(Opinion) The hidden giants behind our soaring health costs
Behind the scenes, two powerful forces are gaming the system for their own gain, using health care not to serve patients, but to extract profit
Retired nurse wins school board seat
Ingrid Howard, a retired nurse, defeated Alexander LoVerme, owner of Elishas’ Restaurant in Milford, 265-121, for a three-year seat on the Wilton School Board.
LoVerme did get a seat on the budget committee for the cooperative school district, after he won a write-in battle with five votes.
In the election for a seat on the Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative School Board, former budget committee member Kimberly Jean Reynolds easily defeated newcomer Richard Griffin, 249-113.
On the town warrant, only two races were contested.
R. Neil Faiman was elected to a three-year seat on the planning board of J. Alexander MacMartin, 300-278, while Charles McGettigen returned to the water commission over Steve Elliot, 238-134.
Thirteen percent of the town’s 3,025 registered voters cast ballots.
