By Christopher Haraden

Voters will head to the polls on Monday, May 19 to cast their ballots in Hull’s annual town election, choosing among 21 candidates for 16 seats on boards ranging from the school committee to the planning board to the town’s top elected body, the select board.

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Hull High School, 180 Main St. For a sample ballot, see page 3 of this edition.

Many candidates are running unopposed – which has resulted in a relatively quiet election cycle – although there are contested races for select board, school committee, planning board, and housing authority. Unlike many South Shore cities and towns, Hull does not have a Proposition 2-1/2 override or debt-exclusion question on its spring ballot.

Christopher P. Niland is looking to unseat one of the incumbents, Irwin Nesoff or Brian McCarthy, for one of the two three-year positions on the select board. There are three seats available on the school committee – two three-year terms and a one-year unexpired term. Incumbent Liliana Hedrick, former committee member Ernest Minelli IV, and Brendan Kilroe are seeking the three-year terms, while Linda Hetue is challenging incumbent Courtney Littlefield for the one-year seat.

Abby Rose Klieman and Edwin Parsons will face off for the five-year term on the planning board, while Chandelle Schulte is unopposed for the three-year planning board seat.

Incumbent housing authority member Kathleen Bogdan is being challenged by 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.

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. DJ Simon is the running for the second available three-year seat on the board of library trustees.

To hear directly from the candidates, the League of Women Voters 2025 Candidates Forum is available on demand at Hull Community Television’s website, https://hulltv.net/?s=candidate.

Results will be announced as soon as the votes are counted at the high school. If you voted by mail, you can check the status of your ballot at www.sec.state.ma.us/WhereDoIVoteMA/TrackMyBallot.