Sunderland ballot sees no contested races

By CHRIS LARABEE

Staff Writer

Published: 04-30-2025 9:07 AM

SUNDERLAND — For the fourth year in a row, every race on the town election ballot is uncontested.

Polls will be open on Saturday, May 3, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Sunderland Public Library, 20 School St.

Sunderland has not seen a contested race on its ballot since four candidates ran for two School Committee seats in 2021, although a write-in candidate did mount a campaign seeking to claim a School Committee seat in 2024.

The candidates, who are all caucus nominees, are as follows:

■Moderator, one-year term — Thomas Fydenkevez.

■Selectboard, three-year term — Nathaniel Waring, incumbent.

■Board of Assessors, three-year term — James Kowaleck, incumbent.

■Board of Health, three-year term — Daniel Olanyk.

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■Sunderland Elementary School Committee, three-year term — Jessica Corwin, incumbent.

■Frontier Regional School District School Committee, three-year term — Diane Curtis.

■Town clerk, three-year term — Wendy Houle, incumbent.

■Planning Board, five-year term — Dana Roscoe, incumbent.

■Riverside Cemetery trustee, three-year term — Michael Wissemann, incumbent.

■Sunderland Public Library trustees, three seats with three-year terms — Heidi Bauer-Clapp and Justine Rosewarne, both incumbents, as well as Christa Donner.

■Town Park trustee, three-year term — Kenneth Kushi, incumbent.

Chris Larabee can be reached at clarabee@recorder.com.