PITTSTON — After a competitive race, Christine Holzinger has won a seat on the Pittston Select Board.

Christine Holzinger has won a seat on the Pittston Select Board. Photo courtesy of Christine Holzinger

Holzinger won Tuesday’s Select Board race with 220 votes. She ran against Todd Lindstrom, who received 187.

More than 400 residents voted in the election, which is about the same turnout as the town’s primary election in March 2024.

The race for Select Board was fierce, with candidates’ signs lining town roads and hundreds of flyers sent to homes.

Holzinger said she believes the impressive turnout for the March election was due in part to residents’ strong feelings on issues in town, including Jewett Road and the RiverWalk.

“There were several issues that were contentious in town,” she said, “and I think there were a lot of people who were sure they wanted their vote counted.”

The election followed Saturday’s annual town meeting, which more than 100 people attended and went from 9:45 a.m. to about 2:30 p.m.

At the town meeting, residents slashed the proposed $3 million budget by $394,000 and discussed nearly every item on the agenda.

The ballot included uncontested races for the Planning Board, Personnel Committee, Budget Committee and East Pittston Water District.

In the uncontested elections, voters elected Peter Kelley and Jim Lothridge to the Planning Board; Jeff Peaslee to the Personnel Committee; and Linda Caputo, Cheryl Peaslee, Sharon Gleason and Sam Snow to the Budget Committee. Leroy Usher was elected to run the East Pittston Water District.

Jeff Peaslee and Snow were write-in candidates. Jeff Peaslee did not accept his nomination, and Snow had yet to reply as of Wednesday afternoon, Town Clerk Valerie Hanson said.

Wednesday night’s Select Board meeting will be Holzinger’s first.  She succeeds longtime board member Jane Hubert.

“We have kind of a rowdy crowd, so I am hoping we can turn that around and make it a little more respectful,” Holzinger said. “It’s as important to hear from those who didn’t vote for me as it is to hear from those who did vote for me.”