Candidates for Carbon County commissioner will answer questions from panelists and area business people during a live televised debate Monday night.

The candidates will debate on stage at Penn’s Peak starting at 7 p.m. Monday. Doors will open at 6 p.m. for a meet and greet with candidates for commissioner and all countywide offices.

BRCTV 13 will televise the debate live and make it available on demand for Blue Ridge Communications customers starting Oct. 30. The debate will also be featured at www.tnonline.com after that date.

The debate is sponsored by the Times News, BRCTV 13 and the Carbon Chamber and Economic Development Corporation.

The panelists for the event include CCEDC Executive Director Marlyn Kissner, Pocono Mountain Visitors Bureau President/CEO Chris Barrett, and Times News Editor Marta Gouger.

Kissner said the panel will represent the business community and in particular the area’s largest industry, tourism, as well as the issues important to the area’s residents.

She said they hope to represent the interests of the area’s smallest businesses up through the county’s largest employers.

Incumbent Wayne Nothstein and newcomer Chris Lukasevich are on the Republican ticket, and newcomers Bob Jacobs and Rocky Ahner won the Democratic Party nominations.

Also appearing will be Gerald Strubinger, who is on the ballot as not affiliated.

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