Staff Writer
A new member of the City Council was scheduled to be sworn in Tuesday night after he won a two-year seat on the local legislative body as a result of the Tuesday, Nov. 6 elections.
Robert Albert received 801 votes in balloting last week to fill a slot left vacant earlier this year by Robert Price. Albert’s opponent, Wilfred Martin Jr., received a total of 589 votes.
“It is with pride that I assume this new commitment,” Albert said following his victory. “My goals are to make positive contributions to the betterment of Caribou.’’
Local history was made during the elections when David Martin, a math teacher at Caribou High School, received 821 votes and was elected to a three-year term on the council. Martin was the first candidate to run for the council after the city charter was amended to allow teachers and Cary Medical Center employees to run for elected office.
“It’s probably a first in Caribou,” said Martin on Monday of his election.
“If you don’t like the way things are going, it’s the democratic process. It just takes time.”
Also winning a three-year slot on the council was incumbent Kenneth Murchison Jr. with 904 votes.
Two candidates were not successful in their bids for the council.
Philip J. McDonough II, who was seeking a second term on the panel, lost his seat with 422 votes.
Another candidate seeking the three-year spot was Vaughn “Bud’ Brewer who received 517 votes.
In other election news, Katherine A. Anderson and John Kent Forbes were returned to their seat on the Caribou Board of Education with 1,211 and 1,004 votes respectively.
Athill B. Hebert was elected, without opposition, to a three-year term on the Jefferson Cary Memorial Hospital Fund with 1,307 votes.
