Five file for WW-P board seats

All three open seats on the board will be contested.

By: Shanay Cadette
   The three open seats on the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Board of Education will be contested this election, according to petitions filed with the board office Monday.
   Incumbents Michele Epstein of Plainsboro and Diane Hasling of West Windsor will not seek re-election, each having served one three-year term.
   Incumbent Hemant Marathe of West Windsor is running for a second term.
   Mr. Marathe, owner and operator of a software consulting business, will vie with challengers Robert Johnson of Van Wyck Drive and Peter Weale of Fisher Place for two open West Windsor seats.
   Mr. Marathe, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Weale could not be reached for comment Monday.
   Two Plainsboro residents — Ellen Walsh of Petty Road and William Probasco of Thoreau Drive — are running for the seat to be vacated by Ms. Epstein. Ms. Walsh and Mr. Probasco also could not be reached for comment Monday.
   There are nine seats on the school board.