Candidates For 2012 Local Election Finalized

The deadline to return nomination papers to the Town Clerk in order to run for office in Reading’s 2012 Local Election came and went on Tuesday, and while the field for the open seat on the Board of Selectmen has been narrowed to just two candidates a new race for a seat on the Board of Assessors has emerged.

With the 2012 Local Election ballot now set, a three-way race for two seats on the Reading Municipal Light Department (RMLD) Board of Commissioners is also on the horizon.

Last fall Board of Selectmen Chairman Camille Anthony announced she wouldn’t be seeking reelection after 18 years, and subsequently pulled papers seeking election to a seat on the Board of Assessors vacated by the retirement of Robert Nordstrand after 42 years of service.

Anthony will be challenged by Robert J. Quinn of Benton Circle.

The battle to fill Anthony’s seat on the Board of Selectmen initially looked like a potential three-way dogfight as three residents pulled nomination papers, but following the decision of Karl Weld not to run, the field has thinned to John Arena of Francis Drive and Karen Gately Herrick of Dividence Road.

Both incumbents on the RMLD Board of Commissioners, Richard Hahn and Mary Ellen O’Neill, pulled reelection papers and they will be challenged by Marsie K. West.

School Committee member David Michaud announced during a December meeting that he would not be seeking reelection, creating a vacancy in that body. Incumbent Chris Caruso is seeking reelection, while former School Committee member Robert Spadafora is looking to fill Michaud’s seat.

Alice Collins and Andrew Grimes are both seeking spots on the Library Board of Trustees.

Alan Foulds is seeking reelection as Town Moderator.

Reading’s 2012 Local Election will be held on March 6, with all precincts voting at Hawkes Field House at Reading Memorial High School.

The election will be held in tandem with the state’s Republican Presidential Primary, following a 2011 decision by the Board of Selectmen to combine the two.

Below is the final list of those seeking election to Town Meeting:

Precinct 1: John Arena, Roy Benjamin, Mark Cardono, Sheila Clarke, Thomas Connery, Lin Crosman-Chabra, Roger D’Entremont, Mark Dockser, Nancy Docktor, John Halsey, David Lee, Ellen Mounteer, Sheila Mulroy, Ronald O’Keefe, Paula Perry, Thomas Ryan. Precinct 2: Peter Coumounduros, Stephen Crook, Anthony D’Arezzo, Marcia Dresser, Thomas O’Rourke, Reginald Peters, Priscilla Ryan, William Ryan. Precinct 3: John Breslin, Richard Curtis, William Downing, Nancy Graham, Lawrence Hurley, Michael McDade, Sheila Spinney, Nancy Twomey, Joseph Westerman. Precinct 4: Richard Abate, Barry Berman, Lynne Cameron, Richard Coco, Stephen Goldy, Russell Graham, Andrew Grimes, Glen Hartzler, Arthur Hayden, David Mancuso, Richard McDonald, Mary Ellen O’Neill, Charles Robinson, Harry Simmons, Ben Tafoya, Lori Vinciguerra, Ralph Vinciguerra, Marsie West, Matthew Wilson, Meghan Young. Precinct 5: Charles Adams, Camille Anthony, Donnan Barnes, Jonathan Barnes, Jared Belliveau, Angela Binda, Erin Calvo-Bacci, Marie Ferrari, Robert Ferrari, Bo Garrison, Laurence Hayes, Eleanor Higgott, Janice Jones, Gary Nihan, Patrick O’Sullivan, Phil Pacino, Phil Rushworth, Frederick Shaffer, Gina Snyder, David Talbot, Kenneth Young. Precinct 6: Jeanne Borawski, Ralph Colarusso, Ronald D’Addariom, Keith Driscoll, Diana Kaine, Kenneth Lafferty, Mary Ann Quinn, James Bonazoli, Michael Smith, Michael Borawski, Robert Quinn, Greg Selvitelli, Drucilla Wood-Beckwith, Jeffery Perkins, Donna Dudley, Robert Mandell, James Mulvey. Precinct 7: Carl Anderson III, John Carpenter, Chris Caruso, Michelle Chiappini, Charles Donnelly-Moran, Jesse Downing, John ‘Jack’ Downing, Dan Ensminger, Martin Foodman, Norman Kozlowski, John Lippitt, Gary Phillips, Linda Phillips, Darlene Porter, Frances Sansalone, Richard Schubert, John Segalla, Jeffrey Struble, Bryan Walsh, Lori Weir, Karl Weld, John Weston, Denise Wyer, Carolyn Whiting. Precinct 8: William Brown, Kendra Cooper, L. Scott Davarich, William Finch, Donald Golini, Kathleen Golini, Olive Hecht, William Hecht, Karen Gately Herrick, Eileen Litterio, Patricia Lloyd, James Lordan, Bruce MacKenzie, Robert Nordstrand, George Perry, John Russell, Margaret Russell, Kevin Sexton, Robert Spadafora, Kenneth Tucci.