UpdatedWed, Jun 23, 2021 at 1:43 am ET
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Louis Gitto was the choice of Stoughton voters defeating Mark Zamanian 702-506. (courtesy of Louis Gitto)
STOUGHTON, MA Stoughton residents elected a familiar face to the select board in Tuesday s special town election.
Louis Gitto will return to the select board after defeating Mark Zamanian 702 votes to 506, according to unofficial results. Gitto has served in town government in several roles over nearly 50 years. That experience includes three terms as a selectman and also serving as a member of the redevelopment authority, finance committee, planning board and master planning committee.
Gitto in his campaign identified getting a new fire station as the town s most important issue. He said the current station on Central Street has been In deplorable shape for a decade or more.
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Two familiar faces will serve on the Stoughton Select Board as former selectman Scott Carrara and current Chair Steve Cavey won seats in the Annual Town Election Tuesday, April 6.
Carrara topped the ticket with 814 votes, with Cavey tallying 729. Finance Committee member Dave Lurie followed with 626 and former state Senate candidate Jarred Rose had 552. There were 371 blank ballots cast.
In all, 7.5 percent of registered voters cast ballots.
Cavey returns for a third term
Although Cavey was grateful for the win, he lamented the low voter turnout.
“Eight percent of the registered voters of Stoughton turned out yesterday,” Cavey said. “That’s a really bad percentage, and it’s dangerous for the democracy of our town. People’s interests are not being recognized.”