WESTBOROUGH – Candidates for elected office in the town will take part in a Candidates Forum sponsored by the Westborough Democratic Town Committee.
The event is scheduled for Sunday, March 5, at 6 p.m.
The event will be virtual as was done in the two previous years. Please RSVP via www.mobilize.us/candidateforum/event/550784/ for this event for viewing details and for information on submitting questions. Information will also be available at https://westboroughtv.org/ prior to the forum.
Candidates for Select Board, School Committee, town clerk, town moderator, Trustees of Library, Planning Board and Trustees of Soldiers Memorial have been invited.
The election will take place on March 14. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the high school.
“This is a great opportunity to hear from those candidates seeking your vote in March and to ask questions of the candidates,” said Kate Donaghue, chair of the sponsoring group. “We very much appreciate the citizens who serve the town so generously and who take the time to meet with voters at Candidates Forum.”
The Westborough Democratic Town Committee sponsors this event every year as a service to the town and to encourage voters to become participants in the election process.
“Democracy is not a spectator sport,” said Donaghue.
There are contested races for School Committee and Library Board of Trustees. Paula Mathieu, Jakub Moskal and Sarah Shamsuddin are candidates for School Committee. Debra Cushman, Michael Karp, Dot Mello and Julia Rissmiller are all candidates for library trustees. Jeanine Mindrum and Ciaran O’Donnell are both running for a one-year term as a library trustee.
A number of candidates are unopposed: Ian Johnson for Select Board; Hazel Nourse and John Gelcich for Planning Board; John Arnold for town moderator; Deborah Ledoux for town clerk; Brian Corcoran for Trustees of Soldiers Memorial.
No one pulled papers for the Trustees of Soldiers Memorial’s three-year seat (non-veteran).
The Westborough Democratic Town Committee is the local organization of the Democratic Party. For more information on the town committee or the Candidates Forum, please contact Donaghue at 508-404-8531 or by email at KateDonaghue@aol.com.
In addition, the Westborough Public Library invites the public to meet the candidates for Board of Library Trustees on Wednesday, March 1, from 7 to 8 p.m. at the library.