BY
MATT SCHOOLEY
With one wave of elections
and town meetings concluded
around the state, Bow residents
will be asked to file for 11 open
seats on this year’s ballot in
May.
The School Board and Budget
Committee will both have
two three-year seats to be filled,
with candidates vying for one
open spot in the other nine races.
Budget Committee seats are currently
filled by Peter Cheney and
George Lagos, and Deb McCann
and Anne Baier on the School
Board.
Candidates can also apply to
fill a three-year seat on the Board
of Selectmen, currently held by
Harry Judd.
Both the town and school
moderator positions are up for
election, a two-year term on the
town side and a three-year position
for the school.
Other open positions include
three years as trustee of trust
funds, six years as supervisor of
checklist, five years as library
trustee, four years as library
trustee, three years as school
treasurer and three years as
school clerk.
Residents will have until Friday, April 4, to file for the open
positions. Applications are being
accepted at the Town Clerk’s
office from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Election Day in Bow is Tuesday,
May 13, from 7 a.m. to 7
p.m., at the Community Building.
Town Meeting takes place
the Wednesday, May 14, at 7
p.m., at Bow High School.
The Budget Committee
will hold a public hearing on
Wednesday, April 9, at 7 p.m. in
the Bow Memorial School music
room.
During last year’s Town
Meeting, voters approved a 6.4
percent cut from the proposed
budget, which led to cuts in several
areas, including shutting off
the majority of the streetlights
in town.
At the meeting, then newly
elected Selectman Tom Keane
proposed an amendment to cut
the budget from $8.1 million to
$7.7 million. The amendment
passed 128-60, and several areas
in town took hits in order to
get the budget to meet Keane’s
amended level.