Candidates filed for contested election

The filing window for candidacy in the 2023 Petersburg Borough Municipal Election officially closed Tuesday afternoon.

Thirty candidates filed for the 20 seats up for election, and there will be 11 contested positions on this year’s ballot.

The two contested seats on the assembly are now a race between Jeigh Stanton Gregor, Rob Schwartz, Rick Perkins, and incumbent Jeff Meucci. Both positions will be three-year terms. Dave Kensinger will not run for reelection in this year’s race.

Both of the three-year terms on the hospital board are a contested race between Don Koenigs and incumbents Jerod C...