Forum Planned For Bel Air Board Of Commissioner Candidates

BEL AIR, MD — Residents will head to the polls Nov. 4 to fill two seats on the Bel Air Board of Town Commissioners. Candidates include chair Paula Etting whose four-year term ends next month. Current board member Mary Chance is not seeking re-election.

There will be a candidate forum hosted by the League of Women Voters or Harford County Thursday at Bel Air Town Hall starting at 6:30 p.m.

Polls will open Election Day at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. at Bel Air Town Hall, 39 North Hickory Ave.

The following individuals have completed the certificate of candidacy, financial disclosure statement, been approved by the Board of Ethics and paid the filing fee, declaring their intent to run for the office of Town Commissioner in the upcoming election:

• Paula S. Etting *incumbent
• Matthew F. Gullion
• Gavin O. Hanley

All eligible residents interested in voting must be a registered voter in the state of Maryland. The voter registration deadline will be Oct. 14 at 5 p.m. Applications for registration are available at the Harford County Elections Office located at 133 Industry Lane, Forest Hill, or online at www.harfordvotes.gov.

Absentee mail-in ballot request form applications are available at Bel Air Town Hall or online at https://www.belairmd.org/657/Election-2025 or by calling (410) 638-4550. To receive a ballot by mail, an absentee mail-in ballot request form must be received by Oct. 28 no later than 4:30 p.m. if sent by mail, or by 11:59 p.m. if sent by fax or email (fax number (410) 879-9225 or email townclerk@belairmd.org).

After this deadline, absentee mail-in ballot request forms and ballots must be picked up in person at Bel Air Town Hall. Ballots must be postmarked or received at Bel Air Town Hall before the close of the polls at 8 p.m. on Election Day.