By David Rogers. BLOWING ROCK, N.C. — Blowing Rock’s Board of commissioners will have two new members in the upcoming new year. While incumbent Doug Matheson was the top vote-getter with 434 votes, newcomers Wayne Miller (394) and Melissa Tausche ((272) outpolled incumbents Pete Gherini (264) and Melissa Pickett (119).
Meanwhile, Mayor Charlie Sellers did slightly better than Matheson as overall top vote-getter, receiving 464 votes to remain as mayor, overcoming the “challenge” of 46 write-in votes, the names of which were not provided.
Matheson, Miller and Tausche will now join the other two sitting commissioners, David Harwood and Cat Perry, once sworn in at the December meeting of Town Council.
