No Preliminary Election in North Adams
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — There will be no preliminary election in North Adams this year.
But there will definitely be some changes on the City Council with only six incumbents running for re-election in November.
Tuesday at 5 p.m. was the deadline to get in 50 certified signatures to run for office.
Jennifer Macksey is being challenged in her run to retain the corner office by Aprilyn Carsno, who ran unsuccessfully for mayor two years ago and was eliminated in a preliminary election.
Richard David Greene and Rachel Branch also had taken out papers; Greene did not return signatures and Branch moved out of the city.
City Council incumbents Lisa Blackmer, Keith Bona, Bryan Sapienza, Ashley Shade, Peter Oleskiewicz and Wayne Wilkinson will be on the ballot.
Current Councilors Jennifer Barbeau, Marie T. Harpin and Michael Obasohan did not take out nomination papers.
Hoping to fill those three empty seats — or unseat one or more incumbents — are Colin Bain, Peter Breen, Robert Cardimino, Andrew Fitch and Deanna Morrow.
Bain is a recent McCann Technical School graduate; Breen is a retired computer science teacher who serves on the McCann School Committee and the city's Licensing Board; Cardimino has been a frequent candidate for council; Fitch has worked in inclusion and community engagement and is a member of the Zoning Board of Appeals; and Morrow is a recent graduate of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts who works in residential recovery.
A total of 11 candidates will vie to be among the top nine vote-getters.
Emily Johnson, Jon Schnauber and Joshua Vallieres had also taken out papers but did not return them or return the required amount; Ronald Sheldon, a prior candidate, was not able to get his signatures notarized in time.
Four candidates are running for three seats on the School Committee: incumbents Tara Jacobs and Alyssa Tomkowicz and newcomers Cody Chamberlain and Eric Wilson.
Three candidates are running for the three seats on the McCann School Committee: George Canales, Peter Breen and William Diamond.
The city election will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 7, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. The last day to register to vote is Oct. 28.
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