Bailey vaults to second term

MIDDLEFIELD — Ed Bailey won his second two-year term as chief executive officer during Tuesday’s election, with 584 votes over his challenger, petitioning unaffiliated candidate Ed Waldner. The vote was 765 to 181. In addition to his six years as a selectman, Bailey, a 31-year Rockfall resident, served as chairman of the Middlefield Water Pollution Control Authority, a member of the Lake Beseck Environmental Committee and chairman of the bipartisan Charter Revision Commission.

In the selectmen’s race, Democrat David M. Burgess earned 546 votes and Republican Bob Yamartino, 627.

Democratic Town Clerk Donna M. Golub won 906 votes, while Democratic Treasurer Taryn R. Ruffino took the office with 667 votes to Republican and former first selectman Jon A. Brayshaw’s 560.

In the tax collector race, Democrat Anne L. Olszewski garnered 930 votes, and Board of Finance victors are Republicans Melissa Kowal, 738, David J. Lowry, 791, and Joel O. Nick, 726. They won over Democratic candidate Peter T. Neidhardt, who lost with 608 votes.

For Board of Assessment Appeals, Democrat Robert E. Liptak, 669, and Republican Nancy Currlin, 707, both won their bids.