By Ken Cleveland
Landmark Correspondent
HOLDEN – In a rematch from last year, Thomas Curran and Stephen Cooley vied for a seat on the the Board of Selectmen in the May 8 election.
The three-year seat was won by Curran, with a vote tally of 1,462, over Cooley, who garnered 935 votes.
In a September 2022 special election, Curran had won election for the final year of a seat that opened on the board due to resignation, defeating Cooley 2,159 to 1,174.
The race was the only contest on the printed Holden ballot, but a write-in effort was successful in the Wachusett Regional School District School Committee race.
With two seats available for three-year terms up for election on the committee, Laura M. Kirshenbaum (1,427) won as well as write-in candidate Shannon Poole (1,260), with Judith Newton (955) polling last.
The other positions on the ballot included Daniel Nason (1,565 votes) for moderator, a one-year position.
Russell John Dye (1329) and Kenneth V. Mills (1184) filled the two three-year terms as Trustees of Damon Memorial, while Michael E. Seiss (1487) was elected to a five-year term on the Holden Housing Authority.
With 2,428 ballots cast, 16.01% of Holden’s 15,170 registered voters turned out to participate in the democratic process, according to preliminary results provided by Town Clerk Jeanne Hudson.
