ORANGE — The Orange town clerk has announced that nomination papers for the annual town election are now available and can be obtained at the town clerk’s office until Jan. 12.
The town clerk’s office is open Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., though it is closed from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. It is also open Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. (closed from noon to 1 p.m.). Nomination papers must be returned to the town clerk by Jan. 17.
The election is scheduled for March 6.
The following offices will appear on the ballot: selectman (three years), moderator (one year), town clerk (three years), Board of Health (three years), Elementary School Committee (two, three years), Mahar School Committee (two, three years), library trustees (two, three years), water commissioner (three years), cemetery commissioners (three years), Trustees of Soldiers’ Memorials, veteran (three years, Trustees of Soldiers’ Memorials, non-veteran (one year), Housing Authority (five years).