By DAN TOMASELLO
LYNNFIELD — Another incumbent pulled nomination papers for the April Town Election last week.
Housing Authority Board of Commissioners member John Nunziato took out papers on Friday, Jan. 24. He is running for a second five-year term.
The only seat that currently does not have a candidate running is one of the two seats on the Board of Library Trustees that has a three-year term. Center Village resident Karin Round recently pulled nomination papers for a three-year term on the Board of Library Trustees. While Library Trustee Richard Mazzola recently informed the community that he is not running for re-election, Library Trustee Faith Honer-Coakley has yet to announce whether she is running once again.
A three-candidate race for School Committee currently headlines the April 8 Town Election. School Committee Chair Kristen Grieco Elworthy, School Committee Vice Chair Jenny Sheehan and Winchester Drive resident Kimberly Baker Donahue are running for two seats on the school board that both have three-year terms. The race is a rematch of the April 2024 Town Election, which is when Elworthy and Sheehan were elected to one-year terms on the School Committee.
Elworthy returned her nomination papers to the Town Clerk’s Office on Tuesday, Jan. 21, and they have been certified.
Select Board Chair Dick Dalton is running for a fourth three-year. He recently returned his nomination papers to the Town Clerk’s Office, and they were certified.
Planning Board member Ed Champy took out nomination papers on Tuesday, Jan. 14. He is running for a second five-year term.
Town Moderator Steve Walsh pulled nomination papers on Tuesday, Jan. 7, and is running for a second one-year term. He was elected as town moderator during the April 2024 Town Election, and succeeded former Town Moderator Joe Markey.
Board of Assessors member Richard O’Neil Jr. took out papers on Jan. 10, and is looking to serve another three-year term.
Town Clerk Amanda Haggstrom stated in the candidates’ guide for the Town Election that office hopefuls will need to receive a minimum of 50 signatures from registered voters in order to have their name appear on the ballot.
“Be sure to submit more than the required number, 50, for certification so you do not fall short in the event of signatures not certified,” Haggstrom stated. “All signatures and addresses must be legible and written substantially as registered. If the voter’s signature is illegible, you may ask them to print their name next to the signature. The law allows a voter to insert or omit a middle name or initial and still have the signature deemed valid.”
The last day to submit nomination papers is Tuesday, Feb. 18 at 5 p.m. The last day for candidates to have their name removed from the municipal ballot is Thursday, March 6 at 5 p.m.
Due to the $63.5 million public safety buildings and Town Hall project, the Town Clerk’s Office has been relocated to the Senior Center/Lynnfield Public Schools Central Office, 525 Salem St. The Town Election will take place on Tuesday, April 8.
For more information about the April Town Election, residents can visit https://www.town.lynnfield.ma.us/town-clerk/pages/running-office-lynnfield.