Fourth Candidate Enters Braintree School Committee Race

BRAINTREE, MA — Kelly Cobb-Lemire has taken out nomination papers, indicating she will run for School Committee. Cobb-Lemire is the fourth person to enter a race that includes incumbent Thomas Devin and challengers Karla Morast and James Daiute. There will be at least once open seat to fill in November's town election since School Committee chair Lisa Fiske Heger is running for mayor.

As of Monday, Aug. 26, here's who's taken out nomination papers for Braintree's town election on Nov. 5. All town council seats are two-year terms, while all other positions have four-year terms The asterisks indicate incumbents:

Mayor

• Lisa Fiske Heger
• Thomas Bowes
• Charles Kokoros
• Thomas Reynolds

Town Council

• At-large - Shannon Hume*
• At-large - David Ringius
• At-large - Charles Ryan*
• District 1 - Julia Flaherty
• District 1 - John McKinley
• District 2 - John Mullaney
• District 3 - Donna Connors
• District 3 - Shawn Cody
• District 3 - Joseph Lydon
• District 4 - Stephen O'Brien*
• District 5 - Meredith Boericke
• District 5 - Anthony Preston
• District 6 - Gisca Bonhomme
• District 6 - Timothy Carey*
• District 6- Lawrence Mackin Jr.

School Committee

• Thomas Devin*
• James Daiute
• Karla Psaros
• Kelly Cobb-Lemire

Library Trustee

• Laura Colpus*
• Patricia Pilgrim*
• Ann Toland*
• Christian Vanderslice*
• John Pelose

Housing Authority

• Marta Googins*
• Michael Guerriero
• Matthew Sterling

The deadline for mayor candidates to pick up nomination papers has already passed. For all other positions, the deadline is 5 p.m., Sept. 13. Braintree's town election is Nov. 5., but for the mayor race, there will also be preliminary elections Sept. 17 to narrow the field to two candidates.