Four Westborough Incumbents Seek Re-Election at March 5 Ballot

Incumbent Selectman Timothy Dodd will seek a third 3-year term in March.

Dodd is among four incumbents who have taken out nomination papers to get on the Tuesday, March 5 annual town ballot, Town Clerk Nancy Yendriga said today.

School committee members Stephen Doret and Bruce Tretter, and Library Trustee Helena Engberg also have taken out papers, which became available Monday. Each term is for three years.

Residents have until 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11 to take out papers. The deadline for filing papers signed by 50 registered voters with Yendriga for certification is 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15.

Ten offices are on the ballot: three 3-year terms on the trustees of the Westborough Public Library; two 2-year terms each on the board of selectmen and the school committee; a five-year term on the planning board; a five-year term on the Westborough Housing Authority; and a three-year term on the Westborough Housing Authority.

Doret was first appointed to the school committee in 2006, and was first elected in 2007.

Tretter was first elected to the school board in 2001.

Engberg was first appointed to the Trustees of the Westborough Public Library in 1999, and was first elected in 2000.

Also eligible for re-election are: Selectman Leigh Emery; Library Trustees Karen Griegal and Geralyn Kohler; Westborough Planning Board member Joanne Mallozzi; and Westborough Housing Authority members Julie Pappazsis (five years) and Charles Naples (three years).