SHUTESBURY — Two newcomers will join the School Committee after winning the only contested seats in Saturday’s town election.

Jeremy Mailloux of West Pelham Road and Anna Cederberg Heard of Cushman Road, with 237 and 205 votes, earned election over Nathaniel Charles Longcope of Town Farm Road and Mary Lou Conca of Wendell Road, who trailed with 99 and 59 votes, respectively.

Incumbents who ran unopposed are returning to the remaining positions, including Rita Farrell to a three-year seat on the Select Board; Norene Pease and Garrett Simonsen to three-year positions on the Board of Health; Walter Tibbetts to a three-year seat on the Cemetery Commission; Melanie DeSilva and Patricia S. Oullette to three-year terms as library trustees; Deacon Bonnar, Steven H. Bressler and Michael Joseph DeChiara to three-year terms on the Planning Board, and Grace Bannasch to a three-year term as town clerk.

Bannasch reported that 340 voters were cast, representing a 23% turnout of the town’s 1,516 registered voters.

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