Lynn Sloneker reports in her Unmuffled blog that Carrie Sigler Otty was appointed to the Hudson City Board of Education, Monday, Nov. 14. "Otty was appointed to fill a vacancy created following the death of her husband, Jeffrey. He succumbed to illness in Sept., three months after he was elected BoE president," Sloneker wrote. Four other candidates came forward, three in person Monday, for the temporary appointment that comes up for election in May. Michael C. Clark, Craig Jaufmann, Martin Nayowith, and Carrie Haddad are profiled in depth in Sloneker's post. Read the full story at Unmuffled.