LANESBOROUGH — Where does Select Board candidate Scott A. Graves live?

His answer — and now, the answer accepted by the town's Board of Registrars — is Lanesborough.

Graves ran for mayor of Pittsfield in 2019 and still owns a home at 159 Cascade St. in Pittsfield. A declaration of homestead, dated Dec. 16, 2016, is on record for him and Paula Messana at that property.

Scott Graves is running for Lanesborough Select Board. His residency was challenged and he prevailed.

Graves bought 495 S. Main St. in Lanesborough under the name LSG Investments with his son Logan on Nov. 24, 2020. That’s where the business Inspired Creations is located, along with a private residence.

There is no recorded homestead on that property, but that is the property Graves recorded as his home when he registered as a candidate for Lanesborough Select Board.

This is the address Scott A. Graves has registered as his private residence. There is a private residence on the right side of the building.

He's planning to build a family compound on one of his Lanesborough properties.

Graves is a member of the Lanesborough Zoning Board of Appeals, a position that hasn’t required local residency.

Finance Committee member Kristen Tool challenged Graves’ residency in town, and the Board of Registrars held a hearing Monday during which attorney Andrew Hochberg represented Graves and attorney Michael D'Ortenzio from KP Law represented Lanesborough.

Ruth Knysh, town clerk, serves on the Board of Registrars along with Lynne Baumgartner, Stacy Nash and Leigh Nilsen.

“With the evidence Mr. Graves provided to the Board of Registrars, it was a unanimous decision to dismiss the complaint filed by Ms. Tool,” Knysh wrote in an email to The Berkshire Eagle.

Bottom line: Graves can legitimately run in Tuesday’s election.

He’s one of five people running for three seats in a newly expanded board, which will be composed of five rather than three members. The others are incumbent Michael P. Murphy, Juli Ann Baker, Christian H. Halley and Jeffrey Michael Walter.

Graves said he researched the law on the subject of residency and said he took steps to meet the requirements, including moving bank accounts, licenses and vehicle registrations to Lanesborough.

“It’s your right to choose where you live," he said. "Someone can challenge it; obviously, someone did.”