On Wednesday, March 13, three new members of Branford's Representative Town Meeting (RTM) were sworn in to fill Democrtic party vacancies in three districts.

Linda Erlanger (D-District 3), Kathi Traugh, (D-District 5) and Shahida Soomro (D-District 4) were sworn in as a group at the start of the regular RTM meeting by Branford Town Clerk Lisa Arpin.

Erlanger fills a seat vacated by Branford's new State Representative, Robin Comey (D, District 101). Traugh resumes a seat vacated by former District 5 representative Maryanne Hall and Soomro fills a seat vacated by former District 4 representative Dorothy Docknovich. At the Feb. 13 meeting of the RTM, Democratic Minority Leader Chris Sullivan and Republican Majority Ray Ingraham shared their thanks to both Hall and Docknovich for their many years of service to the RTM.