Breton Elected Selectmen Chairman

Bruce Breton was elected chairman of the Board of Selectmen on Monday night.

The motion to nominate Breton as chairman was made by Roger Hohenberger and seconded by Phil LoChiatto. According to LoChiatto, the final vote was 3-2, with Hohenberger, LoChiatto and Breton voting in favor and Kathleen DiFruscia and Ross McLeod voting against.

DiFruscia then made a motion to nominate McLeod as vice chairman, which passed unanimously.

McLeod and Breton swapped positions from the ones that they held in 2011. 

The School Board also held its organizational meeting on Monday, electing Bruce Anderson as its new chairman, according to board member Stephanie Wimmer. She said Michelle Farrell was elected as vice chairman.

With two new members and two second-year members this year, Anderson is by far the longest tenured member of the school board, serving since 2004. He has held the position of chairman before, the last time in 2010. 

Anderson served as vice chairman in 2011. Ed Gallgher, who served as chairman, stepped down this year along with fellow board member Jeff Bostic.