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2 days ago
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Judge to pick Sunbury City Council appointment
SUNBURY — Who will become the newest Sunbury City Council member is officially in the hands of Northumberland County Judge Paige Rosini. City officials petitioned the court to select a member of the public to serve until January, following deadlocked voting on an appointment Monday. The four current council members voted 2-2 on candidates Victoria Rosancrans and Andrew Ramos, who both applied for the open seat. Rosancrans and Ramos were also joined by James Brumbach, Andres Manresa and former Treasurer Kevin Troup in the list of applicants looking to fill a vacant seat until January. The seat was left open when former Sunbury Councilwoman Lisa Martina resigned last month. Martina was appointed to fill the city treasurer seat after Troup resigned his position in May. Martina ran for the position and won in May. She is the only candidate on the ballot this fall. Solicitor Joel Wiest filed the petition Thursday and listed the names of all five candidates, but by law, Rosini can pick one of them or none of them. The judge can order city officials to once again try to fill the seat on their own, or she can name a person of her choice to fill the seat. Rosini can decide on the seat when she deems fit. Council members Jim Eister, Nate Savidge, John Barnhart, and Mayor Josh Brosious conducted a public interview of all five candidates before voting. Brosious asked Ramos, who he defeated in May for the mayor's spot, Manresa and Rosancrans about previous elections they ran in and were defeated. The mayor asked why council should appoint them when the public didn't elect them. Rosancrans, who was defeated in two previous attempts at council, once by nine votes, said she was not concerned with the previous elections and is a resident of Sunbury who loves her city and will continue to try to improve the lives of all residents. Ramos agreed and said he also ran with a vision of improving Sunbury, and that vision has not changed just because he lost. Manresa, who also lost a previous bid for council, is currently the Democratic Party nominee in the race in November, when he squares off against Savidge and Troup for one of the two open seats. The seat that was to be filled Monday night will also be on the ballot in a secondary election that would be for a two-year term to finish out Martina's seat. Rosancrans was named the Democratic nominee for the ballot, while the Republican Party has yet to name a candidate. Councilman John Barnhart nominated Rosancrans for the temporary seat and a vote was taken. Eister and Savidge voted no, while Barnhart and Brosious voted in favor, but the motion failed. Eister then nominated Ramos and another vote was taken. Eister and Savidge voted in favor of Ramos, while Barnhart and Brosious voted no. Council meets again July 28 inside City Hall, on Market Street, in Sunbury. Solve the daily Crossword
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28-06-2025
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Rosancrans pulls out of Shikellamy school board race, leaves four for four open seats
SUNBURY — Shikellamy School District school board Democratic nominee and community activist Victoria Rosancrans has decided to withdraw from the General Election this fall. Rosancrans, who was one of five people to earn nominations for the school board in the Primary Election, said Friday she decided to pull out of the race. 'I have made the decision to withdraw from the race as I feel that I accomplished my work in the Primary Election,' Rosancrans said. On Friday, Northumberland County solicitor Frank Garrigan said Rosancrans name would not appear on the ballot once she officially visits the elections office and withdraws. Current Shikellamy school director Jenna Eister-Whitaker was the only incumbent to survive the race and won dual nominations, while political newcomers, Chris Bucher and Tara Sprenkel both also won dual nominations. Eister-Whitaker received 475 Democratic votes and 908 Republican votes, while Bucher received 498 Democratic votes and 1,046 Republican votes in May. Sprenkel received 606 Democratic votes and 1,101 Republican votes while Rosancrans received 585 Democratic votes to round off the field. Another political newcomer, Dennis Deitrich, won a Republican nomination with 934 votes. This leaves Eister-Whitaker, Deitrich, Bucher and Sprenkel as the lone candidates to fill the four seats, barring any Independent or write in candidates. Rosancrans said she will support the remaining four candidates. 'I endorse all four to represent me as a taxpayer in the district,' Rosancrans said. 'With the recent resignation of Superintendent Jason Bendle, the incoming board will have important decisions to make.' Barring any other candidates and if those four go on to win the General Election, they would join directors Wendy Wiest, Slade Shreck, Lori Garman, Julie Brosius and Joe Stutzman to fill out the board in December.
