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Photo Vincent Guadazno
Selectman David Nicolau will go back to Town Hall for a three-year term. |
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Photo Emily Sussman
Jacqui Wildes Beebe was all smiles Tuesday after winning a seat on the Wellfleet Board of Selectmen. |
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Incumbents take P'town, split results in Wellfleet
By Mary Ann Bragg & Emily Sussman
Banner Staff
Provincetown’s first Proposition 2 1/2 override — $350,000 for Cape End Manor nursing home operating expenses for the current fiscal year — passed narrowly at the town election on Tuesday, by 103 votes.
The contested Board of Selectmen seat went to incumbent David Nicolau, who beat David “Dixie” Federico by 80 votes and Peter Costa by 333 votes.
Incumbent School Committee member Terese Nelson was returned to her seat with a clear endorsement of 703 votes, with newcomer Shannon Patrick taking the second open seat for three years, with 567 votes. Rival William “Billy” Rogers received 457 votes.
Federico said that, while he lost the selectmen’s race and considers a third run “a charm,” he was happy about the override passing. Nicolau did not make an appearance in Town Hall.
Last year Nicolau beat Federico by only 33 votes, compared to the 80 votes this year. Both men received fewer votes overall than last year. “Let’s blame it on the rain,” Federico said.
There were several uncontested races in the election: Todd Wagar for Charter Enforcement Commission; Marcia Fair, Carol Noyes and Cathleen Metzger for Library Board of Trustees; and Margaret Carroll-Bergman and Nancy Jacobsen for Housing Authority.
After a nail-biter of a campaign season, Wellfleet residents chose two winners for the Board of Selectmen on Monday: incumbent Ira Wood and newcomer Jacqueline Wildes Beebe.
The 2006 campaign season was marked by rounds of weekend politicking at the post office, the hammering of slogan-bearing signs on front lawns across town, a heated “Candidates’ Night” Q&A session at the library, and numerous meet-and-greet sessions at local restaurants.
About 42 percent, or 1,045, of the town’s 2,465 registered voters turned out for the election. Wood, an incumbent going for his third term, was the clear winner with 789 votes, while Wildes Beebe racked up 673 votes to snag the second open slot on the board. Incumbent Helen Miranda Wilson trailed with 470 votes, ending her bid to win a second term on the board.
(For the full text of both stories, see this week’s Banner.)
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Two top school positions to be merged
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May 4th, 2006