The School Committee race was the only contested race in East Longmeadow.
Richard Freccero, the former principal of East Longmeadow High School, was the top vote-getter in Tuesday's East Longmeadow town election.
EAST LONGMEADOW - The former principal of East Longmeadow High School earned the most votes during the annual town election Tuesday.
Richard Freccero received 1,437 votes beating out incumbent Angela K. Thorpe, who got 556 votes and newcomer William Berdnarzyk Jr., who got 135 votes for a three-year seat on the School Committee.
Joining Freccero will be incumbent Gregory Thompson who won a seat on the board with 1,077 votes. The School Committee race was the only contested race on Tuesday.
Town Clerk Thomas P. Florence said 16.6 percent or 1,835 of the town's 11,052 registered voters cast ballots.
"We had a steady turnout of voters all day. I was actually expecting about a 12 percent turnout, so this is great," he said.
Freccero said he is thankful for the support the of East Longmeadow voters, but he knows any of the other candidates could have done a great job.
"There were three other capable opponents and that pushed me to work very hard during this campaign," Freccero said.I have a deep sense of appreciation and I feel a lot of joy, but I also feel compassion for the two that lost because we all deserved to be on the committee."
Freccero said he is looking forward to working with the rest of the committee.
"I'm ready to make education decision that help all kids," he said.
This will be Thompson's second term on the School Committee. He said he is grateful to all of the people who voted for him.
"I think they have proven that this was an important race I give them credit for being here and voting," he said.
Thomspon said he hopes his past record is what motivated people to vote for him.
"I've been doing the hard work over these past three years," he said. "We did our best to get the word out and asked people for their support and they in turn gave it to me."
Thompson said he is excited about working with the new committee.
"I know we can be a cohesive committee and I'm ready to do the work that needs to be done," he said.
Thompson said he is looking forward to working with the superintendent and assistant superintendent of schools to set a new course for education in East Longmeadow.
In other non contested positions Enrico J. Villamaino retained his seat on the Board of Selectmen. Daniel Burak retained his seat on the Board of Public Works, Alessandro F. Meccia, was elected to fill a seat on the Planning Board, and Martin J. Grudgen was elected to fill a seat on the Board of Assessors. Amieland B. Singh and Claudine R. Brouchard earned two seats on the Library Board of Trustees and Debora Boronski ran a successful sticker campaign got the open seat on the Housing Authority.