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VICTOR IZZO/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS In attendance in the conference room at The Inn in Jim Thorpe for the beginning of the Mayor's Association of Carbon County were front, from left, Lehighton Mayor Donald Rehrig; Champ Holman, Deputy Secretary DCED; and Nesquehoning Mayor Tony Walck. Rear, from left, Weatherly Mayor Tom Connors; Jim Thorpe Mayor Michael Sofranko; and Bowmanstown Mayor Keith Billig.
Mayors unite

The First Annual Mayors' Meeting for Carbon County, which was held in the conference room at The Inn in Jim Thorpe, was done in a spirit of nonpartisanship cooperation.

The initial meeting of the mayors was hosted by Jim Thorpe Mayor Michael Sofranko with the assistance of Champ Holman, deputy secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED).

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