By DAN TOMASELLO
LYNNFIELD — A former town official is looking to serve a three-year term on the Board of Library Trustees.
Former Planning Board Co-Chair Alan Dresios took out nomination papers for a three-year term on the Board of Library Trustees on Friday, Jan. 31. In addition to serving on the Planning Board for a number of years, Dresios has also served on the Board of Selectmen and the Conservation Commission.
Dresios joins Center Village resident Karin Round as the two candidates running for three-year terms on the Board of Library Trustees. Round returned her nomination papers to the Town Clerk’s Office on Thursday, Jan. 30, and they were certified.
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. The rematch of the April 2024 Town Election features School Committee Chair Kristen Grieco Elworthy, School Committee Vice Chair Jenny Sheehan and Winchester Drive resident Kimberly Baker Donahue running for two seats on the school board that both have three-year terms. Elworthy and Sheehan were elected to one-year terms on the School Committee last year.
Sheehan returned her nomination papers to the Town Clerk’s Office on Tuesday, Jan. 28, and they have been certified. Elworthy has also returned her papers, and they were certified.
Select Board Chair Dick Dalton is running for a fourth three-year term. He recently returned his nomination papers to the Town Clerk’s Office, and they have been 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 looking to serve 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.
Housing Authority Board of Commissioners member John Nunziato pulled nomination papers on Friday, Jan. 24. He is running for a second five-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.