The Power of Your Voice
Neighbors: YOUR Voice Counts!
One of the most powerful things we can do is use our voices. Voices can be used to create change, stop harmful change & elect representatives who share our collective values. Also, voices can encourage other voices to participate in the dialog.
The power of our collective voices, through organizations like Neighbors for Better Planning, provide an emerging opportunity for local government to partner with community residents for thoughtful change. In this model, community residents are viewed as valued collaborators in shaping the future of our town and its policies. After all, this is where we live, worship, shop & educate our children; that is what community is.
Neighbors for Better Planning is all about empowering residents to influence decision makers while preserving their rights as community members and preserving our local, natural ecosystems and open spaces. As residents, you are the beating hearts of Wellesley. We support our Town financially, through our taxes and our votes and with these supports we earn the right to have our perspectives heard. When we use our voices collectively, we are heard. Our voices allow us to claim our right to be at the decision-making table. As we change the paradigm of top-down government, our voices move us toward a stronger partnership with town leadership to improve and protect the features of our neighborhoods that we love. We have all chosen to live here. As we magnify our voices in a collective and spirited effort, we share our expectations for engagement with our community principals. Boston is the heart of our democracy and our voices matter.
A Call to Vote on March 3, 2026
Our Endorsements
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Select Board
Tom Ulfelder
Beth Sullivan Woods
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Town Meeting
Precinct A
Pamela Joan Stirrat
Lisa Marie Duffy
Lisa Marie Fico
Precinct B
Joseph Schott
Michael D’Ortenzio
S. Peter Jones
Precinct C
Marcia Testa Simonson
Chuck Brown
Louisa Rossano
Kenneth Rossano
Kelly McCoulf Norris
Kathleen Vogel (Write-In)
Precinct D
Lori Ann Ferrante
Richard Devereux Hill Jr.
Laura Marie Robert
Elizabeth H. Shlala
Sharon Clarke
Ethan I. Davis
Melianda Aris-Voci
Kristin Welton
Precinct E
Benjamin Elwy
Thomas J. MacDonald
Kenneth Charles Largress
Wendy Ann Haering-Engels
Michael J. McManus
Neal R. Goins
Rani Elwy
Precinct F
Mariana Vinacur
Precinct G
Tamara Vira-Sielecki-Dzurdz
Harold Norman Kaplan
Precinct H
Vahideh Nilforoshan
Becca Cahaly
Joanne McIntosh
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School Committee
Costas Panagopoulos
Robert Sullivan
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Planning Board
Planning Board: Ed Chazen (Uncontested
Neighbors: YOUR votes counted!
In 2025, Neighbors for Better Planning's endorsed candidates carried the day:
2025 Results:
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100% of our endorsed candidates were elected to Select Board
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99% were elected to Town Meeting
Thank you to all of you who voted and thank you to all the volunteers who put up signs, called your friends & supported our candidates. This is truly democracy at work!
Click here for the current Town Meeting Member list
