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Newcomer Mary Massey and incumbents Mike Adams and Dale Keene had leads for seats on the Sweet Home School Board in the May 16 election, according to vote totals as of Tuesday morning, May 23.

In the single contested race for the Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District Board of Directors, Position 2, incumbent Charlene Adams led challenger Dave Trask with 52.35% (1,058 votes) to 47.20% (954).

However, said County Elections Supervisor Derrick Sterling, those numbers will change due to a new law, passed last year that requires counties to count all ballots postmarked by May 16.

The “postm...