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Meanwhile, Selectman John Shields, Town Clerk James Mullen Jr., Planning Board Member Bernie Lynch, and School Committee members Mary Kelly and Lynda-Lee Sheridan all will run unopposed for re-election.
Also running unopposed are Cemetery Trustee Joseph Reardon and Board of Health member Timothy Lowney.
In addition, Anthony Sammarco, 1370 Canton Ave., has filed for election as a cemetery trustee. He was voted into the position recently to replace J. Joseph Donovan, who died while still serving. The position is a one-year term and can be contested in the April 2010 election.
But other town officers seeking re-election will face challengers.
Five new candidates and one incumbent will vie for three seats on the Trustees of the Public Library. Those who have filed papers include newcomers Raymond Czwakiel, 34 School St.; Barbara Mason, 26 Quarry Lane; Brendan McLaughlin, 3 Herrick Drive; Ingrid Shaffer, 63 Standish Road; and Tammy Vyas, 167 Lyman Road. Incumbent Andrea Gordon will seek re-election but Marjorie Jeffries and Jennifer White will not.
Todd Greenwood, of 86 Granite Place, will challenge incumbent Thomas Gunning for the town assessor post.
Richard “Ben” Casey, of 338 Thacher St., will challenge incumbent Lee Cary for his seat on the Housing Authority.
Two candidates will battle for an open seat as park commissioner. Stephen Affanato, 45 Governors Road, and Thomas McCarthy, 15 Fairfax Road, have filed to replace incumbent Terry Driscoll, who will not seek re-election.
Town Meeting Members
The breakdowns for Town Meeting members who have filed are as follows:
Precinct One (eight seats): three candidates for re-election, five new candidates; Precinct Two (nine seats): eight candidates for re-election, three new candidates; Precinct Three (eight seats): seven candidates for re-election, one new candidate; Precinct Four (eight seats): six candidates for re-election, three new candidates; Precinct Five (seven seats): six candidates for re-election, two new candidates; Precinct Six (nine seats): nine candidates for re-election, no new candidates; Precinct Seven (eight seats): six candidates for re-election, one new candidate; Precinct Eight (eight seats): six candidates for re-election, four new candidates; Precinct Nine (nine seats): eight candidates for re-election, two new candidates; Precinct Ten (eight seats): nine candidates for re-election, two new candidates; Precinct Eleven (nine seats): eight candidates for re-election, two new candidates.
Also, there is a vacant seat in Precinct Three, with two candidates, and one in Precinct Six, with one candidate.
Precinct Seven will require a write-in candidate, with only seven candidates filing for eight seats.
Precinct Ten will lose one incumbent due to a drop in population in the precinct.