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The Egremont Democratic Committee invites residents to learn more about the annual town election candidates during Candidates & Cookies at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 29, at the French Park Pavilion. Committee members will be giving out prewrapped, homemade cookies.
Candidates attending and the offices they are running for include Stephen Lyle, Planning Board; Stephen Cohen, moderator; Francine Groener, assessor; Margaret Muskrat, Library trustee; and Juliette Haas, town clerk.
Face masks and social distancing will be required. This event will be held rain or shine.
RSVP is requested by emailing Alyson Slutzky, Egremont Democratic Committee chairwoman, at gummo18@gmail.com.
The Egremont Democratic Committee will hold a nominating caucus for the May 11 annual town election at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 24, via Zoom. The meeting will be open for one hour.
The purpose of this caucus is to choose candidates to endorse for the following town offices: Moderator, one year; town clerk, one year; Selectman, three years; library trustee, three years; cemetery commissioner, three years; Planning Board member, five years; tree warden, one year; and assessor, three years.
All Egremont residents who are registered Democrats are encouraged to vote at this caucus. Because the meeting is on Zoom, the voting will not be confidential. Details of caucus rules can be found at massdems.org.