Hull voters are invited to the League of Women Voters Candidates Night on Thursday, May 1, at 7 p.m. in the Exhibition Room of Hull High School. All candidates on the ballot for the May 19 election have been invited.

The format follows the standard set by the League of Women Voters, designed to give candidates equal time and an opportunity to present their qualifications. Each candidate will make a two-minute statement, beginning with offices that are uncontested. Candidates in contested races will answer questions posed by the moderator, as long as at least two candidates in the race appear at the forum. All running for a contested seat will be asked the same questions, rotating turns and limited to one minute.

On the ballot this year are incumbent select board members Irwin Nesoff and Brian McCarthy, who are being challenged by Christopher Niland (voters will choose two for three-year terms); incumbent Liliana Hedrick, former member Ernest Minelli IV, and Brendan Kilroe are seeking the two three-year terms on the school committee, while Linda Hetue is challenging incumbent Courtney Littlefield for the one-year seat.

Abby Rose Klieman and Edwin Parsons are seeking a five-year seat on the planning board. Incumbent housing authority member Kathleen Bogdan will face Lisa Boretti for a five-year term, while Nichole Londergan is unopposed for the three-year slot on the board, which manages the McTighe Manor housing complex on Atlantic House Court and the apartments on C & D Streets at Central Avenue.

Other unopposed candidates not currently in office are Chandelle Schulte for the three-year planning board seat and DJ Simon for a three-year position on the board of library trustees. Six incumbents are unopposed – Moderator George Boylen, Town Clerk Lori West, Assessor Richard Morris, light commissioners Daniel Ciccariello and Thomas Burns, and library trustee Alice Sloan.

Questions for the May 1 forum have been vetted and selected by a League-trained moderator, Elizabeth Foster-Nolan, immediate past president of the LWV of Massachusetts. The forum will be livestreamed and rebroadcast on Hull Community Television and available for on-demand viewing at hulltv.net.
The League of Women Voters is a non-partisan political organization; it does not support or oppose candidates or political parties. The League encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

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