ERVING — William Bembury will return to the Selectboard after running a successful write-in campaign for a three-year term, securing 65 votes compared to the 45 votes earned by fellow write-in candidate Gerald Sykes III.

Bembury, 75, had previously served on the Selectboard from 2014 until 2023, and serves at chair of the Senior Housing Committee. He’s lived in Erving for more than 40 years, has served in law enforcement in Erving and with the Massachusetts Environmental Police, and served in the U.S. Marine Corps. After a short hiatus, Bembury will be back on the Selectboard starting July 1, filling the seat being vacated by Scott Bastarache, who did not seek reelection.

“I’m excited to be back on the board,” Bembury said in an interview Tuesday. “I can’t wait to get back up to speed on the issues and concerns that are important to the community.”

The other contested races included a three-year term on the Board of Assessors that incumbent Mark Burnett secured over Town Treasurer Jennifer Watroba, with a vote of 95-63, and incumbent Leo Parent Jr. will return to the Board of Health for another three years, securing 89 votes. Sally Delaney, who also ran for the three-year term on the Board of Health, was elected to the one-year term instead with 21 votes. There were no candidates on the ballot for the one-year term.

Turnout was 12%, with 161 ballots cast in a town with 1,292 registered voters. Town Clerk Richard Newton, who also ran unopposed for the three-year constable term he was elected to with 147 votes, explained this is an average turnout when there is a contested Selectboard race.

The winners of the other uncontested races are as follows:

■Board of Assessors, one-year term — Jacquelyn Boyden, 136 votes.

■Tax collector, three-year term — Michele Turner, 152 votes, incumbent.

■Erving Public Library trustee, three-year term — Devon Gaudet, 141 votes, incumbent.

■Moderator, three-year term — Richard Peabody, 133 votes, incumbent.

■Erving Elementary School Committee, three-year term — Kelly Sykes, 128 votes.

■Erving Elementary School Committee, one-year term — Daniel Hammock, 32 write-in votes.

■Tree warden, one-year term — Glenn McCrory, 138 votes, incumbent.

■Planning Board, two seats with three-year terms — Jacquelyn Boyden, 134 votes, incumbent, and Thomas Glennon, 8 votes.

■Recreation Commission, two seats with three-year terms — Kathleen Sadler, 137 votes, incumbent, and Jacquelyn Boyden, 33 votes.

■Recreation Commission, two-year term — Thomas Glennon, 141 votes, incumbent.

■Recreation Commission, two seats for one-year terms — Kathryn Gaudet, 128 votes, and Michael Jean, 112 votes, both incumbents.

Erin-Leigh Hoffman can be reached at ehoffman@recorder.com or 413-930-4231.