Get a Sneak Peak of Thursday's Town Election Ballots

Voters in both Hamilton and Wenham will choose three members of the Hamilton-Wenham Regional School Committee on Thursday. Additionally, voters in Hamilton will select two members of the Hamilton Board of Selectmen and a in Wenham voters will choose one member of its three-member Board of Selectmen.

Hamilton polls are open 7 a.m.-8 p.m. at Winthrop Elementary School.

The Wenham polls are open from 7 a.m.- 8 p.m. at Wenham Town Hall. This is a change in both date and location for Wenham voters, who had traditionally voted at Buker Elementary School on the Saturday morning before the Annual Town Meeting.

This year marks the first time that polls are open on the same day and at the same time in both towns.

The four candidates for three three-year terms on the School Committee are Jeanise Bertrand, Richard Boroff, Deborah Evans and Melissa Even Moore. All School Commitee candidates run at-large and all four candidates are on the ballot in both towns. Three incumbents, Kym Donnellan, Anne Minois and Larry Swartz are all not seeking reelection.

Voters in both towns will also be asked to approve a Proposition 2-1/2 debt exclusion override for each town's share of the cost of construction for the new Essex North Shore Agriculural and Technical High School that is now under construction in Danvers.

Hamilton voters will also elect two members of its Board of Selectmen for three-years terms. Marc Johnson is seeking reelection and the other candidates are William "Bill" Dery, Jacob "Jack" Hauck and Scott Maddern.

Wenham voters will elect one member of the Board of Selectmen. Incumbent Mary "Molly" Martins is facing John "Jack" Wilhelm.

The remaining positions on the ballot in both towns are unchallenged. In Hamilton, that includes a one-year term as town moderator, a three-year term on the Board of Assessors, two five-year terms on the Planning Board, one position for the remaining three-years of an unexpired term on the Planning Board and a three-year term on the Hamilton-Wenham Library Board of Trustees.

In Wenham, there's a one-year term as moderator, a one-year term as town clerk, three-year term as assessor, five-year term on the Planning Board, one-year term as tree warden, three-year term on the Board of Health, three-year term as a Cemetery Commissioner, one-year of an unexpired term on the Cemetery Commission, three-year term as water commissioner and three-year term on the Hamilton-Wenham Library Board of Trustees. Nobody is running for a five-year term on the Wenham Housing Authority.

A copy of both ballots is attached to this story as a PDF.