Mackay, Apteker unseat incumbents in New Salem election
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Modified: 5/4/2021 4:14:11 PM
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NEW SALEM Monday’s election was a day of overwhelming victories for challengers, as Hugh Mackay bested incumbent Jean Derderian for a three-year Selectboard seat and Susan Apteker unseated Jeff Lett from the Planning Board.
According to Town Clerk Stacy Senflug, Mackay notched 213 votes to Derderian’s 41, and Apteker recorded 164 to overcome Lett’s 77. Of the town’s 825 registered voters, 257 cast ballots, making for a 31 percent voter turnout.
Mackay said Tuesday morning that he expected to be sworn in before that night’s Selectboard meeting, which would be his first on the board.
Mackay, Apteker unseat incumbents in New Salem election
MACKAY
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NEW SALEM Monday’s election was a day of overwhelming victories for challengers, as Hugh Mackay bested incumbent Jean Derderian for a three-year Selectboard seat and Susan Apteker unseated Jeff Lett from the Planning Board.
According to Town Clerk Stacy Senflug, Mackay notched 213 votes to Derderian’s 41, and Apteker recorded 164 to overcome Lett’s 77. Of the town’s 825 registered voters, 257 cast ballots, making for a 31 percent voter turnout.
Mackay said Tuesday morning that he expected to be sworn in before that night’s Selectboard meeting, which would be his first on the board.
Times Past: March 5, 2021
Published: 3/4/2021 1:40:15 PM
Modified: 3/4/2021 1:40:12 PM
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Steven J. Caisse has been named Athol Daily News Circulation Manager. He comes to the Daily News from the Clinton Daily Item where he managed the circulation department. He started in circulation at the Daily News, working from 1984-1987.
■Curt Rand, director of community service for the Athol-Orange Area Rotary Club, recently presented citations recognizing two local organizations for service to family and community. Rand cited the child abuse prevention services provided by Valuing Our Children and the values-oriented sports programs sponsored by the Athol Area YMCA.
■Kindergarten children at Sanders Street School meet weekly with third-grade buddies. They read aloud and do related projects together.
Design must stabilize glacial till for Fisher Hill school expansion in Orange
Glacial till was discovered where there was expected to be ledge and engineers will have to devise a way to stabilize it while building an access road to Fisher Hill Elementary School that will serve as a second entry and exit route. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Modified: 2/24/2021 2:46:15 PM
ORANGE The Fisher Hill Elementary School project’s $45.7 million construction cost is expected to remain under budget after engineers devise a way to stabilize the glacial till so it doesn’t slide into the planned new school access road.
Martin Goulet of Hill International Inc., the company managing the project on behalf of the town, said an unforeseen issue arose when crew members cut into a hill. Glacial till was discovered where there was expected to be ledge. This means Raymond Design Associates, the architecture firm handling the project, must design the access road in a way that does not allow the till to s
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