By Christopher Haraden

Two new potential candidates for school committee and one for the planning board took out nomination papers to run in the May 19 annual town election in the past week. Barring any last-minute entries – the deadline for requesting papers was 5 p.m. Thursday, just as the Times went to press – and if all candidates file them with the board of registrars by Monday’s deadline, the election will feature contests for select board, school committee, planning board, and housing authority.

There are three seats available on the school committee – two three-year terms and a one-year unexpired term. Incumbent Liliana Hedrick, former committee member Ernest Minelli IV, and Brendan Kilroe are seeking the three-year terms, while Linda Hetue is challenging incumbent Courtney Littlefield for the one-year seat.

Abby Rose Klieman drew nomination papers for both the five-year and three-year seats on the planning board, as did Edwin Parsons, but both will need to decide by Monday which office they are seeking. Chandelle Schulte is gathering signatures to run for the three-year planning board seat.

Christopher P. Niland has taken out nomination papers to run for one of the three-year positions on the select board; incumbents Irwin Nesoff and Brian McCarthy are running for re-election.

Incumbent housing authority member Kathleen Bogdan will face Lisa Boretti for a five-year term, while Nichole Londergan is unopposed for the three-year slot on the board, which manages the McTighe Manor housing complex on Atlantic House Court and the apartments on C & D Streets at Central Avenue.

Six incumbents are unopposed – Moderator George Boylen, Town Clerk Lori West, Assessor Richard Morris, light commissioners Daniel Ciccariello and Thomas Burns, and library trustee Alice Sloan. DJ Simon is the running for the second available three-year seat on the board of library trustees.

Candidates must return their nomination papers with the signatures of at least 50 Hull registered voters by Monday, March 31 at 5 p.m. So far, only seven of the 21 potential candidates have turned in their completed papers for certification of signatures.

If you are not yet registered to vote in Hull, you have until Friday, May 9 to register at the town clerk’s office in order to cast a ballot in the May 19 election. To participate in the May 5 town meeting, residents must be registered by Friday, April 26.

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