Weehawken Board of Education incumbents win reelection

WEEHAWKEN–All three incumbents retained their seats in the Weehawken Board of Education elections Tuesday.
According to unofficial numbers from the township–including vote by mail, but not provisional ballots–Board President Richard Barsa earned 637 votes. Board members Jennifer Bolcar and Meg Carson earned 606 and 470 votes, respectively. The latter were also elected to full-three year terms after previously being appointed to the board.
Challengers Monika Sikand and Elizabeth Chan earned 214 and 228 votes, respectively. Residents also approved the 2017-18 $28 million budget, 516 to 107–sans provisional ballots.
For more information on the elections, pick up next week’s edition of The Weehawken Reporter.