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    {
     "filled_by": "elected",
     "how": "elected — annual town election, third Saturday in May",
     "person": "Brian Marple",
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    },
    {
     "filled_by": "elected",
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     "person": "Perry R. Jewell",
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    {
     "filled_by": "elected",
     "how": "elected — annual town election, third Saturday in May",
     "person": "Lorraine Rudd",
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    {
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     "how": "elected — annual town election, third Saturday in May",
     "person": "Caesar Nuzzolo",
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    {
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     "how": "elected — annual town election, third Saturday in May",
     "person": "Renee Emkey",
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    {
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     "how": "elected — annual town election, third Saturday in May",
     "person": "Michael Clark",
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    },
    {
     "filled_by": "elected",
     "how": "elected — annual town election, third Saturday in May",
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     "filled_by": "elected",
     "how": "elected — annual town election, third Saturday in May",
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    },
    {
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     "person": "Harry Kubetz",
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    },
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     "person": "Colleen Shapiro",
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    },
    {
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     "person": "Adam Burney",
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    {
     "filled_by": "appointed",
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     "filled_by": "appointed",
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    {
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    {
     "filled_by": "appointed",
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     "person": "Chris Menard",
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     "filled_by": "appointed",
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     "person": "Jay Simeone",
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    {
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     "how": "appointed — by the Select Board",
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     "filled_by": "appointed",
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    {
     "filled_by": "appointed",
     "how": "appointed — by the Select Board",
     "person": "Steven Walker",
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    {
     "filled_by": "appointed",
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    {
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     "person": "Paul J. Fortin",
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     "person": "Robin Venezia",
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     "how": "elected — annual town election, third Saturday in May",
     "person": "Christopher Sullivan",
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    {
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    {
     "filled_by": "appointed",
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    {
     "filled_by": "appointed",
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     "person": "Faith Beall",
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    },
    {
     "filled_by": "appointed",
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     "person": "Patrick Callahan",
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    },
    {
     "filled_by": "appointed",
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     "person": "David Blatt",
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     "person": "Timothy Russell Willsmer",
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    {
     "filled_by": "elected",
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    },
    {
     "filled_by": "elected",
     "how": "elected — annual town election, third Saturday in May",
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     "how": "appointed — by the Select Board",
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     "filled_by": "appointed",
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     "person": "Jack Rabbit",
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    },
    {
     "filled_by": "appointed",
     "how": "appointed — by the Select Board",
     "person": "Lou Franco",
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    },
    {
     "filled_by": "appointed",
     "how": "appointed — by the Select Board",
     "person": "Nancy Peterson",
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    },
    {
     "filled_by": "appointed",
     "how": "appointed — by the Select Board",
     "person": "Tiffany Warren",
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    },
    {
     "filled_by": "appointed",
     "how": "appointed — by the Select Board",
     "person": "Jean Russell",
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    },
    {
     "filled_by": "appointed",
     "how": "appointed — by the Select Board",
     "person": "Tanya Dall",
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    {
     "filled_by": "appointed",
     "how": "appointed — by the Select Board",
     "person": "C. William Lakso",
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    {
     "filled_by": "appointed",
     "how": "appointed — by the Select Board",
     "person": "Brian Vienneau",
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     "filled_by": "appointed",
     "how": "appointed — by the Select Board",
     "person": "Alfred Gravelle",
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    {
     "filled_by": "appointed",
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     "person": "Anthony Nicastro",
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     "filled_by": "appointed",
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   "seats": [
    {
     "filled_by": "elected",
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    }
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  },
  {
   "seats": [
    {
     "filled_by": "elected",
     "how": "elected — annual town election, third Saturday in May",
     "person": "Wayne Caron",
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    },
    {
     "filled_by": "elected",
     "how": "elected — annual town election, third Saturday in May",
     "person": "Dale Proulx",
     "post": "HOUSING AUTHORITY"
    }
   ],
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  }
 ],
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 "generated_by": "scripts/build_open_seats.py",
 "grain": "SEATS, not people. One row is one seat on one body: either printed empty by the town, or filled with the year its term runs out printed beside it.",
 "not_established": [
  "What is open TODAY. The annual report is a snapshot taken once a year.",
  "Whether anybody has already been appointed to a seat printed as empty.",
  "What a seat asks of the person in it — hours, meetings, or term length beyond the year it ends."
 ],
 "sources": [
  {
   "basis": "published",
   "note": "Read by scripts/extract_personnel.py. A vacancy is printed in place of a name, in eight different spellings.",
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  }
 ],
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   "label": "seats printed EMPTY across 12 boards — 15 appointed, 3 elected",
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  },
  {
   "label": "seats whose term runs out in 2026",
   "value": "35"
  },
  {
   "label": "boards, committees and posts in the town’s listing",
   "value": "60"
  }
 ],
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  },
  {
   "filled_by": "appointed",
   "how": "appointed — by the Select Board",
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   "seats": 2
  },
  {
   "filled_by": "appointed",
   "how": "appointed — by the Select Board",
   "post": "MONTACHUSETT JOINT TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE",
   "seats": 2
  },
  {
   "filled_by": "appointed",
   "how": "appointed — by the Select Board",
   "post": "ARCHITECTURAL PRESERVATION DISTRICT COMMISSION (APDC)",
   "seats": 1
  },
  {
   "filled_by": "appointed",
   "how": "appointed — by the Select Board",
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  },
  {
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   "how": "elected — annual town election, third Saturday in May",
   "post": "PARKS COMMISSION",
   "seats": 1
  },
  {
   "filled_by": "elected",
   "how": "elected — annual town election, third Saturday in May",
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   "seats": 1
  },
  {
   "filled_by": "appointed",
   "how": "appointed — by the Select Board",
   "post": "POUND KEEPER",
   "seats": 1
  },
  {
   "filled_by": "appointed",
   "how": "appointed — by the Select Board",
   "post": "PUBLIC ACCESS CABLE COMMITTEE",
   "seats": 1
  },
  {
   "filled_by": "appointed",
   "how": "appointed — by the Select Board",
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  },
  {
   "filled_by": "elected",
   "how": "elected — annual town election, third Saturday in May",
   "post": "TRUST FUND COMMISSION",
   "seats": 1
  },
  {
   "filled_by": "appointed",
   "how": "appointed — by the Select Board",
   "post": "ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS",
   "seats": 1
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}