The town election is on 3/26/12, but starting 12/5/11 it is time to take out your nomination papers from the town clerk. Fifty signatures from registered voters are required. The nomination papers are due back to the town clerk by 2/6/12.
The town election is always the last Monday in March, per the charter. I have been wondering whether it might make more sense to have the town election on the first Tuesday in November, in order to benefit from the larger turn out the state and national elections get. The Charter & Bylaw Study Committee is already looking at those sorts of issues