Taverna re-elected, Green wins second select board seat; incumbents defeated on light board, planning board

[Unofficial results provided by the Hull Town Clerk]

By Christopher Haraden

Select board member Jerry Taverna was elected to a second term and Susan Short Green won the open seat on the board, according to unofficial election results released by the town clerk.

Voters also elected challengers on the light board and planning board, choosing Mark Kohn over Pat Cannon on the municipal light board and Lisa French over Jeanne Paquin on the planning board.

A total of 4,272 voters cast ballots on Monday.

Green was the top vote-getter in the select board race, earning 1,031 votes, while Taverna was second with 972. Patricia Cormier finished with 872, Michael Sampson with 407, and Christopher Niland with 300.

In the contest for the municipal light board, incumbent Jacob Vaillancourt topped the balloting with 1,249 votes, followed by Kohn with 1,225 and Cannon, a longtime member of the board, with 866.

Paquin, the current chair of the planning board, lost to French, 945-940. On the redevelopment authority, C. Anne Murray was unopposed for an open seat and Charles Richardson fended off a write-in challenge from Susan Vermilya to be elected to the three-year term.

Incumbent school committee members Courtney Littlefield and Aleeza Hagerty were re-elected, despite a challenge from former member Ernest Minelli.

Check this week’s edition of The Hull Times for full election results.


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