Tom Terranova and Phil Crawford Elected New Lynnfield Selectmen

Lynnfield voters elected Tom Terranova and Phil Crawford as the newest members of the Board of Selectmen on Monday night.

Terranova, a certified public accountant and Lynnfield Recreation Commission co-chair, defeated Bob MacKendrick by a 950-881 margin, for a three-year term. MacKendrick was first elected to the board of selectmen in 2004 and before that was an assistant fire chief and fireman in town.

"It's been a pleasure working with you," MacKendrick said to his colleagues as the new selectmen prepared for what would be a brief first session. "I don't like losing, on the other hand I don't mind retiring kind of for real."

"I'm very happy that the town came out and voted their opinion. I'm proud of it and honored by it. I will do my very best to honor all the issues raised in my campaign," Terranova told Lynnfield Patch after being sworn in as selectman. "I hope to work very hard for this town."

Crawford, the vice chair of the finance committee, beat Tom Kennedy, who was making his first bid for public office, by an 1,118-693 margin. "I just want to thank the voters. I appreciate the support, I'll do my best to represent their views and wants and needs," said Crawford.

"I hope (Crawford) does great, and I will help him out with whatever he needs," Kennedy told Lynnfield Patch, adding that he's "glad for Tom (Terranova)" and that running for office "was a good experience." He didn't rule out the idea of running for office at some point in the future, but didn't say that he necessarily plans to either.

Crawford was elected to complete the one year remaining on the late Al Merritt's term.

School Committee Candidates Face Write-In Challenge

For the school committee race, preliminary results posted at the polling station at closing time appear to show that Dorothy Presser and Susie Cleary were re-elected against a write-in challenge from Elaine Gravante.

Here are the numbers as posted on Monday night shortly after the polls closed at 8 p.m. The final numbers from the town clerk, incuding the full write-in count, will be posted when they are available. Information on the uncontested races will also be posted at that time.

Precinct 1:
Terranova: 254
MacKendrick: 237

Crawford: 302
Kennedy: 201

School Committee:
Cleary - 273
Presser 240
Write-Ins   190
Blanks: 337

Precinct 2:
Terranova: 204
MacKendrick: 158

Kennedy: 182
Crawford: 162

School Committee:
Cleary: 159
Write-Ins: 153
Presser: 145
Blanks: 281

Precinct 3
Terranova: 198
MacKendrick: 178

Crawford: 245
Kennedy: 127

School Committee:
Cleary: 188
Presser: 157
Write-In: 142
Blanks: 297

Precinct 4
MacKendrick: 308
Terranova: 294

Crawford: 409
Kennedy: 183

School Committee:
Cleary: 310
Presser: 271
Write-In: 215
Blanks: 448