By MAUREEN DOHERTY
NORTH READING — The number of potential candidates seeking to be elected to local boards and committees remains at nine. As of press time, no additional candidates had pulled nomination papers.
2025 TOWN ELECTIVE OFFICES
The elective offices on the May 6 Town Election ballot are:
• Town Moderator, 1-year term – vote for one. (Incumbent is John Murphy.)
• Select Board, 3-year term – vote for two. (Incumbents are Liane Gonzalez and Richard Wallner.)
• School Committee, 3-year term – vote for two. (Incumbents are Jeffrey Friedman and Noelle Rudloff.)
• Community Planning Commission (CPC), 3-year term – vote for two. (Incumbents are David Rudloff and Warren Pearce.)
• Community Planning Commission (CPC), 2-year term – vote for one (to fill a vacancy created after Ryan Carroll moved from town last fall.)
• Housing Authority, 5-year term – vote for one. (Incumbent is Michele Mawn.)
All candidates have until Tuesday, March 18 at 5 p.m. to submit their nomination papers to the Town Clerk’s Office for any town elective office. At least 50 certified town-wide signatures are required (per MGL c53, §7). Town Clerk Susan Duplin recommends that all candidates obtain more than 50 signatures in case some of those signatures are not certifiable.
To date, the following residents have pulled nomination papers.
Town Moderator
• Incumbent Town Moderator John J. Murphy (1-year term)
Select Board
• Incumbent Select Board member Richard Wallner, 57 Lakeside Blvd. (3-year term)
• First time Select Board office seeker Jeffrey Griffin, 31 Abbott Road (3-year term). Griffin will finish his first term as a member of the Community Planning Commission in May.
• First time Select Board office seeker Michael Scarlata, 240 Martins Landing, U102, (3-year term). Scarlata is the Republican State Committeeman for the First Essex and Middlesex District, to which he was elected in the March 2024 Presidential Primary.
• First time Select Board office seeker Catherine Morrin, 29 Park St. (3-year term)
School Committee
• Incumbent School Committee member Jeffrey Friedman, 51 Lindor Rd. (3-year term)
• Incumbent School Committee member Noelle Rudloff, 29 Duane Drive (3-year term)
Community Planning Commission
• Incumbent Community Planning Commission member Warren Pearce, 219 Haverhill St. (3-year term)
• Incumbent interim Community Planning Commission member Edward Sheehan, 5 Brassie Way (2-year term). Sheehan is running for the remaining two-year term on the seat formerly held by Ryan Carroll, who moved from town.
Other important dates in the election season include the deadline for a candidate to file a withdrawal from inclusion on the ballot or for anyone to file objections to nomination papers filed with the Town Clerk’s Office, which is Thursday, April 3 at 5 p.m. (MGL c53, §11).
Additionally, the deadline to register to vote in the Tuesday, May 6 Town Election is Saturday, April 26 at 5 p.m. (MGL c39, §10). The Town Clerk’s Office will be open from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. on deadline day, per state law, or voters may check their status and register to vote online via the state’s website at https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ovr/ by the deadline.
Those with any questions about any aspect of the Town Election may contact the Town Clerk’s Office for more information at www.northreadingma.gov/town-clerk/pages/voting-elections or call 978-357-5230.