The Presque Isle City Council chairperson, a former candidate and an Aroostook postmaster headline the city’s November municipal ballot in a three-way race for two open seats on the Council.
Jeffery Willette, who was first elected in 2018 and has chaired the group for the past two years, is running for his third term. He will be joined on the ballot by Eugene Cronin and Jeremiah Harris, who each qualified by submitting the necessary 50 signatures by the Sept. 4 deadline.
Both open seats are four-year terms, setting the stage for an at-large race, where the two candidates with the most votes will be elected.
Willette operates Willett’s Automotive in Presque Isle.
Cronin worked as Presque Isle’s parks and recreation director from 2020 to 2025. He previously ran for City Council in 2016.
Harris is a first-time candidate. He serves as postmaster of the U.S. Postal Service office in Mars Hill, a position he has held since 2022, according to a federal database.
Current Councilor Doug Cyr, whom the council appointed to fill a vacant seat in 2018 and has served two elected terms since, is not running for reelection.
The Bangor Daily News will publish more information about the candidates closer to the Nov. 3 elections.
Two seats on the MSAD 1 Board of Directors — the school board for the district that encompasses Presque Isle, Mapleton, Chapman, Castle Hill and Westfield — are also on the ballot.
Board Vice Chair John Harvell and member Lori Kenneson, the incumbents for districts five and nine, respectively, are running unopposed to retain their seats. No one qualified for the ballot in districts 16 and 17, toward the southwestern edge of Presque Isle. Those districts will remain vacant.