Democrat Andrea O'Connor was elected to a third term as the first selectman of Sherman this week, outpolling Republican challenger George Linkletter 697 to 550, as 47 percent of the electorate turned out.
Election Day offered a landslide victory for the three sitting members of the Roxbury Board of Selectmen, all of whom essentially had their seats challenged by independent write-in candidates Dennis McDonald and Tom Holroyd.
Was the defeat Tuesday of Washington Zoning Commission incumbent Valerie Friedman really a referendum on whether the land-use panel was misguided in rejecting plans for an upscale inn and restaurant on rural Wykeham Road?