BY DARRELL HALEN

At least three people are interested in filling a vacant seat on the Pelham Board of Selectmen.

Brian O’Hearn, school district moderator Ken Dunne, and former Selectman William McDevitt have applied to be appointed to the seat that Ed Gleason vacated on Oct. 9.

Selectmen will choose Gleason’s successor. The candidates for the position will be interviewed at the board’s Tuesday, Nov. 6 meeting.

Gleason announced that he was stepping down because his goals and objectives couldn’t be reached in the “current environment,” and that they may have been contributing to disharmony on the board and with the town’s Budget Committee. Selectmen said they were surprised by his decision.

The person who is chosen to replace Gleason will serve out the remaining four months of his term, which was set to expire in March.

The appointment will mark the second time this year that someone has been put on the board to fill a vacancy. In June, Tom Domenico, who moved to North Easton, Mass., with his family, was replaced by former Budget Committee member Doug Viger.