BRUNSWICK
Two local elections are setting up for a contest with nearly one month still remaining for candidates to return nomination papers, which became available last Friday.
A total of six local seats that will be up for grabs this November — three on the town council and three on the school board — and, from early interest, could mean shake-ups in local leadership.
As of Wednesday, incumbents in only three of those races had taken out nomination papers to run for re-election and one of those seats could already have a challenger.
Incumbent town councilors Suzan Wilson, District 3, and John Perreault, District 4, were the only people to take out nomination papers for their seats as of Wednesday.
Meanwhile, incumbent District 4 school board member Corinne Perreault, who took out papers Friday, could face a challenge in November from Federico H. Senence, who also took out papers Friday, according to town records.
At least one change in local leadership is already certain, following council chairwoman Joanne King’s announcement earlier this year that she would not seek re-election.
Both John G. Richardson and Daniel E. Harris have taken out nomination papers for that wide-open council seat.
That vacancy may not mean the end of pub- lic life for the Kings, however. King’s husband, Dale H. King, was on Wednesday the only person to take out nomination papers for an at-large post on the school board, a seat currently held by Michelle Small.
On Wednesday, the seat to represent District 3 on the school board, a post held now by Matt Corey, had no potential nominees.
Aspiring candidates for the at-large seats on the town council and school board will need to acquire at least 100 signatures of registered Brunswick voters to qualify for the November ballot. Hopefuls in the district races must collect at least 25 signatures of voters registered in that district.
All signatures for the local races must be turned in to the town office by a Sept. 7 deadline. Nomination papers can be requested at the town clerk’s office in the municipal building at 28 Federal St.
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