Incumbent Shutesbury Selectboard member turns back write-in challenge

Shutesbury Town Hall.

Shutesbury Town Hall. STAFF FILE PHOTO

Staff Report

Published: 04-28-2025 2:08 PM

SHUTESBURY — Incumbent Selectboard member Melissa Makepeace-O’Neil earned a fourth, three-year term in Saturday’s town election, turning back a challenge from write-in candidate Tom Siefert, according to unofficial results provided by Town Clerk Grace Bannasch.

Makepeace-O’Neil, who was first elected to the Selectboard in 2016, received 227 votes compared to the 115 votes earned by Siefert.

Nettie Anne Harrington Pangallo won the position as the town’s moderator after incumbent Paul Lyons opted against seeking reelection. She received 299 votes.

Others elected in uncontested races were incumbent Nathaniel Charles Longcope (282 votes) and newcomer Katrina Catalano (275) for two, three-year seats on the School Committee; incumbent Catherine Hilton (310) to a three-year seat on the Board of Health; incumbents Bradley R. Foster (298) and Michele Regan-Ladd (302) for two, three-year seats as library trustees; incumbent James Cochran Hemingway (292) for a three-year seat on the Municipal Light Plant Board; and incumbents Ashleigh Laura Pyecroft (293) and Robert Keith Hastie II (270) for two, three-year seats on the Planning Board.

The 358 voters who cast ballots represented a 23% turnout of the 1,564 registered voters.

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