UPDATE: Kate Duggan, Isabel Gomes-McCann elected to School Committee

ROCHESTER — Kate Duggan and Isabel Gomes-McCann have been elected to the Rochester Memorial School Committee after a contentious race of four candidates. 

Rochester residents headed to the polls on Wednesday, May 27 to elect multiple candidates for municipal positions. 

According to Town Clerk Marjoire Barrows, there were 1132 ballots cast. 

Duggan received 624 votes and Gomes-McCann received 544 votes. Barbara Lee and Stacie Noble Shriver were the other candidates running. 

Lee received 543 votes and Shriver received 479 votes. 

Duggan said she was relieved after the election and thankful for those who voted for her. 

“It's definitely a relief that it's over and we can really focus on the school and what's important like supporting our teachers and making sure the students have what they need to learn,” Duggan said. 

She said she hopes to use the summer as a time to focus on the budget and get work done even though there will not be regularly scheduled committee meetings. 

Gomes-McCann similarly wanted to get a jump on issues. 

“I'm actually obviously very very happy with the results but now the real work starts,” Gomes-McCann said. 

She said she wants to immediately jump into finding more funding opportunities for the school.  

Lee and Shriver refused to give a public comment. 

Beatrice Renalud was reelected as the Tax Collector with 590 votes against Judith Shepley with 181 votes. 

“I am thankful for everybody who voted for me and I really like my job and I'm glad I keep it for three more years,” Renauld said. 

She looks to immediately jump into getting new software up and running that the Tax Collector’s Office introduced. 

Shepley said she was disappointed about the loss, but glad she tried. 

“I'm feeling a little disappointed, but I got out there, I did some door knocking, but I guess I didn't do enough door knocking and good luck to Beatrice,” Shepley said. 

Brian Berube won the position of Park Commission with 438 votes against Kelvin Douglas Sims Sr. with 430 votes.  

Select Board Chair Adam Murphy was reelected with 845 votes and was unopposed. 

Barrows was also reelected for Town Clerk and unopposed with 852 votes. 

Incumbent Marcia Kessler was reelected for the Board of Assessors with 834 votes. 

Incumbent for the Cemetery Commission Timothy Lynch was unopposed and reelected with 868 votes. 

Michael Amato was the incumbent for the Board of Health and reelected with 882 votes. 

Carla Correia and Ann Soares were elected as the Plumb Library Trustees with 799 and 800 votes respectively. 

For the Planning Board, Lee Carr and Marc R. Rousseau Jr. were both reelected with 757 and 797 respectively. 

Newcomer Christopher Gerrior was elected for Water Commission with 859 votes. 

Incumbent Peter Damien McCann was reelected for his position on the Old Rochester Regional School Committee with 790 votes. 

William D. Watling was reelected for Herring Inspector with 930 votes.