Races set for Deerfield election

By ANDY CASTILLO

For the Gazette

Published: 04-14-2017 11:22 PM

DEERFIELD — There’s one contested race for the Planning Board among the 12 seats on the ballot in Deerfield’s annual town election.

River Road resident Steven L. Pistrich has thrown his cap into the ring, challenging incumbents Henry Komosa Jr., a Greenfield Road resident, and Roger J. Sadoski Jr., who also lives on River Road. Residents will choose which of the three candidates will fill two Planning Board seats for the next three years.

According to his website, Pistrich is a general contractor licensed by the state. Sadoski is superintendent of the South Deerfield Water Supply District, and Komosa serves as Selectman.

The election takes place May 1, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the town’s Conway Street offices,

The following are uncontested positions on the ballot: incumbent Trevor D. McDaniel will run for re-election to the Select Board; Francis G. Sobieski will seek re-election as assessor; Kenneth M. Cuddeback to the Deerfield School Committee; and Leonard T. Grybko Jr. as elector under the Oliver Smith Will.

Also, incumbent Robert J. Decker III, and newcomer Erika Higgins Ross will run for two seats on Frontier Regional’s School Committee; Daniel F. Graves seeks re-election as moderator; and incumbents Grant D. Bialek, Kathleen O’Rourke, and newcomer Marjorie A. Shearer are running three Tilton Library Trustee positions.

Only residents registered to vote are eligible to do so. For more information, contact the town office at 413-665-1400.

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