Meet the candidates at Wellesley’s League of Women Voters forum

The League of Women Voters of Wellesley will hold a forum on Thursday, February 26 at 7pm in the Wakelin Room of the Wellesley Free Library for voters to meet the candidates for elected office on the slate for the Tuesday, March 3 Town of Wellesley election. Retiring Town board members will also be recognized and honored.

Wellesley votes next week for town-wide positions such as Library Trustees, Board of Public Works, and School Committee. Harriet Warshaw and incumbent Neil Glick have the distinction of running the only contested race, that for the single spot currently open for the Planning Board.

Polls are open on voting day from 7am – 8 pm.

In addition to casting their ballots for the movers and shakers that make this town run,  voters will be asked to decide on one ballot question regarding the North 40, which reads as follows:

“Shall the Town of Wellesley be allowed to exempt from the provisions of Proposition two-and-one-half, so called, the amounts required to pay for the bonds issued in order to fund the costs associated with the purchase of the property at 156 Weston Road, commonly known and referred to as the “North 40” consisting of approximately 46 acres more or less?”

If the “ayes” have it, the town will move forward with the purchase of the North 40 from current owner Wellesley College, good news to those who use that area for gardening and trails walking, as well as those who are in favor of preserving half the property as open space.  If voters take a pass, the property will become available to other buyers.

Here’s the list of of positions and the people who want to be voted in:

March 3, 2015 Candidates There is one contested race for town wide positions on the ballot – Planning Board. Position March 3, 2015 Annual Town Election Board of Selectmen THREE YEAR TERM,TWO Seats Jack Morgan Marjorie Freiman          Board of Assessors       THREE YEAR TERM, One Seat Arthur Garrity, Incumbent Board of Health THREE YEAR TERM, One Seat Marcia Testa Simonson, Incumbent Housing Authority                  FIVE YEAR TERM, One Seat Vincent DeVito Library Trustees THREE YEAR TERM, Two Seats Diane Savage Maura Murphy Moderator ONE YEAR TERM, one seat Margaret Ann Metzger, Incumbent Natural Resources THREE YEAR TERM, TWO seats Stephen G. Murphy, Incumbent Heidi Gross, Incumbent Planning Board FIVE YEAR TERM, One Seat Harriet Warshaw Neal Glick, incumbent Board of Public Works THREE YEAR TERM, One Seat David Donohue, Incumbent Recreation Commission THREE YEAR TERM, Two Seats Eugene Trip Sheehan, incumbent Mark Wolfson ONE YEAR TERM, One Seat Matthew McKay, incumbent School Committee THREE YEAR TERM, Two Seats Sharon Gray Anthony Bent Town Clerk                           THREE YEAR TERM, one seat                              Kathleen Nagle, Incumbent