ROWE — Residents are set to vote on two contested races in this year’s town election on Saturday, May 17, that will determine if there will be new faces on the Selectboard and Finance Committee.

Incumbent Selectboard member Ed Silva is seeking reelection for a third three-year term and is being challenged by former Selectboard member Marilyn Wilson. The election will be a rematch for the two residents as they both ran for the seat in 2019 as write-in candidates.

Silva has served on the Selectboard since 2019, when he beat Wilson by 20 votes. Outside of his Selectboard duties, Silva works as co-founder and principal of Vantage Builders, and also serves on the Library Feasibility Committee.

Wilson, 79, has lived in Rowe for 26 years and served two terms on the Selectboard from 2012 to 2017. She resigned in 2017 due to health reasons and currently serves on the Finance Committee. Wilson said she is proud of the work she did on the Selectboard in the past, which included creating the human resources manual and a Town Meeting motions guidebook, as well as working with state officials to bring fiber-optic internet to town.

If reelected, Wilson said she hopes to continue developing strong ties between the Selectboard and Finance Committee, and working with service providers to improve cellphone reception in town.

“We need all our arms of government to work together for the sake of the town,” she said. “I worked hard and I love Rowe, and if [the voters will] let me, I’ll work hard again.”

In addition to running for Selectboard, Silva is also running for a three-year seat on the Finance Committee against Jeffrey Bailey. Silva and Bailey could not be reached for comment by press time on Thursday.

Other non-contested races on the ballot are as follows:

■Board of Assessors, three-year term — incumbent Herbert Butzke.

■Board of Health, three-year term — incumbent Kathleen Atwood.

■Rowe Town Library trustee, three-year term — incumbent Kathleen Atwood.

■Rowe Town Library trustee, two-year term — Diane Parrington.

■Park Commission, three-year term — Arik Olson.

■Town moderator, three-year term — incumbent Robert Clancy.

■School Committee, three-year term — incumbent Matthew Stine.

■Planning Board, one-year term — Margaret Pallotta.

There is also a five-year term on the Planning Board available, but there are no candidates on the ballot. A write-in candidate can win the seat. Voters are advised to write a candidate’s name on the line, along with their address, and fill in the bubble.

Polls will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Rowe Elementary School.

Reach Madison Schofield at 413-930-4579 or mschofield@recorder.com.