Falmouth Election Results: ICYMI

FALMOUTH, MA — Falmouth builder Doug Brown hammered home a victory in Thursday's special election for a Board of Selectmen seat. Brown beat three other candidates, capturing 50 percent of the vote.

Brown replaces Ralph Herbst, who resigned in June due to health reasons. Herbst only served a month, as he was elected in May in Falmouth's annual town election. Brown will finish Herbst's three-year term.

These were the the vote totals Thursday:

• Doug Brown: 3,472
• Marc Finneran: 2,125
• William Dynan: 746
• Sheila Travers: 390

Also on Thursday, voters rejected a plan to buy the Coonamessett Inn and turn it into a senior center. The vote was 4,631 to 1,086. The votes were held the same day as the state primary:

Falmouth State Primary Results 2016

This story was first published Sept. 8, 2016