Winchester school board, library trustee races headed to recounts

By Meghan Foley Sentinel Staff
 

WINCHESTER — Two races from Tuesday’s town and school district elections are headed to recounts. Town Clerk James Tetreault said this morning that recount requests have been filed in the race for a three-year term on the Winchester School Board, and the one-year term as a Thayer Public Library Trustee.

Incumbent Kevin Bazan, and challengers Ben Kilanski and Nicole Pelkey all vied for two, three-year terms on the school board during Tuesday’s election.

While Bazan received 321 votes to be re-elected, Pelkey received 297 votes and Kilanski got 295 votes.

Kilanski said Wednesday he had filed for a recount because of the slim margin of votes separating him from Pelkey.

Incumbent Kenneth Berthiaume, who ran against Janet Marsh for the one-year term as a Thayer Public Library trustee, has also filed for a recount, Tetreault said.

Marsh received 276 votes, while Berthiaume got 271 votes.

Tetreault said he is in the process of scheduling those recounts, and is tentatively looking to hold them Tuesday beginning at 10 a.m. at Winchester Town Hall.

School district Moderator Henry A.L. Parkhurst and town Moderator Denis V. Murphy 2nd will oversee the recounts, Tetreault said. They are in the midst of appointing the recount board and working out other details, he said.

The deadline for anyone who wants to file for a recount from Tuesday’s election is today at 5 p.m., he said.

Meghan Foley can be reached at 352-1234, extension 1436, or mfoley@keenesentinel.com. Follow her on Twitter @MFoleyKS.