Lewes municipal, BPW election filing deadlines April 4
The filing deadline for the Lewes municipal election is Thursday, April 4, and the city manager will accept candidate filing forms until 4:30 p.m. at city hall.
The forms are available online or at city hall.
Deputy Mayor Khalil Saliba has filed to run for re-election.
Planning Commissioner Amy Marasco has filed for the city council seat to be vacated by Carolyn Jones, who is retiring.
Information on the municipal election is available at ci.lewes.de.us.
The Lewes Board of Public Works candidate filing deadline is also 4:30 p.m., Thursday, April 4, for the three open seats on the board of directors.
The forms are available online or at the BPW offices in city hall.
Three incumbents – Richard Nichols, Tom Panetta and Earl Webb – have filed to run for reelection.
Lewes Planning Commissioner Bob Heffernan is also running for a seat.
For more information on the BPW election, go to lewesbpwde.gov/2023-election-information-and-timeline.
The municipal and BPW elections are both scheduled for Saturday, May 11.
Bill Shull has been covering Lewes for the Cape Gazette since 2023. He comes to the world of print journalism after 40 years in TV news. Bill has worked in his hometown of Philadelphia, as well as Atlanta and Washington, D.C. He came to Lewes in 2014 to help launch WRDE-TV. Bill served as WRDE’s news director for more than eight years, working in Lewes and Milton. He is a 1986 graduate of Penn State University. Bill is an avid aviation and wildlife photographer, and a big Penn State football, Eagles, Phillies and PGA Tour golf fan. Bill, his wife Jill and their rescue cat, Lucky, live in Rehoboth Beach.
