Voters head to polls this election day

On Tuesday, June 11, voters are going to the polls to decide who will help lead the town in the next year and beyond.

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at three locations:

— Precinct 1: Old Town House, One Market Square

— Precincts 2 & 3: Abbot Hall Auditorium, 188 Washington St.

— Precincts 4, 5 & 6: Judy & Gene Jacobi Community Center, 10 Humphrey St.

Voters can find their designated precinct at sec.state.ma.us/WhereDoIVoteMA.

The election features contested races for Select Board and Recreation and Parks Commission. Four incumbents on the Select Board — Erin Noonan, Moses Grader, Alexa Singer and Bret Murray — face challengers Dan Albert and Daniel Fox for the five available seats.

Under a new system, the top two vote-getters in the Select Board election will initially receive three-year terms, while the next two will serve two-year terms. The fifth-place finisher will hold office for one year before facing re-election in 2025. This staggered approach aims to maintain an experienced base even as new members join the board.

For the Recreation and Parks Commission, incumbents Linda Rice Collins, Shelly Bedrossian, Rossanna Ferrante, Karin Ernst and Matthew Martin will vie with Richard W. Jordan for the five seats. Kristin DuBay Horton and Laura Ruth Gallant will appear on the ballot for a five-year seat on the Marblehead Housing Authority, but Gallant has ceded her seat to Horton. She tried to withdraw her name from the ballot but missed the deadline to do so.

Several races are uncontested, including Town Moderator (Jack Attridge), Cemetery Commission (Janet Merrill), School Committee (Alfred Williams), Library Board of Trustees (David F. Ross Jr., John G. Williams), Board of Health (Dr. Thomas A. Massaro), Planning Board (Andrew Christensen, Barton Hyte), Light Commission (Adam Robert Smith, Simon Frechette), and Water and Sewer Commission (Gregory Bates).

The Marblehead Current has put together its second annual Candidates’ Guide, with brief bios and Q&As with candidates in the two contested races. The guide also includes news articles, spotlights, editorials and letters to the editor related to the election.