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Middletown Township Mayor Tony Perry, the youngest mayor at the Jersey Shore, is expected to be reappointed to that position for 2021 when the town committee holds its annual reorganization meeting on Sunday January 3, according to spokesperson Tara Berson.
Perry will also become the first Middletown mayor in 46-years to serve three consecutive years since Thomas J. Lynch between 1972 and 1974.
At the reorganization meeting on Sunday, Rick Hibell is expected to be chosen at the Deputy Mayor for 2021, his first time in this particular role.
“It has been an incredible honor to serve as Mayor over the last two years and I look forward to continuing the important work that is ongoing in 2021,” Mayor Tony Perry said in a statement Tuesday. “Despite COVID-19, this Township Committee did not slow down on any of the initiatives and projects we started in 2019 and early 2020, and as we begin to emerge from this pandemic, it is imperative