Wiscasset selectmen’s seats go to incumbents

School committee seats go to Dunn, Putnam
Tue, 06/14/2016 - 10:45pm

Incumbents won all three seats up for election to the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen Tuesday. In unofficial results at the polls, current board chairman Ben Rines Jr. received 493 votes; Selectman Judy Colby, 450; Selectman Jeff Slack, who ran as a write-in, 92 votes; write-in candidate Bryan Buck, 68; and other write-ins, lesser amounts.

“Thank you to everyone who voted for me. I really appreciate it,” Colby said after results were announced at Wiscasset Community Center. “And I will work hard for the townspeople of Wiscasset.”

All the selectmen’s seats were for two-year terms. The board is set to make its next picks for chairman and vice chairman at a 5 p.m., Thursday, June 16, meeting at the municipal building.

School Committee member Michael Dunn, with 502 votes, and write-in candidate Jason Putnam, with 48, each won a three-year term on the committee. Dunn was the only candidate on the ballot. Chairman Steve Smith did not seek re-election.