Middlefield voters have their say By Lauren Takores Town Times
Middlefield municipal election winners are as follows: First Selectman: Ed Bailey (R)
Durham selects leaders By Lauren Takores Town Times
Board of Selectmen: Bob Yamartino (R), David Burgess (D)
Durham municipal election winners are as follows:
Town Clerk: Donna Golub (D)
Board of Finance: Robert Donahue (D), Nancy Cuomo (R)
Treasurer: Taryn Ruffino (D) Tax Collector: Anne L Olszewski (D)
Board of Assessment Appeals: Matthew Taber (D)
Board of Finance: David J Lowry (R), Melissa L Kowal (R), Joel Nick (R) Board of Assessment Appeals: Nancy Currlin (R), Robert Liptak (D)
Melissa Kowal, Republican candidate for Middlefield’s Board of Finance, checks names off the voter rolls on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 7. | Lauren Takores, Town Times
A write-in candidate for First Selectman surprised voters by challenging Republican incumbent Ed Bailey. Signs appeared for Ed Waldner, an apparently unaffiliated candidate, close to Election Day.
“It’ll be interesting to see how tics. many votes a write-in will get,” she said. Waldner received 19 per- Another race to watch was Treasurer. Current Board of Selectcent of the vote. men members Taryn Ruffino, a Other races to watch included the Democrat, and Jon Brayshaw, a Board of Finance. Republican, both ran for the position. Their terms on the Board of “We have a great, well-balanced Selectmen are ending and neither board,” Kowal said, adding that the board doesn’t play party poliSee Middlefield, A3
Melissa Kowal, Republican Board of Finance candidate, said Waldner was “a wild card.”
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Planning and Zoning Commission: David Foley (D), Matthew Thompson (D), Joseph Pasquale (D), Josh Eddinger (D), Lisa Davenport (R), Will Spooner (R) Planning and Zoning Commission Alternate: Holly Pearce (D), Michael Mercugliano (D) Zoning Board of Appeals: Chris Dipentima (R), David Slight (R) Zoning Board of Appeals Alternate: James McLaughlin (D) The races to watch were Planning and See Durham, A4
Revised budget set in motion
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By Lauren Takores Town Times
With the passing of the state budget, Middlefield First Selectman Ed Bailey released a revised town budget that will reduce the mill rate on real and personal property. The proposal sets the mill See Rate, A2