The three candidates are seeking to finish the term vacated by late Mayor Dane Weindorf, who died in February. City Clerk Peggy Akers is currently serving as acting mayor, and will continue to do so until a winner is certified in the election, which will be June 8.
Whoever is elected to the position will serve through Dec. 31, 2022, and will be eligible to seek re-election to the office.
Lawson has 27 years of experience as a law enforcement officer, including as a chief of police, and has served as constable in three Ashley County townships. He currently owns a business in Hamburg but has pledged to give up ownership if he is elected.
Volunteers from Reading-based Veterans Coalition of Pennsylvania and others stepped in Sunday to help keep a 75-year-old Vietnam War Veteran in his Exeter Township home. The house on Buddies Court
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Even with the stress of COVID, the 9th Annual Martin Luther King Day of Service Food Drive will take place at Hamburg High School 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, hoping for mass collection with only 10% of the volunteers of past years.
In past years, with around 400 volunteers from the village Parks and Recreation Department, Hamburg High School Academy of Finance, Feed Hamburg, FeedMore and The Service Collaborative, the drive collected around 15,000 pounds of food, most of which went to FeedMore to supply food pantries around the area
The Service Collaborative’s Adam Bartoszek said these events encourage people to develop a sense of service.