With Milford 2023 Election Deadline Here, These Candidates Are In

MILFORD, MA — If you want to run in Milford's 2023 town election, Friday is your last chance.

The deadline to pull nomination papers to enter the spring election will come at the close of business Friday. After pulling papers, potential candidates have to gather 50 or more valid signatures from Milford voters to get on the ballot (30 signatures for Town Meeting candidates).

The deadline to turn in those signatures is Feb. 14 at 5 p.m., which will be the final cutoff to run in the spring election.

So far, the most crowded race is for two seats on the Milford School Committee. As of Thursday, five non-incumbents had pulled papers to run for two seats. No incumbents had pulled papers. There's also a four-candidate race — including one incumbent — for a single five-year term on the Milford Planning Board.

Here are the candidates who had pulled and returned papers as of Thursday. An (i) indicates an incumbent, and an asterisk indicates a candidate who had returned signatures.

Select Board (one 3-year term)

• Thomas O'Loughlin (i)*

Milford School Committee (two 3-year terms)

• Brendan Rickert
• Martin Montoya
• RJ Sheedy
• Wilfredo Vazquez Jr.
• Derrick Sobers

Town Moderator (one 3-year term)

• Michelangelo Bon Tempo (i)

Town Clerk (one 3-year term)

• Amy Hennessy Neves (i)*

Highway Surveyor (one 3-year term)

• Scott Crisafulli*

Tree Warden

• Charles Reneau (i)*

Planning Board

• Michael Visconti* (remainder of 3-year term)
• John Ted DePaolo Jr. (remainder 3-year term)
• Scott Vecchiolla* (5-year term)
• Christopher Wilson (5-year term)

Board of Health (one 3-year term)

• Leonard Izzo Sr. (i)*

Water Commissioner

• Jonathan Bruce* (2-year term)
• Philip Ciaramicoli* (3-year term)
• Jamie Luchini* (1-year term)

Sewer Commissioner (one 3-year term)

• Leonardo Morcone (i)*

Board of Assessors (one 3-year term)

• Steven Borges (i)

Board of Library Trustees (one 3-year term)

• Edward Bertorelli (i)*
• Mary Frances Best*
• Ann Ragosta (i)

Vernon Grove Trustee (one 3-year term)

• Scott Crisafulli (i)*

Parks Commission (one 3-year term)

• Paul Braza (i)*

In addition to those, the following Town Meeting candidates had pulled papers: Angelo Calagione, Lorraine Velez Mendez and Matthew Zacchilli (precinct 6); Douglas Rennie (precinct 3); Robert DeDominick (precinct 4); Mitchell Ruscitti (precinct 5); Donato Niro and Donald Francy (precinct 8); Kathryn Mastroianni and Jonathan R Capece (precinct 1); and Jane Casey (precinct 2).