Election Results

On Election Day, the weather was almost Spring-like but turned cool and overcast by late afternoon. Turnout was just under 500. Once again the tail has wagged the dog.

Toward late afternoon, a small celebration was held for retiring Moderator, Dennis Fowler. This is to be covered in a subsequent news story.

Town Results

Scott McDonald is the new Selectman, Alan Turcotte is the new Sewer Commissioner, and Chad Pelissier is the new Road Agent. Everyone else ran unopposed.

Selectmen
 Scott McDonald     285
    Robin Richards     162

Sewer Commissioner
 Alan Turcotte     349
   Karen Asselin     112

Road Agent
 Chad Pelissier   350
    Daniel Blais     137

For Budget Committee, Debra Carney (338), Bobbie Laflamme (304), Matthew Pitaro (279), and write-in Robin Richards (2) were elected to three-year terms.

Judy Silva (407) was elected as the next Moderator, replacing retiring Moderator, Dennis Fowler.

Kathleen Pelissier was elected Library Trustee as a write-in (38).

Town Budget

The proposed $4,085,970 Town Government budget was approved, therefore the $4,061,783 default budget was defeated.

 YES     310
    NO      175
PASSED

Sewer Dept. Budget

The proposed $2,299,192 Sewer Dept. budget was approved, therefore the $2,258,241 default budget was defeated.

 YES     358
    NO      119
PASSED

All the zoning amendments passed.

All the Capital Reserve Fund articles passed.

 ➤ Official Town Results (lean right)

School District Results

School Board Candidates
Jaime Moore     343
Carl Schaefer    315

Judy Silva was elected School District Moderator (416).

The $10,857,796 proposed school budget was approved, therefore the $10,672,762 default budget was defeated. The raises for teachers and paraprofessionals were approved.

If you take that approved amount and divide it by the 540 enrolled students, that results in a spending rate of 20,107 per student. Private NH elementary schools offer much better rates. The Private School Review web site quotes the following for New Hampshire. "The private elementary school average is $8,696 per year and the private high school average is $27,790 per year."

All the trust fund warrant articles passed.

School Budget
 YES     258
    NO      210
PASSED

This was a much closer vote than that cast for the town budget.

 ➤ Official School Results (lean right)