ANDOVER — Mark Thurston was elected selectman with 53 write-in votes Tuesday, unseating Jim Adler who had 28, Town Clerk Melinda Averill said Wednesday.

Thurston, who is also a member of the Planning Board, won a three-year term.

School board members Paula Lee and Tim Akers were re-elected to three-year terms and Betty Davis was re-elected for two years, Averill said.

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Andover selectmen, from left, Jim Adler, Sharon Hutchins and Jane Rich, listen to moderator Robert Duplessie at the annual town meeting Saturday.

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