May 3 town election preview: one race; three options to vote

2023 Town Meeting. Photo by Josh Ross

April 21, 2025 By Carol Britton Meyer

There’s one race — for planning board — for the May 3 town election between Crystal Kelly and Thomas Patch. Incumbent Rita DaSilva is not running for another term.

Voters have three options — absentee under certain circumstances, vote by mail, and in-person on May 3.

Incumbents Alyson Baron Anderson and Matthew J. Cosman and John Mooney are running for the three available school committee seats.  Incumbent Nes Correnti is not running for reelection.

Current select board chair Joseph Fisher is the sole candidate for sewer commission. Incumbent Kirk Shilts isn’t running for reelection.

Julie Moran Strehle is running unopposed for select board.

Sara Abbott is running unopposed for a seat on the board of assessors.  Incumbent Christine Roberts isn’t running for reelection.

Other candidates who are running unopposed are Town Moderator Michael Puzo; board of health member Rosemary Byrne; municipal light board member Michael Reive; Timothy Patrick Sullivan for housing authority; and recreation commissioner Adrienne Ramsey.

Housing authority member Megan Buhr isn’t running for reelection.

For information about how to vote by mail, go to https://www.hingham-ma.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2051. Applications must be submitted to the town clerk’s office by April 28.

In-person voting will take place May 3 at the high school, middle school, and Linden Ponds from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

For election precinct and voting location information, go to https://www.hingham-ma.gov/957/Precincts-Voting-Locations.

For information about absentee ballots, go to https://www.hingham-ma.gov/956/Early-Voting-and-Absentee-Voting

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