How to Use selectman in a Sentence

selectman

noun
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  • The former first selectman has been working on a book about the Irish canal builders for years.
    — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Newtown First selectman Pat Llodra said the town will run out of money by the fourth quarter of the fiscal year, which starts in April.
    — Joseph De Avila, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2017
  • William soon became a town selectman and a member of the General Court.
    — Marc M. Arkin, WSJ, 20 July 2021
  • Butler, the selectman, recalled that Karun almost always showed up to the town meetings that take place twice a month.
    — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 14 June 2019
  • She was elected first selectman in 2015 and before that was chair of the board of education.
    — Ken Byron, Courant Community, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Sharkey has been a member of the board of burgesses (the equivalent of selectmen or Town Council) for 10 years, but this was his first attempt at the warden's seat.
    — Janice Steinhagen, Courant Community, 18 May 2017
  • On March 16, town selectmen voted to postpone the election.
    — Jessica Huseman, ProPublica, 6 Apr. 2020
  • After law school, Herbst was elected Trumbull's first selectman at the age of 29.
    — Daniela Altimari, courant.com, 28 June 2018
  • The section of the town’s website that links to the first selectman’s office was offline Monday afternoon.
    — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2023
  • John Bruno, the only candidate running for the longer term, was a selectman for 15 years and the town moderator for nearly a decade.
    — Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The recall also targets a third selectman who’s accused of missing half of this year’s meetings.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2021
  • But one of the five residents who was a selectman moved away, creating a vacancy.
    — Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2019
  • After leaving his role of first selectman, Joseloff went back to his first calling, taking on the mantle of editor once again.
    — Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Democrats have held the first selectman’s post since Mary Glassman soundly defeated Thomas Vincent in 2007.
    — Don Stacom, courant.com, 12 May 2021
  • Preston is governed by a board of selectman, which sets the town's policy agenda, and a town meeting, which acts as a legislative body.
    — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Applicants are asked to respond by June 1, selectmen said.
    — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 23 May 2018
  • Jim Marpe, the town’s Republican first selectman, said during the special meeting last week.
    — Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, ProPublica, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Windsor Locks had not had a Republican mayor or first selectman in 20 years.
    — Christopher Keating, courant.com, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Her husband Ian Underwood, a town selectman, proposed slashing the town’s school budget by half.
    — Dan Barry, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2022
  • There is the first selectman—the local equivalent of mayor—and the chairman of the Greenwich finance board, as well as an ardent backer who serves in the state House of Representatives.
    — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 3 May 2020
  • Finance Board Chairman Scott Davis said that both the school board and the selectmen were instructed to come in with a zero-increase budget proposal, a challenge both boards managed to meet.
    — Janice Steinhagen, Courant Community, 17 Apr. 2018
  • A proposal to rebuild the fire department's headquarters on River Road in Collinsville at a cost of $5.36 million was presented to the board of selectmen on Wednesday.
    — Ken Byron, Courant Community, 26 Apr. 2017
  • The decision to euthanize the dog was made before Hoey became first selectman.
    — Jack Kramer, ExpressNews.com, 23 June 2019
  • In 2005, Joseloff was elected as first selectman of Westport, a position that is the functional equivalent of mayor.
    — Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2020
  • The West Plymouth site was chosen from 21 potential ones, according to a selectmen’s report.
    — Johanna Seltz, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2018
  • Svensson is a former selectman and current chairman of the Municipal Light Board.
    — John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • But the town must first adopt an ordinance allowing this type of assessment and the selectmen have scheduled a special town meeting for June 7 for residents to vote on the proposal.
    — Ken Byron, Courant Community, 26 May 2017
  • Standing outside Town Hall, selectman candidate Ed Ordway said those who really want to change things won't be stopped by a little snow.
    — Fox News, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Young, his lawyer Thom Page, and a small band of Simon’s supporters have habitually attended selectmen meetings over the past year to plead Simon’s case.
    — Jack Kramer, ExpressNews.com, 23 June 2019
  • Kolenda, who is no longer a selectman, could not immediately be reached for comment Tuesday.
    — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Mar. 2023

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