The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously tonight to appoint Joseph Mauro as Southborough’s new fire chief. The decision caps off a selection process that took nearly nine months.

With Southborough’s months-long search for a new fire chief hopefully nearing its conclusion, three candidates will be interviewed by the Board of Selectmen tomorrow night. It is not known whether the board will vote on an appointment at tomorrow’s meeting or at a future date.

Two new candidates will be considered for the position of Southborough Fire Chief, the screening committee announced today, and both are current members of the Southborough Fire Department. Captain Joseph Mauro and Lieutenant Christian Dano will be interviewed for the position by the Board of Selectmen at a meeting later this month.