SKOWHEGAN — Darla Pickett was elected to a one-year term on the town Board of Selectmen with 277 votes Tuesday, and Donald Skillings was elected to a three-year term with 443 votes.
Pickett is a former Morning Sentinel reporter and Skillings is owner of Skillings Insurance Agency Inc.
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There were 1,016 votes cast in Tuesday’s town election.
In balloting for selectman, six candidates were running for a one-year term to fill the seat vacated with the retirement of Selectman Donald Lowe.
In the race for the full, three-year term, five candidates sought to succeed Selectman Steve Spaulding, who did not seek re-election.
Candidates Tuesday in the race for one three-year term on the Board of Selectmen were:
• Derek A. Ellis, 42, park ranger and manager at Lake George Regional Park.
• Robert A. Holt, 70, is a school crossing guard for the Police Department and a newspaper carrier.
• Michelle L. Cummings, 41, a medical coder at Redington-Fairview General Hospital in Skowhegan.
• Richard E. Prentiss, 48, is a local building contractor.
Selectman for a one-year term:
• Siren B. Soren, 44, a physical education instructor at the high school.
• Steve Spaulding, 60, whose three-year term on the board expires this month.
• Jennifer E. Olsen, 49, is the executive director of Waterville Main Street and served for two years as director of Main Street Skowhegan.
• Tyler Terstegen, 38, who works in information technology at Redington-Fairview General Hospital Skowhegan.
• Thomas L. Batchelder Sr., of Casino Hill Trading Post.
In the race for a three-year term on the School Administrative District 54 board of directors there were five candidates for four open seats.
The winners were:
• Mark A. Bedard with 452 votes.
• Jeannie M. Conley with 477 votes.
• Karyn J. Curran (incumbent) with 456 votes.
• Margaret A. “Peggy” Lovejoy (incumbent) with 394.
Doug Harlow — 612-2367
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