How to Use selectman in a Sentence

selectman

noun

• The former first selectman has been working on a book about the Irish canal builders for years.
  — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 17 Mar. 2022
• Then the selectman himself signed all of their names to the declarations.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2023
• His wife, Martha, is currently serving a four-year term on the town’s board of selectmen.
  — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026
• But one of the five residents who was a selectman moved away, creating a vacancy.
  — Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2019
• 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
• Honig, a selectman in Harwinton, lost a close race to Seminara two years ago when the seat was open.
  — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 14 Nov. 2024
• 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
• Otherwise, the general welfare of the town and its people had been turned over to the selectmen—that is, to a government.
  — Gary Greenberg, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
• She was elected first selectman in 2015 and before that was chair of the board of education.
  — Ken Byron, Courant Community, 12 Mar. 2018
• 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
• 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
• 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
• After law school, Herbst was elected Trumbull's first selectman at the age of 29.
  — Daniela Altimari, courant.com, 28 June 2018
• Kolenda, who is no longer a selectman, could not immediately be reached for comment Tuesday.
  — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Mar. 2023
• The decision to euthanize the dog was made before Hoey became first selectman.
  — Jack Kramer, ExpressNews.com, 23 June 2019
• Her husband Ian Underwood, a town selectman, proposed slashing the town’s school budget by half.
  — Dan Barry, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2022
• That bill has not yet made its way through the House and Senate, so Chelmsford selectmen took action on Monday.
  — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 19 May 2026
• Windsor Locks had not had a Republican mayor or first selectman in 20 years.
  — Christopher Keating, courant.com, 8 Nov. 2021
• Jim Marpe, the town’s Republican first selectman, said during the special meeting last week.
  — Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, ProPublica, 25 Sep. 2019
• Simmons served as first selectman in his hometown of Stonington after Congress.
  — Christopher Keating, courant.com, 29 Aug. 2021
• 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
• 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
• As evidence, Kline points to the election of Jennifer Mahr to the board of selectmen two years ago and as first selectwoman last fall.
  — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026
• Ditto for so many town officials, minus the selectman in the bow tie, who’ve shrugged off Johnson’s onslaught to keep issuing permits and licenses.
  — Brian McGrory, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2023
• Svensson is a former selectman and current chairman of the Municipal Light Board.
  — John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2018
• The West Plymouth site was chosen from 21 potential ones, according to a selectmen’s report.
  — Johanna Seltz, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 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
• The mural is dedicated to the memory of Jean Gasper, former first selectman and library director.
  — courant.com, 11 Dec. 2019
• Instead, hundreds of millions of dollars will be funneled to cities and towns in order to avoid local property tax increases as mayors and first selectmen will be urged to hold the line on spending in the next fiscal year.
  — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026