HUDSON Election season is heating up, with two familiar faces pulling nomination papers to serve on the Board of Selectmen.
Dandrick “Ricky” Gelin and Shawn Sadowski have each taken out papers. Incumbents Joseph Durant and John Parent have not pulled papers as of last week, said Town Clerk Joan Wordell.
Sadowski a member of the Finance Committee for the past three years and also a member of the Packard Street Reuse Committee plans to be a voice for working-class residents, if elected.
“I noticed there wasn’t a true representation of the working class of this town,” said Sadowski, a machinist for more than three decades.
HUDSON It will be a busy start to the new year for the Board of Selectmen.
Board members at their first meeting of 2021 on Monday are slated to schedule a public hearing to allow residents to share input on the board’s desire to change its name from Board of Selectmen to Select Board, begin the fiscal 2022 budget process and consider supporting the Hudson Cultural Alliance’s bid for a $200,000 grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council to purchase the armory.
Select Board?
The board in December requested Town Counsel Aldo Cipriano to look into how to make the change from Board of Selectmen to Select Board. Selectman John Parent suggested the change, saying it would send a positive message of inclusion to the community.
READING - Town Clerk Laura Gemme recently announced the start of the municipal election season as town citizens can now seek papers to declare their candidacy for office.
According to Gemme, nomination papers to qualify for April 6 elections are now available at her office. Pulling papers is the first step Reading residents must take in order to become a certified candidate on the municipal election ballot.
Candidates for elected offices must obtain at least fifty (50) certified signatures from registered voters to qualify for placement on the April 6th ballot, and at least 10 of those endorsements must come from residents within a would-be candidateâs own voting precinct.