By Monica Fragale
Contributing Writer

East Marlborough Supervisors’ Chairwoman Kathryn Monahan has resigned from the board, and applications are now being accepted to fill her supervisor seat.

Monahan sent township manager Neil Lovekin an email Sept. 5 announcing her resignation “effective immediately.” The supervisors voted at their Oct. 7 meeting to accept that resignation and advertise the vacancy.

Applications for her seat will be accepted until 4 p.m. Oct. 30; an appointment is expected to happen at the supervisors’ regular township meeting on Nov. 4.

It is the second time since June that a supervisor has left the five-member board. On May 5, Eric Matuszak resigned from the board and his resignation was accepted at the June 3 meeting. Township resident John Auger was appointed at the July 1 meeting as his replacement for the remainder of Matuszak’s term which ends Jan. 2, 2026.

In her email, Monahan wrote, “Effective immediately I resign as supervisor on the board of supervisors for East Marlborough.”

“She has been a mentor to me,” supervisors’ Vice Chairwoman Ellen Sosangelis said at the meeting. “It has been my pleasure to work with Kathryn.”

Sosangelis said Monahan worked closely with Lovekin and the rest of the staff “to accomplish the following for the good of the community – raising public workers’ salaries … developing a capital improvement plan, promoting better transparency with township finances.”

“Well-said,” Supervisor John Sarro commented. “I think it’s spoken for all of us.”

Interested residents can check out the township website at www.eastmarlborough.org for more information.