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She added, “He contributed a lot; his voice will be missed.”
Federspiel said Anselme resigned because he is moving out of town, and his resignation was effective at midnight on June 30. The TAB has reached out to Anselme for comment.
The School Committee put out a public notice Thursday calling for applicants to fill the vacancy until the next town election in May 2022. Candidates must be registered Brookline voters and are asked to submit a letter of interest and resume by noon on Thursday, July 22.
The School Committee and Select Board will conduct remote interviews jointly on Monday, July 26 at 7 p.m., and Federspiel said the School Committee hopes to vote on a new appointee by July 28.
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Dimitry Anselme stepped down from the committee recently, and now the committee is looking to fill his position. (Brookline Interactive Group)
BROOKLINE, MA A Brookline School Committee member has stepped down, and now the committee is looking to fill his place.
Dimitry Anselme announced he was stepping down from the committee June 30. I wasn t expecting it, School Committee Chairperson Suzanne Federspiel said. We will dearly miss him. He was a tremendous voice on the committee, we are sad to see him go.
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The results are in: Bernard Greene will serve another term as Brookline Select Board member, joined by newcomer Dr. Miriam Aschkenasy. Aschkenasy will succeed incumbent Nancy Heller, who was not re-elected Tuesday.
Aschkenasy led the pack with 3,518 votes, followed by Greene with 3,315, Heller with 3,171, Zoe Lynn with 2,731 and Donelle O Neal with 915. Brookline saw slightly higher voter turnout this year than in 2020, with 7,453 of the town s 39,790 registered voters 18.73% either heading to the polls or mailing in a ballot. Last year s turnout was 17.5%.
Heller and Greene, the current Select Board chair, have both served on the board since 2015.
They met with stiff competition in their campaigns for re-election, especially after the Gerald Alston discrimination case once again made headlines just a week before the election. The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the town had unjustly fired Alston, a Brookline firefighter, after he reported racism in the wor
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Each year the town holds annual elections on the first Tuesday in May. This year s election will be held May 4. (Patch Graphic)
BROOKLINE, MA Each year the town holds annual elections on the first Tuesday in May. This year s election will be held May 4.
There are several contested races to watch, including a two-way race for Town Moderator. Five people are vying to fill two open seats on the Select Board, and there s also a two-way race for an open seat on the School Committee. All but three of Brookline s 16 precincts have races for Town Meeting members. There are also two ballot questions this year.