Cutter unseats Segedy on H-D school board

The Hillsboro-Deering school board and the board of selectmen will have a slightly different cast of characters this year.

Terry Cutter took John Segedy’s at-large seat on the school board handily, 514 to 246 in Hillsborough, and 245 to 91 in Deering. Virginia “Ginks” Leiby ran unopposed to represent Deering. Russell Galpin also ran unopposed for school district moderator.

Rob Buker, who ran to keep his seat on the board of selectmen for a three-year seat, won with 360 votes, with David Fullerton trailing with 182 votes and Bob Hutchinson with 176. Bob Fredette, who pulled out of the race after his name was placed on the ballot, got 17 votes.

Russell Galpin was the only name on the ballot for the one-year seat on the board of selectmen, but two other candidates ran as competitive write-ins. Galpin won with 575, with Paris Wells getting 71 votes and Alan Urquhart getting 53 votes.

Elisabeth Olson kept her seat on the planning board with 465 votes, as well as Gary Sparks with 425 votes. With only two three-year seats open, John Kergil lost with only 154 votes.

Richard Baldwin unseated Art Kaufman for the position of trustee of the trust funds, 476 to 178.

All other candidates ran unopposed. Michelle Matheson and Fran Charron each took to three-year seat as trustees of the Fuller Public Library. Iris Campbell kept her position as cemetery trustee. Douglass Parker retained his three-year seat as Water & Sewer commissioner. Peter Mellen also ran unopposed for a one-year term as Water & Sewer commissioner.

On the school district ballot, the proposed budget passed, 662 to 428. Hillsborough voters approved it 460 to 290; Deering voters approved it 202 to 138. The SAU budget passed in both towns, 625 to 465.

The School Resource Officer (SRO), which was not approved last year, losing approval by one vote, won easily this year, 692 to 405, with Hillsborough voters approving it by a wide margin of 525 to 228, and Deering not approving it with a slim margin of 167 for it and 177 against it. The approval of this article means both towns will shoulder financial responsibility for the SRO, and not just Hillsborough as happened last year.

On the town’s official ballot, the Interim Growth Management Ordinance for the Emerald Lake Village District was extended one year, 536 to 176. A Small Wind Energy Ordinance, prepared by the planning board, was approved, 572 to 137.