. Espindola will hold his position for the next three years.
Voters re-elected the two current School Committee members, Donna McKenna and Colin Veitch, for another three years. McKenna and Veitch totaled 1,284 and 1,282 votes, respectively. Challenger Cathleen Marchessault received a total of 937 votes.
Kevin Gallagher took the three-year Board of Health seat with a total of 1,602 votes over Barbara Acksen, who received a total of 558 votes.
Fairhaven Election Sees Incumbents Returned in All But One Race
FAIRHAVEN The unofficial results are in from Monday’s town election in Fairhaven, with incumbents being re-elected in all contested races but one.
The only challenger to come away with a victory was Don Carlos Callasius, who edged out incumbent tree warden G. Bourne Knowles IV in one of the tightest races on the ballot, winning by an unofficial 36 votes, 1,066 to 1,030.
Incumbent selectman Robert Espindola handily won re-election over challenger Lisa Plante, 1,766 to 491, for another three-year term.
Kevin Gallagher defeated Barbara Acksen, 1,602-558, to win an open three-year seat on the Board of Health.
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Conflict of interest?
Before the interview took place, Selectman Keith Silvia announced that he had to recuse himself from the selection process due to a conflict of interest. Silvia’s wife, Anne, is an employee of the town and, if Graves was selected, she would work directly beneath her.
Selectman Daniel Freitas later said he found it peculiar that Silvia’s conflict of interest wasn’t brought up by counsel or the screening committee until now, several months and in the final stages of the TA appointment process.
That left only two of the three selectmen to continue the process, which did constitute a quorum.
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