HARPSWELL — Incumbent Selectwoman Elinor Multer will encounter a challenge from C. Matthew Rich as she seeks to retain her seat on the Harpswell Board of Selectmen.

Two newcomers will vie to become road commissioner in the only other contested race on the March 10 municipal ballot. According to the town clerk’s office, Ronald Ponziani and Paul Standridge filed nomination papers by Wednesday evening’s deadline to earn ballot spots in the race to become Harpswell’s next road commissioner.

The spot will be vacated by Bob Venard, whose term expires this year.

Incumbent School Administrative District 75 board member Joanne Rogers will be the only candidate on the March 10 ballot for that three-year post.

The elections will be decided in a secret ballot in conjunction with the March 10 annual meeting, as will one non- binding referendum question about the future of West Harpswell School.

That question will ask residents how they would prefer that the 17,000- square- foot school building, which SAD 75 closed last year, be used. Options include:

— Seek to sell the building and property.

— Keep the building and property and use it for town activities, including making the building available to local organizations at a fee to help cover costs.

— Seek to develop the building primarily as a business center.

— Develop the building and property primarily as housing for seniors and/or working families.

In December, the three-person Board of Selectmen met with Jim Howard, president and CEO of the Topshambased development firm Priority Group LLC, to explore the possibility of reusing the school as a business center along the lines of the Border Trust Business Center.

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