Sunderland residents OK override in 430-188 vote

SUNDERLAND — In a 430-188 vote, Sunderland voters gave the final approval needed for an $800,000 override that will raise fiscal year 2027 property taxes by 10.7%.

In the sole contested race on the ballot, incumbents Joseph Elias and Amanda Wygant retained their seats on the Sunderland Elementary School Committee for another three years, earning 289 votes and 359 votes, respectively. Elias and Wygant fended off challenges from candidates Robert Powell and Heather Potyrala, who received 140 votes and 211 votes, respectively.

The remaining results are as follows:

• Selectboard, three-year-term — Dan Murphy, 514 votes.
• Planning Board, five-year term — Gabrielle Kurth, 515 votes.
• Assessor, three-year term — Jennifer Unkles, 529 votes.
• Board of Health, three-year term — Bruce Bennett, 526 votes.
• Frontier Regional School Committee, three-year term — Allison Dean, 516 votes.
• Moderator, one-year term — Thomas Fydenkevez Jr., 540 votes.
• Riverside Cemetery trustee, three-year term — Janet Sawyer-Bergeron, 538 votes.
• Sunderland Public Library trustees, three seats with three-year terms — Molly Gowa, 505 votes, Kristyn Korpita, 517 votes, and Valerie Voorheis, 502 votes.