Dartmouth will have a new member of the Select Board after Nathan Silva was victorious in the town’s election on April 7.

 

Silva will occupy the seat held by Select Board Vice Chairperson Stanley M. Mickelson for the past 12 years.

 

Silva was one of four people running for the seat. According to unofficial results, Silva received 53.4% of the vote, or 1,575 votes.

 

In second place, Kevin Melo received 26.6% of the vote, or 784 votes; Curtis Craig Nunes received 11.9% of the vote, or 350 votes, and Adelino Oliveira received 7.2%, or 213 votes.

 

Silva will join the five-person board, led by Chairperson Heidi Silva Brooks, along with David Tatelbaum, Shawn McDonald and Christopher O’Neil.

 

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