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VOL. I NO. 10 12/15/2020

Local Elections 2021

Open seats in 2021

3-year terms: Moderator, Selectman, Board of Assessors, Board of Health, Tree Warden, Sewer and Water Commission

5-year terms: Planning Board, Planning Board, Housing Authority

Appointments: Finance Committee, Berkshire Regional Planning Commission — alternate

The current occupants of the seats are:

  1. Gary Johnston, Moderator
  2. Ernest (Chuckie) Cardillo, Selectman
  3. Gary Pitney, Chair, Board of Assessors
  4. Charles Kenny, Chair, Board of Health
  5. Peter Curtin, Tree Warden
  6. Donald Schneyer, Chair, Sewer and Water Commission
  7. Christine Rasmussen, Planning Board
  8. Gary Pitney, Planning Board
  9. James Welch, Housing Authority
  10. Jay Bikofsky, Chair, Finance Committee

Thank you all for your service.

These positions will appear on your ballot. The people currently in the seats may choose to run again or decline to run. All those wishing to run will submit nomination papers by April 28 with the requisite signatures. That earns them a place on the printed ballot.

Voters will familiarize themselves with the issues and learn where candidates stand. For example, with respect to Planning Board: are you in favor of more density or less? More development or less? A change in the Stockbridge Bylaws or not? Which candidate best represents your views? Stockbridge voters will then vote for candidates at the voting booth and will vote on the issues at Town Meeting.

Carole Owens, Managing Editor

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