HEATH — Gloria Fisher wins the only contested seat during Friday’s town election.
Fisher, a 44-year resident of Heath and former Heath town coordinator, beat Alice Wozniak, the town’s assistant assessor, for the Selectboard seat. Fisher is filling a seat previously held by Selectboard Chairwoman Sheila Litchfield for the last 15 years.
A total of 201 voters got to the polls out of 519 registered in the town, resulting in a 39 percent turnout.
Fisher received 129 votes to Wozniak’s 72.
In addition to Fisher’s experience as town coordinator, she also has served on many other town boards and Finance Committee. She also was co-president of the town’s Agricultural Society for five years and was a town election worker.
Unopposed incumbents re-elected to three-year terms were: Assessor Robyn Provost-Carlson; Town Clerk Hilma Sumner; Library Trustee Deborah Porter; Finance committee members Edwin “Ned” Wolf and Janice Carr; School Committee member Budge Litchfield and Constable Steven Thane.
Other unopposed results were Constable Robert Bourke being re-elected to the remaining two years of his term, and Planning Board’s Doug Mason received another five-year term.
Two other positions without anyone on the ballot were won by write-in candidates. Margo Newton won the two-year assessor seat with 32 votes, and Ken Gilbert won a three-year term on the Finance Committee with 29 votes.
Later today, Heath will be holding its Annual Town Meeting, beginning at 9 a.m. at Heath Elementary School on Jacobs Road in Charlemont.