Election Day is today, Tuesday, Nov. 5. Polling Stations are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Hamburg Firehouse for Lyme residents and Cross Lane Firehouse for Old Lyme residents. The Old Lyme election results will be published on LymeLine within minutes of their announcement.
We invited the candidates for the five Old Lyme board of education seats open on the Lyme-Old Lyme Board of Education to send us their biography and then respond to the same three questions. In Lyme, incumbent Beth Jones (D) is not only cross-endorsed, but also the sole candidate for the single seat open in that town.
The questions posed to the Old Lyme candidates were:
- Name the three characteristics (one word for each) that you believe will make you an effective member of the board of education? Expand on the one that you feel should be most significant to the voters.
- What do you think will be the biggest challenge facing Lyme-Old Lyme Public Schools in the next four years?
- If you could achieve one objective — and only one — during your term on the Region 18 Board of Education, what would it be?
Today, as a service to our community, we are pleased to publish their responses.
The first three responses are from the candidates contesting the two years remaining of incumbent Steve Spooner’s term. Because Spooner was elected in a Special Election, he is required to run again for the balance of his term in this full election. Even if any of the candidates for the two-year term receive more votes than candidates for the four-year term, he/she cannot be elected to it. One candidates from these three will be elected for a two-year term:
Russell Gomes (incumbent – R) running as a petitioning candidate
Sarah Smalley (D)
Steve Spooner (incumbent – R)
Four candidates from these seven will be elected for four-year terms:
Steve Cinami (incumbent – R)
Nancy Lucas Edson (D)
Rick Goulding (D) cross-endorsed by the Republicans
Max Greenwood (R) – no responses received
Kirk Hoerauf (R)
Diane Linderman (D)
Jean Wilczynski (D)
Click on each candidate’s last name above to view their responses.
We would like to express our appreciation to the candidates for taking the time to respond to our questions.