HOWELL – Councilman Robert Walsh was sworn in to a one-year term and the council elected Robert Nicastro as deputy mayor. Walsh said the township needs to keep taxes as low as possible by ...

HOWELL — Three seats are up for grabs in an election that could change the longstanding political majority of the township council. Deputy Mayor Robert Nicastro and Councilwoman Pauline Smith ...

Nicastro listed his only source of income as his $7,500 stipend from the Howell Township Council. His annual property tax bill on his home is more than $13,000, nearly twice as much as the stipend.

Council members Pauline Smith, Robert Walsh and Robert Nicastro handily defeated Michelle Flaherty, Allen Kaplan and Matthew Rasmussen, who had the backing of party chairman John Costigan.