NEW GLOUCESTER – Four candidates are vying for two selectmen’s seats. Incumbents Steve Libby and David Lunt are challenged by Eugenia Sawin and Christopher Rheault. Both terms are for three years.

Two incumbent school board members, Alan Rich and Sharon Vandermay, face no opposition.

Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 12, at the AMVET Post 6 Hall on Route 100.

Selectmen

Steve Libby, 43, the board chairman, is seeking a third consecutive term. He has served as a volunteer on municipal boards since the mid-1980s.

“I love New Gloucester; its people, its neighborhoods, and I love working with everyone,” Libby said.

As selectman, he would like to see the fire station and Woodman Road projects completed, he said. Long-range plans include future contractual agreements with law enforcement and ambulance service. Long-term financial planning would tie studies performed over the years to final outcomes, he said.

Libby lives on Gloucester Hill Road and owns Portland Insulation. He is married with two children.

Incumbent David Lunt, 70, is completing his first term. A retired educator and private, nonprofit employment counselor, Lunt’s activities include the Parks and Recreation and Fairgrounds committees. He also serves on the Fire Station Committee and is the town’s representative to Cumberland County government.

“I feel I’m a real good listener. I try to listen to what the people feel and say, Lunt said. “I continue to find ways to be a better and more effective communicator with members of the community. If I feel I’m developing my own personal agenda, it’s time for me to go.”

Lunt lives on Lewiston Road.

Christopher Rheault, 29, believes it’s time for change.

“It is time to let new voices be heard in our town’s government, for people’s opinions to be considered and respected,” he said. “It is time to let people do their jobs without constant interference and micromanaging.”

Rheault said he is running because he has a strong interest in serving his community and feels he can contribute new thoughts and ideas.

“If there’s a way to continue services with other towns to save money, it’s a no-brainer,” he said. Recycling is a pet issue, especially single-source recycling.

Economic growth, protecting the natural environment and schools are also important to him.

Rheault, a teacher, is single and lives on Cobbs Bridge Road.

Gina Sawin, 49, says she believes in public service and loves New Gloucester. She is concerned for its future and preservation.

Sawin is running to bring “freshness, objectivity and no baggage and a sense of fairness to the town’s business,” she said.

“I am concerned for development and the way the town is growing. We have to be very vigilant to the ways things get done. I’d like to see town government run in an open and fair way.”

Sawin is a self-employed artist with two young children. She lives on Cobbs Bridge Road.

SAD 15 School Committee

Alan Rich, the committee chairman, is running uncontested for a third term

“I’m running principally to see the renovation projects of the district’s five schools completed. And, I am concerned with the consolidation plan for schools and how it will impact SAD 15,” Rich said.

Sharon Vandermay, 44, is seeking her second three-year term, unopposed.

The chairman of the district’s Finance Committee, Vandermay says, “We’ve made so much progress.”

Vandermay believes a school consolidation plan for the district with another community would not result in savings for Gray and New Gloucester taxpayers.