The five Republican candidates running for three seats on the Lower Macungie Board of Commissioners shared their views Wednesday with a room full of interested voters. Incumbents Ron Eichenberg, Ryan Conrad and Roger Reis were joined by candidates Brian Higgins and Ron Beitler to lend their perspectives to questions that ranged from the sale of parts of the Kratzer Farm to the Jaindl Spring Creek Development plan to Willow Lane School to the eventual use of the now vacant Daytimers property and the ongoing study regarding the township's police protection. John Yurasits, the sole Democrat, did…

A total of six candidates—five Republicans and a Democrat—have declared their intentions to run for seats on the Lower Macungie Board of Commissioners in the May 21 primary, according to an unofficial voter registration list. In the Republican race, Ron Eichenberg, Roger Ries and Ryan Conrad—all incumbents—and Ron Beitler and Brian Higgins are attempting to earn their party's nod in the May 21 primary. Candidate John A. Yurasits comprises the entire Democratic ballot, according to the unofficial list. Here are the candidates: Ron Beitler Incumbent Ryan Conrad Incumbent Ron Eichenberg Brian …

A total of four Republican candidates -- only one an incumbent -- have thrown their hats into the ring in the race for Macungie Borough Council in the May 21 primary, according to an unofficial voter registration list. The four will fill four seats that will become vacant at the end of December. That's when the terms belonging to Linn Walker, Jean Nagle, Joseph Sikorski and David Boyko—the only candidate who is running again—will expire. The candidates include: Incumbent David Boyko Alma Akinjiola Roseann C. Schleicher John Yerman Additionally, Democrat Gary Cordner is the only candidate for …

Eight candidates, including two incumbents, are seeking four seats on the East Penn School Board. All the candidates have cross-filed, meaning they will appear on both the Democratic and Republican ballots. According to an unofficial list from the Lehigh County voter registration office, the following candidates are on the ballot for the May 21 primary: Incumbent Alan Earnshaw Incumbent Rebecca Heid Chris Donatelli Wanda Mercado-Arroyo Michael Moxley Z. W. Munson Garrett Rhoads Alecia Weaver   The East Penn School District includes Emmaus, Alburtis and Macungie and Lower Macungie and Upper …

Republican Ryan Conrad, 32, said Tuesday he will seek re-election to the Lower Macungie Township Board of Commissioners. For the three open seats there are now five candidates. Conrad is joined by incumbents Ron Eichenberg and Roger Reis, and by Ron Beitler and Brian Higgins. Conrad is the chief executive officer of the Lehigh Valley Association of Realtors, a not-for-profit trade association comprising approximately 2,000 area real estate professionals. He serves on the Lehigh County Housing Authority Board of Directors and has s served on committees with the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of…

Democrat John A. Yurasits, 37, has announced his intentions to run for a seat on the Lower Macungie Township Board of Commissioners. For the three open seats there are now six candidates. Yurasits is the sole Democrat. Yurasits  is joined by incumbents Ryan Conrad, Ron Eichenberg and Roger Reis, and by Ron Beitler and Brian Higgins. Yurasits is a special investigator for insurance (general liability, workers compensation and automotive) for the Fort Washington, NJ, office of Global Options. He is also business manager for Local 12 UGSOA (United Government Security Officers of America), a …

Republican Roger Reis, 69, a Lower Macungie Township commissioner since 2009, has announced he will run for re-election, according to a story in the Morning Call. Reis is a Realtor and retired Pennsylvania state trooper who holds a bachelor's degree in administration of justice from the Pennsylvania State University and a master's degree in public administration from Kutztown University, it said. Reis joins three other Republican candidates who have declared their intentions for the three commissioners' seats that will be up for grabs this November. Current Commissioner President Ron …

Thinking of running for office? Elections in 2013 will be for local offices, such as: city and borough councils and mayors; county commissioners or council members and executives; school board members; township supervisors and commissioners; county and district judges. The Primary Election is May 21 and Feb. 19 marks the first day candidates can legally circulate and file nomination petitions. Candidates must get a predetermined number of signatures in order to run. The general municipal election is Nov. 5. Get a Nomination Petition Request Form here. However, there is only one office on this…

Thinking of running for office? Elections in 2013 will be for local offices, such as: city and borough councils and mayors; county commissioners or council members and executives; school board members; township supervisors and commissioners; county and district judges. The Primary Election is May 21 and Feb. 19 marks the first day candidates can legally circulate and file nomination petitions. Candidates must get a predetermined number of signatures in order to run. The general municipal election is Nov. 5. Get a Nomination Petition Request Form here. However, there is only one office on this…

Scott Ott, 51, a fiscally conservative Republican, told supporters and friends on Jan 24 that he will again run Lehigh County Commissioner in the fall. Ott is making his second attempt for the county's top job which narrowly eluded him in 2009 when, as an unknown, he came within 900 votes of beating seasoned Democratic politico Don Cunningham. He is currently a Lehigh County Commissioner, a position to which he was elected in 2011. “I am running for Lehigh County executive because I want to make our local government more accountable to the taxpayers who fund it and more effective for the …

Democrat Gary Cordner, 61, a professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Kutztown University, has announced he will run for mayor of Macungie. Cordner served as a police officer in Ocean City, Md., and as the chief of the St. Michaels, Md., Police Department in the 1970s and 80s, and was a commissioner on the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, the only national body that accredits police departments. He was a professor and served as dean of the College of Justice and Safety at Eastern Kentucky University, and wrote the textbook "Police Administration" which now …

Republican Ron Beitler, 34, a business owner and lifelong resident of Lower Macungie Township, announced earlier this week in a written release that he is running for one of the three commissioner's seats that will be open in the fall. Beitler is a graduate of Emmaus High School, and he graduated from Slippery Rock University with a degree in political science. Over the past two years, he has served on various local community boards: he chairs the Friends for Protection of Lower Macungie Township, a smart growth advocacy group, and he is on the executive board of LMT Citizens for Change. …

Republican Brian Higgins, 40, a pharmaceutical sales executive and nine-year resident of Lower Macungie Township, has announced his candidacy for one of the three township commissioner's seats that will be open in the fall. Higgins announced his intentions earlier this week in a written release. He is a husband and father of three boys, a graduate of Monmouth University, Higgins attended law school before collecting more than 18 years of business experience He has been president of the Lower Macungie Youth Association for the past three years and served on the township's Zoning Hearing Board …