Town Clerk Barbara Courchesne said Wednesday that Edward Caron (right) was the winner of a two-way race for a seat on the Springfield School Board but only by a hair thin margin over challenger Troy Palmer (left).
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Caron wins by 3 votes
Rutland Herald | March 10, 2017
By SUSAN SMALLHEER
STAFF WRITER
SPRINGFIELD – Town Clerk Barbara Courchesne said Wednesday that Edward Caron was the winner of a two-way race for a seat on the Springfield School Board.
Preliminary results announced Tuesday night gave Caron a three-vote lead over challenger Troy Palmer, and that margin was maintained during the formal review process. The final tally was 568-565.
The unofficial result Tuesday night was 566- 563. The changes occurred after election workers reviewed the 1,200 ballots for writeins and voter intent, Courchesne said.
Palmer, 41, an engineer who works at Sting Ray Optics in Keene, N. H., couldn’t be reached for comment Wednesday about his close defeat and if he planned on asking for a recount.
Courchesne said Palmer had contacted her Wednesday and was “exploring his options.”
Caron, 71, is completing his first year as chairman of the School Board and his first three- year term on the board.
Courchesne said if Palmer requests a recount it would be the first one since she was named town clerk more than two years ago. She said she spent Wednesday reviewing the process.
Palmer, with only three votes separating him from Caron, is well within the requirement to request a recount. He has 10 days to ask for one, according to state election law.
Yeah rah! He is the man with the plan! Turn off the lights, heat, and batten the windows and doors at Park Street! Help support the needy landlords in town with a new major tenant. This is the type of economic stimulus we need. Those wrestlers can now do wrestling demonstrations in the streets to toughen them up at practice. Finally, we have some forward thinking School Board members willing to follow strategic planning to intentionally create large vacant buildings. I was just sayin to the missus the other night, that Park Street School would make a wonderful place to house all those ex-cons coming out of the prison and the poor addicts that can't find housing. Wonderful plan! Go get em Ed Caron!
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