Lifelong Wendell resident claims Selectboard seat in uncontested race

WENDELL — Adam Feltman collected 87 votes in his uncontested bid for a three-year Selectboard seat during Monday’s town election.

The 43-year-old has lived in Wendell his entire life but has never served on a municipal board or committee. He will fill the seat held by Gillian Budine, who opted not to seek another term after first being elected in 2020.

Feltman attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a few weeks ago started working as the Amherst-Pelham Regional School District’s facilities manager following 14 years at the Amherst Public Works Department.

Ray Stone garnered 90 votes to win a three-year term on the Board of Assessors and James Frank received the same number of votes to claim a three-year term on the Board of Health.

The following people won their uncontested races as well: Robert Heller, three-year term, Municipal Light Board, 87 votes; Laurie DiDonato, two-year term, Municipal Light Board, 91 votes; Clifford Dornbusch, one-year term, tree warden, 73 votes; Kathleen Nolan, one-year term, moderator, 91 votes; Sylvia Wetherby, three-year term, cemetery commissioner, 92 votes; Jon Bowers, three-year term, road commissioner, 87 votes; Paula King and Phyllis Lawrence, three-year terms, library trustees, 90 and 91 votes, respectively; and Karen Idoine, two-year term, library trustee, 90 votes.

There were no candidates on the ballot for a five-year seat on the Planning Board, a three-year seat on the Planning Board, a one-year term on the Municipal Light Board and two School Committee seats with three-year terms, though write-in votes were received for these positions.