Q&A Tonight With Middletown Twp. Committee Candidates

MIDDLETOWN, NJ — Meet the Democrat and Republican slates running for Middletown Township Committee this evening, Tuesday, Oct. 23 in a Q&A forum at Lincroft Elementary, sponsored by the Lincroft Village Green Association.

The Republican slate running for Middletown Township Committee is Tony Perry, Rick Hibell and Pat Snell. They are all running to keep their seats on the Township Committee, positions none of them were actually elected to.

Snell was appointed to fill former mayor Stephanie Murray's spot when she resigned; Hibell was appointed to Gerry Scharfenberger's seat when he became a Monmouth County freeholder and Scharfenberg's son-in-law Tony Perry was appointed to replace Stephen Massell after he was named to Monmouth County Tax Board.

All five current Middletown Township Committee members are Republican. They are facing a possible major shake-up on the Township Committee by the challenging Democratic slate of Tricia Maguire, Sean Byrnes and Danielle Walsh. Walsh is currently a member of the Middletown Board of Education.

You can meet both slates tonight and ask questions of all six candidates running. The event will be held at Lincroft Elementary School 729 Newman Springs Road from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Meet the candidates and hear their answers to your questions. Doors open at 6:30. Questions can be submitted ahead of time through an on-line form on the LVGA website www.lincroft.org; or submitted the night of the event through a written form.

The question and answer session will be moderated by the League of Women Voters Greater Red Bank Area.