Schools

Lawrence, MacDonald and Wilson Win School Committee Seats

Barbara Lawrence, Sheila MacDonald and William Wilson won the three open seats on the Hamilton-Wenham Regional School Committee after voting in both towns was completed in Hamilton on Thursday.

Barbara Lawrence, Sheila MacDonald and William Wilson all won seats on the Hamilton-Wenham Regional School Committee on Thursday. The results were announced at about 8:20 p.m. on Thursday after the polls closed at . Wenham and the results were sealed until Thursday.

All other races were uncontested. Larry Swartz was elected to the remaining year of a one year term on the School Committee. Hamilton Board of Selectmen Chairman Jennifer Scuteri was reelected with 401 votes. Former Selectman David Neill, who last served in the 1990s, received 519 votes.

The complete vote tally from the contested School Committee race is below. Winners are denoted with an *.

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A complete copy of the unofficial results from Town Clerk Jane Wetson is attached to this story as a PDF.

Turnout was 655, or 11.5 percent of the town's 5,695 registered voters.

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Candidate Hamilton Wenham Total Barbara Lawrence *
418 224 642 Sheila MacDonald *
289 173 462 Brett McKechnie 204 119 323 Melissa Even Moore 254 128 382 William Wilson *
500 234 734


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