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Julie Curtis, Chair of the DanversDems Scholarship Committee presented the committee scholarship to Julia Boyd at last nights Senior Scholarship Award Night @ the High School. Thanks to Julie for leading this committee and congratulations to Julia. The following are Julie’s remarks at the presentation ceremony.

The Danvers Democratic Town Committee is honored to award this year’s scholarship to Julia Boyd.  Julia will be attending a higher education institution majoring in political science and government with a minor in journalism. She looks forward to a career as an attorney working in government.

Some of Julia’s extracurricular activities while at Danvers High School were:

Member of the Women Of The World where she ran an annual drive for women’s shelters as well as holding sexual assault assemblies for over 800 students

As editor in chief of the school newspaper she wrote, proofread, and edited the paper and was the student representative to the Danvers School Committee

In the recommendations submitted for our attention, Julia Bond is referred to as a strong advocate, talented writer and speaker who leads by example because she always acts with kindness first.

Another teacher described Julia as a talented, conscientious and insightful student whose strengths will make her an invaluable addition to her campus

The Danvers Democratic Town Committee agrees wholeheartedly and congratulates you on your achievements.

The DanversDems proudly award our scholarship to Julia Boyd.

City Councilor at-Large Hannah Bowen won Tuesday’s special election to replace State Rep. Jerry Parisella and represent the 6th Essex district on Beacon Hill.

Bowen, a 43-year-old Democrat, won with 73% of votes and carried all six of Beverly’s wards against Republican Medley Long III. “ I am so thankful to the residents of Beve rly and Wenham for entrusting me to represent them on Beacon Hill. I do not take this responsibility lightly,” Bowen said in a statement Tuesday. “I also want to thank the more than one hundred volunteers who always showed up even in the rain, snow, and extreme wind to make this possible.

“At a time when things seem heavy, this campaign reminded me of what is possible when we bring people together.”

Bowen will represent all of Beverly and Precinct 1 in Wenham in the seat Parisella vacated this winter to become a judge.

Wenham voters cast 144 ballots in favor of Bowen and 37 for Long, while Beverly carried 3,949 votes for Bowen, and 1,406 for Long.

 Every candidate on our Slate of Candidates was elected and every DanversDem running for Town Meeting Member won their race. The voters have responded to our message of fairness, inclusivity and experience in town government.

Gardner Trask and Dan Bennett were victorious in the field of seven Select Board candidates.  Gardner topped the ticket with 1,561 votes, earning the top spot in every single precinct.  He will ably succeed our own DanversDem David Mills who has served the town with dignity, competence and honor for many years.  Dan Bennett secured the second spot with 1,378 votes also ranking second in every precinct.  Kevin Berich was third with 1,092 votes and Sandy Franeschini fourth with 892 votes.

Gabe Lopes won decisively defeating Maxwell Rudin for School Committee by a wide margin; 2,074 to 740 votes.

Congratulations to DanversDem Julie Curtis, who was the top vote getter for Library Trustee with 1,956 votes.  Julie was elected alongside Noah Levitt and Kevin Lee.

Michael Swindell was re-elected unopposed for Housing Authority.

DanversDems will be well represented in the next Town Meeting with all six of our candidates elected.  We are especially excited for our four first time Town Meeting Members!

Precinct 1:  Lou George (re-elected) & Jillian Durand (first time member)
Precinct 2: Phil Bolduc (first time member)
Precinct 3: Charlotte Jordan (first time member)
Precinct 5: Liz Brennan (first time member)
Precinct 8: Lou Bernazzani – re-elected

We are deeply grateful to all the candidates who stepped up to run and for your commitment to serve our town.  A special thank you to all the DanversDems who worked so hard in this election.