If you have been wanting to make a bigger difference at Beacon’s Howland Public Library, this may be your chance. The Howland Public Library Board of Trustees Elections are coming up on Thursday, April 30, 2020, and there are five trustee positions available (three people are up for re-election, and two seats are completely open). There are nine members total on the library’s Board of Trustees. Terms served will vary from one to five years.

“Our goal is to reach a broad demographic of the Beacon Community,” said Arabella Droullard, a current trustee and current secretary of the board, via press release. To qualify, candidates must meet the following criteria:

• Be 18 years or older.

• Be a U.S. citizen.

• Resident of the State of New York and the Beacon City School District for 30 days preceding the election.

• Pick up a petition packet at the library at 313 Main St., Beacon, NY, during normal business hours.

• Get the required 25 signatures. Get a few more, recommends Arabella, “just in case of illegible signatures or disqualified signatures.”

• Have the petition notarized and return to the library election clerk by Monday, March 30, 2020 at 5 pm, as specified in the legal notice.

Current trustees include:

Jan Dolan
Tom Rigney
Kathleen Furfey
Diane Landau-Flayter
Karen Twohig
Darlene Resling
Arabella Champaq Droullard

Darlene Resling, Karen Twohig, and Tom Rigney are up for re-election this spring. This list includes seven people, not the full slate of nine, because one person relocated and another needed to resign for personal family reasons.