Politics & Government
New Macungie Mayor Sworn In
Gary Cordner was sworn in as interim mayor of Macungie in Borough Hall on Monday afternoon.
Democrat Gary Cordner was sworn into office as interim mayor of Macungie Borough by Notary Public Cindy Hartzell at 2:30 p.m. Monday in Borough Council Chambers at Macungie Borough Hall. His wife, Annmarie, and daughter, Lera, attended the ceremony along with Police Chief Edward Harry, Council President Chris Becker and Borough Manager Chris Boehm.
Cordner was selected interim mayor by council at its July 15 meeting and will serve through Dec. 31, 2013. He will complete the term of former Macungie Mayor Rick Hoffman, who resigned on June 28.
Cordner, 61, is a professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Kutztown University. He 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.
Cordner is running for Macungie mayor in the November general election. He will face Republican Ron Conrad in that race.
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