Candidacy filings will close Tuesday

Candidacy filings for Wrangell’s Oct. 5 municipal election will close at 4 p.m. Tuesday.

Residents who want their name on the ballot for a seat on the borough assembly, school board or port commission must file their paperwork at City Hall by the deadline.

As of Monday, with a week still to go before the deadline, nine candidates had filed for the positions.

Jim DeBord was the only candidate as of Monday for the two three-year seats on the borough assembly.

Don McConachie Sr. filed for the one-year unexpired term open on the assembly.

Angela Allen, Alex Angerman, Brittani Robbins and Elizabeth Roundtree filed for the two three-year terms on the school board.

Julia Ostrander filed for the one-year unexpired term on the school board.

Incumbent port commissioner John Martin filed for a three-term term; there are two three-year terms up for election this year.

And incumbent port commissioner Frank Roppel filed for the one-year unexpired term on the commission.