Whitefield voters elected Deborah Talacko and Suzanne Balbo to the RSU 12 school board in the municipal election Friday, March 19, deciding a pair of races between several write-in candidates.
Talacko received 46 votes to 11 for Stephen Smith and nine for Bonnie Nichols to win a three-year term. Balbo received 53 votes to 10 for Stephen Smith and two for Talacko to win a two-year term. No other candidate received more than one vote.
Balbo and Smith were both incumbents.
In uncontested races, voters reelected Selectman Lester Sheaffer to a three-year term and planning board member Glenn Angell to a one-year term with 105 and 107 votes, respectively.
They also elected two new members of the planning board, Kathy Dauphin and Jennifer Grady, to three-year terms with 101 and 109 votes, respectively.
