Brad Morse (left) and David Hughes (right) are running for Water Commission
ROCHESTER It’s Election Day in Rochester, and the race is on.
Registered Rochester voters can vote from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Rochester Council on Aging.
There are three contested races in the election: Planning Board, Board of Health and Water Commission. But another four open positions in town government Moderator, Cemetery Commission and one of two seats on the Rochester Memorial School Committee have no candidates.
At Rochester Candidates Night on May 6, Selectman Woody Hartley encouraged residents to run for the open positions by way of write-in and “sticker” campaigns.
Brad Morse (left) and David Hughes (right) are running for Water Commission
Dennis McCarthy is one of three Planning Board candidates
ROCHESTER For some contests in Rochester’s Town Election, the race is on for others, the town has had a hard time getting candidates to the starting line.
The election is on May 26 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Rochester Council on Aging. Residents can also vote early by filling out a Vote By Mail application on townofrochestermass.com/town-clerk, or by voting early in person from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on weekdays at the town clerk’s office.
Aidan Pollard May 6, 2021
ROCHESTER Candidates for the Board of Health, Planning Board, ORR School Committee, Water Commission and Board of Assessors came out to Candidates Night on May 6.
Moderated by Selectman Woody Hartley, the event at the Rochester Council on Aging offered candidates for the May 26 Town Election an opportunity to state their platform and answer questions from the community.
Hartley started the night by noting there are three elected positions on the ballot with no official candidates: Moderator, Cemetery Commission and Rochester Memorial School Committee.
Hartley encouraged interested residents to launch write-in or “sticker” campaigns.
The first candidate speakers were Sarah Eby and incumbent Dale Barrows running for the Board of Health.
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The New York Times clip featuring Robertson. Photo Courtesy: Woody Hartley.
ROCHESTER Local 11-year-old Kelcey Robertson made the New York Times last week for his work fundraising for racially diverse books for his school’s library.
Robertson sold lettuce he was growing in his garden to buy the books, which he donated to Rochester Memorial School.
“He and his mom set up a produce stand in his front yard, and he spent the day selling greens that he had picked and bagged from his family garden,” Rochester School Committee chair Sharon Hartley said at a March 4 meeting. “And at the end of the day he’d raised $700.”