7 seek 3 trustee seats on Empire Council

There are seven candidates vying for three trustee seats on the Empire Village Council.

And the field includes two incumbents, Maggie Bacon and Linda Chase; two former trustees, Wayne (Soni) Aylsworth and Teresa Howes; and three newcomers, Ella Skrocki, Andrew Clements and Jessica Shelton.

Maggie Bacon has spent her professional career as a librarian, educator, and data scientist. She served as the Director of Libraries at Northwestern Michigan College from 2002 to 2010 and was named the first executive director of the Michigan Pupil Accounting and Attendance Association (MPAAA) in 2012. She has served on the Village Planning Commission and is currently a Village Trustee and street administrator.