The Town of Swansea will soon have a new mayor.

4 candidates aim to get local government back on track after Mayor Jerald Sanders was charged with embezzling town money.

The candidates are Hunter Hackett, current Council man Michael G. Luongo, Viola Frances McDaniel and former mayor Ray Spires.

2 council seats up for election are District 1 currently held by Linda Butler and District 2 held by acting Mayor Woodrow Davis.

Davis has acted as mayor since Gov. Henry McMaster suspended Sanders from office but decided not to run for re-election due to his health.

The candidates for District 1 are incumbent Linda Butler and Thomas Dease, Jr. The candidates for District

The candidates for District 2 are Suzanne Clark Hackett and Jerome Williams.

The election will be Tuesday Nov. 2.

Only registered residents are eligible to vote.

At last count, 435 were registered to vote in Swansea.

No tax hike in Pelion

The Town of Pelion plans no tax increase for next year.

The Town Council held their first 2022 budget reading at the regularly called council meeting recently.

The revenue and spending plan has a total of $331,184 in revenue for the town which includes business licenses, franchise fees and property taxes.

Pelion receives more than $73,000 from the School Resource Officers contract for the schools.

The town’s main expenditures are salaries, insurance, street lights and grounds maintenance.

For more information or to see the proposed budget for 2022, please stop by Town Hall during regular business hours.

No-cost suppers for Pelion students

Students in after-school programs at Pelion and Forts Pond Elementary schools can receive no-cost suppers.

The Child and Adult Care Food Program is a federal nutrition program offered through the Department of Social Services.

The program aims to improve the nutritional quality of meals served to students and introduce different types of food to reinforce good eating habits.