Greenport Village Board Candidates To Debate Monday Night

Three candidates running for two open seats on the Greenport Village Board will engage in a debate Monday night. The event will be the only debate before next week's election.

The debate will be held at the Greenport United Methodist Church on Main Street at 7 p.m. Monday night.

Incumbent Mary Bess Phillips, Julia Robins and former board member Bill Swiskey all filed petitions to run for village trustee, the vote for which takes place on March 19 from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Greenport Firehouse on Third Street.

Phillips, the owner of Alice's Fish Market in Greenport, currently serves on the board and is looking to fill the seat again when her term is up this year. Robins, a real estate agent, is a member of the Greenport Village Planning Board; the race is her first run for a seat on the board. Swiskey served one year on the board previously after winning a special election for a vacant seat in 2008.

The terms for the two seats begin April 1 of this year and run through April 2 of 2017.