Meet the candidates: Kure Beach Town Council
Three candidates are vying for two open seats on the Kure Beach Town Council.
Byron Ashbridge, Mark Dirks and Tracy Mitchell are vying for the two seats.
New Hanover County’s smallest beach town has a mayor and a town council with four members, with one commissioner serving as mayor pro-tem. Commissioners serve four-year terms and earn an annual salary of $3,600. The town’s incumbent mayor Allen Oliver is running unopposed.
Early voting at the Northeast Regional Library begins on Oct. 16. Early voting at satellite sites at the McLeod Building at Cape Fear Community College, Senior Resource Center and Carolina Beach Town Hall will begin operations on Oct. 25. The final day of early voting is Nov. 1.
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