Voter Turnout Weak for Majority of Town Elections

Bourne Bridge in Cape Cod at Sunset

In Bourne, 7.8% of the town’s registered voters cast ballots in the town election.

Those 11-hundred-and-2 voters opted for a new look for the Planning Board but returned all incumbents seeking re-election.

Elizabeth Brown, Jeanne Azarovitz, and Sandra Goldstein, are the newly-elected members of the Bourne Planning Board.

Lighthouse At Falmouth Against Sky

In Falmouth, 30% of the town’s registered voters cast ballots in the town election.

Those voters approved spending $9.5 million for a new senior center. Incumbent Selectmen Samuel Patterson and Susan Moran retained their seats.

Winning three seats on the School Committee were incumbent Terry Medeiros and newcomers Meghan Cummings Fleck and Andrea Thorrold.

In Mashpee, incumbents fared well in the town election as 14% of the registered voters took the time to fill out ballots.

Andrew Gottlieb, 54, and John Cahalane, 70, were re-elected to the Board of Selectmen.

School Committee incumbent Christopher Santos was re-elected. Nicole Bartlett was also elected to the School Committee, winning the seat that will be vacated by Scott McGee who did not seek re-election.

Mashpee voters overwhelmingly approved a near $10.5 million debt exclusion for improvements to the Quashnet Elementary School.

Scenic walkway

In Yarmouth, the town election brought out 13.7% of the registered voters.

Those voters approved a Proposition 2½ override of $570,000 that allows the town to pay its portion of the Dennis-Yarmouth School District budget which totals $31.8 million.

Yarmouth voters elected Mark Forest to the Board of Selectmen over opponents Joe Glynn and Jane Hibber.

For School Committee, incumbent Andrea St. Germain won re-election and Phil Morris defeated incumbent Michelle Conover.

Saquatucket Harbor Aerial: Harwich, Massachusetts

In Harwich, 16.5% of the town’s registered voters decided the course the town will take in the near future, casting ballots for selectmen’s races and a debt exclusion for Saquatucket Harbor construction projects.

Voters elected Larry Ballentine to the Board of Selectmen, a position he had previously held. Donald Howell was elected to the other open position on the board.

Harwich voters also said yes to a $3 million debt exclusion for the improvements to Saquatucket Harbor which includes a new maintenance building, ticket office, boardwalk, and harbormaster’s office.

 Also receiving approval from voters; a $9 million debt exclusion for a new wastewater system that includes a connector with Chatham.

Massachusetts, Orleans, Nausea Beach and coastline

In Orleans, 34% of the town’s registered voters elected Mefford Runyon and David Currier to 3-year terms on the Board of Selectmen.

Voters also approved several debt exclusion issues;  $13.5 million for a public works garage and $3 million for water quality and wastewater planning. Voters also approved an expenditure of $870,000 to demolish the Tri-Town Septage building and the town’s portion of a feasibility study to renovate Nauset Regional High School – roughly $340,000.

Twilight at Paines Creek Brewster Massachusetts

Turnout in Brewster for the town election was 7%.

Those voters approved a debt exclusion to borrow about $368,000 to pay for the town’s part of a study for renovating Nauset Regional High School.

Voters also approved a nonbinding referendum directing Governor Charlie Baker to employ all means available to ensure spent nuclear fuel from the Pilgrim plant be placed in secure casks as soon as technically possible.

There were no contested races in town.








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