{"id":359621,"date":"2026-04-14T15:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=359621"},"modified":"2026-04-14T15:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:34:17","slug":"new-roseau-mayor-installed-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/new-roseau-mayor-installed-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"New Roseau mayor installed this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_359622\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-359622\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-359622\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lucy-Belle-Matthew-642x642.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-359622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lucy Belle-Matthew<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The City of Roseau now has a new Mayor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lucy Belle-Matthew of Fond Cole was elected unopposed by the newly elected council this week. This followed her\u00a0victory at the polls during the Roseau City Council Elections in March 2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She replaced Sandra Irmine Royer who had served two consecutive terms as mayor beginning January 2020, then being re-elected in March 2023.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Belle-Matthew, who represented Ward 4, received a total of 408 votes while her opponent Sherman Boston received 267 votes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cProfoundly grateful to my fellow councillors for having placed their confidence and given this opportunity, as Mayor elect for the City of Roseau with a unified\u00a0\u00a0approach and hard work we will make that difference to move our City and municipality forward,\u201d Belle-Matthew said. \u201cSleeves rolled back.. Work will start.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An inauguration date for the new council has not yet been announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The City of Roseau now has a new Mayor. Lucy Belle-Matthew of Fond Cole was elected unopposed by the newly elected council this week. This followed her\u00a0victory at the polls during the Roseau City Council Elections in March 2026. 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