Updated July 22
Malinowski elected to Pittston Select Board
A special election also took place in Richmond, with a citizen s petition to amend the Land Use Ordinance to allow individual well and septic systems for developments defeated at the polls.
Kerri Malinowski
Malinowski, 47, received 114 votes in a special election Tuesday, defeating 31-year-old Adam Towle, who garnered 59 votes. Tim Lawrence received three write-in votes.
A total of 176 voters turned out to decide who would take over for Kimball, who resigned the position in May after less than a year on the job.
RICHMOND
In Richmond, a special referendum vote to amend the town’s Land Use Ordinance failed by a 208-173 margin. A total of 383 votes were cast, with two ballots left blank.
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Pittston forgoing in-person Town Meeting, to conduct referendum budget vote
The town is planning a Zoom public hearing at 1 p.m. Saturday to address the 2021 spending plan and answer questions about the voting process this year.
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PITTSTON Town residents will decide on the next budget through a referendum vote, not at the traditional Town Meeting, this year.
Last year, Pittston delayed its budget vote until July because of the coronavirus pandemic. The delay meant the town wasn’t able to operate on its 2020-2021 budget until voters approved it about four months after the budget year began.
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Not wanting to scrape by again, Pittston’s Select Board opted to conduct its budget vote in March, even if the ongoing coronavirus pandemic would make having an in-person Town Meeting challenging.