Milton voters to choose two select board members, decide four other races on Tuesday
MILTON – Four candidates seeking two open seats on the select board are the highlight of the five races on Tuesday's town election ballot.
The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday.
Erin Bradley, of Lincoln Street; Clinton Graham, of Hollis Street; Christopher Hart, of Woodland Road; and Roxanne Musto, of Milton Street, are the select board candidates. Incumbents Katie Conlon and Melinda Collins are not seeking reelection.
Bradley is a manager of a nonprofit agency and has been a member of the warrant committee for the last five years and is currently its secretary. Bradley said she is running because she believes she can bring the town together to solve problems.
She favors smart growth and said the town needs to increase its commercial tax base to bring in new tax revenue and avoid the need for future Proposition 2½ overrides. She wants to maintain the quality of the schools and believes the town should do five-year financial plans.
Hart, 45, is a lawyer and a former member of the warrant committee. He served as co-chair of the equity and justice for all advisory committee and is a former member of the Milton Cultural Council. He said he is running to help see through the recommendations of the equity and justice committee and to have residents know the board listens to their concerns.
He wants the town do long-term planning, both for its finances and for its land use. He also wants to work to find a solution to the school system's space problems.
Graham, 41, is a real estate broker and an automotive consultant and is the town's representative on the Blue Hills Regional School Committee. He is a former member of the warrant committee. He said he is running to bring more transparency to town government so that residents get the information about matters before the board.
His priorities would be to find ways for the town to be more financially responsible, expand the town's commercial tax base, implement a town-owned broadband system and bring more diversity to the workforces of the school and the police departments
Musto, 56, in a nurse practitioner who specializes in geriatric care. She has been a member of the board of health for 17 years and is a former member of the warrant committee and the airplane noise committee. She is running to hear the concerns of residents and neighborhoods and bring them before the board.
She said one of the most important issues facing the board is the selection of a new town administrator. She wants to help oversee construction projects such as the fire station improvements, the building of a new animal shelter and a new school.
Other contests
Five candidates are seeking two open seats on the school committee. Leroy Walker, who served two terms on the school committee before stepping down in 2017, is one of the candidates. The others are Regina Patrice Campbell-Malone, of Truro Lane; Celina Miranda, of Thacher Street; Maryjane O'Doherty, of Nancy Road; and Anna Varghese, of Thacher Street.
School committee members S. Elaine Craghead and Margaret Eberhardt are not seeking reelection.
Four candidates for the two available seats on the planning board include one incumbent, Kathleen O'Donnell. Also in the race are Robert Levash, of Brush Hill Road, who is making a second bid for a planning board seat; Margaret Oldfield, of Hillside Street; and Sean Fahy, of Old Farm Road.
Planning board Chair Denny Swenson is not seeking reelection.
Board of ealth ncumbent Mary Stenson is being challenged by Susan Koch-Weser, of Warren Avenue.
All three library trustees incumbents are seeking new terms. They are Hyacinth Crichlow, Raymond Czwakiel and James Potter. Michael Musto, of Milton Street, who ran for library trustee last year, is also running for one of the three available seats.
All of the offices carry three-year terms.
This article originally appeared on The Patriot Ledger: Races for select board, school committee on Tuesday's Milton ballot
