SOUTH HADLEY — South Hadley hosted its town election on April 8 and the ballot featured only two contested races.
Those races were in District 1: a seat on the Fire District 1 Prudential Committee and the Board of Water Commissioners.
In the Fire District 1 Prudential Committee race, Steve Blaney defeated incumbent Bruce Perron gathering 387 votes to Perron’s 70 votes.
Blaney, a lifelong resident is partially retired and helps in multiple organizations including Neighbors Helping Neighbors.
For the Board of Water Commissioners race, Charles Scott was elected for the three-year term gathering 276 votes compared to 138 votes for Wozniak.
William Schenker, a former police officer for 38 years, was elected for a one-year term with the Fire District 1 Board of Water Commissioners.
Selectboard member Renee Michelle Sweeney and School Committee Chair Eric Friesner were both reelected for another three-year term on their respective boards.
School Committee member Jackson Matos was also looking for reelection with the School Committee on a one-year term.
For the Board of Health, incumbent Stephen Clarence Frantz and Charles Scott were both voted to serve three-year terms as residents were able to vote for two members in that category.
Paul Dobosh’s bid for reelection for a three-year term with the Municipal Light Board was successful, as was Thomas Terry’s attempt in being elected to the Municipal Light Board for a two-year term.
The Board of Assessors will welcome back Thomas Raymond Reidy after voters reelected him for another three-year term.
Robert Szklarz was elected to serve on the Planning Board and current Town Moderator John Hine was also elected for the district moderator position.
Residents had the chance to vote for three people in the trustee free public library section. Incumbent Gail Gretchen Scanlon, Jennifer Couturier and Kelly Ryan Woods were voted in for three-year terms.
South Hadley Town Clerk Sarah Gmeiner also said that Christine Blaney won the race for the Housing Authority seat and Darren Hamilton won as a write-in for the second open seat for the Municipal Light Board.
Each precinct also had different representative Town Meeting members they voted for to represent them.
The election voter turnout was 5.79%, or 776 of 13,394 registered voters.
