Home Rule Q & A Forum Details Mon, Apr 20, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Alliance Church Carlisle Alliance Church, East North Street, Carlisle, PA Home Rule Q & A session to explain the Home Rule Charter to appear on the May ballot. Home Rule committee members will be present to answer questions from the… Read More Home Rule Q & A Forum – Mon, Apr 20, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
From the Borough: The Government Study Commission has scheduled a public hearing for Monday, June 2nd at 7:00 p.m. in Borough Hall. The purpose of this hearing is to allow citizens an opportunity to comment on an initial draft of the Home Rule charter. The initial draft charter is the result of over nine months of individual and… Read More Home Rule Draft Charter Recommends Changes in Carlisle Government Structure
The new year was already set to include new faces on Carlisle Borough Council but the last few weeks, and even days, have made the borough government change even more. Carlisle’s Mayor of 26 years, Kirk Wilson, resigned in early December to take a reporting job with CBS 21 News. Since the mayor had… Read More Big Changes in Carlisle Government
SOSO Neighbors association asked the candidates six questions. Here are the questions and responses. I think we are lucky in having six very good candidates who have given thoughtful responses. I believe the four that are chosen will serve Carlisle well and bring some fresh views and ideas to our borough council. Don’t forget to… Read More Borough Council Candidates Answer Your Questions
For those people who didn’t brave the elements to attend the borough council candidates debate on Wednesday night, here is a nice overview from the Sentinel. There are 6 candidates for borough council and 4 of them will be elected on November 8th. Many topics were covered but a few of note were discussed that… Read More Borough Council Candidates Debate
This was originally posted on the East Side Neighbors site. The East Side Neighbors are coordinating this session and have invited a few people from the different neighborhoods in Carlisle to present questions to the candidates. The West Side Neighbors will be represented as well and we hope people will come out to see the… Read More Borough Council Candidates Forum October 12, 7:00
From the East Side Neighbors Blog: Seven candidates are contendng for two seats on the Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas Carlisle attorney and Cumberland County’s juvenile court dependency master Jim Flower Cumberland County Senior Assistant District Attorney Christylee Peck Magisterial District Judge Tom Placey Carlisle attorney Jackie Verney Mechanicsburg attorney R. Mark Thomas Cumberland… Read More Judicial Primary Elections May 17
For all those people who have ever thought about serving on their school board, borough council or township board – here’s your chance to learn how to do it. Penn State Extension is offering a workshop ‘Thinking about Running for Local Office’ at the Cumberland County Services Center in Carlisle on Thursday, January 20 from… Read More WORKSHOP ON RUNNING FOR LOCAL OFFICE OFFERED IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
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