Raymond W. Parzych and Robert J. Levins, running unopposed, officially were elected to serve Stone Harbor Borough Council on Nov. 6. Parzych ran to retain his current seat on council; he received 336 votes. Levins, who ran to fill the vacant seat on council, received 305 votes. He will replace councilwoman Joan Kramar, who did not seek reelection after 10 years serving Borough council.

Parzych was selected to fill the unexpired term of Mayor Judy Davies-Dunhour after her appointment as mayor in January 2017. Parzych and his wife Bernadette, “Bunny,” have been full-time Stone Harbor residents since 1994. He spent 10 years in the United States Coast Guard and works as a Marine Surveyor. He currently serves as the chair of the Public Safety Committee and a representative of the public works and natural resources committees.

Levins and his wife, Helen, purchased their Stone Harbor home in 1989 and moved here permanently in 2003. A graduate of La Salle University, Levins retired in 1995 after a 30-year career as a police inspector with the Philadelphia Police Department. He served the United States Marine Corps Reserves for eight years, worked as the chief of security at La Salle University for nine years and currently runs a property management business in town.

Voters also re-elected Margaret Day and William Stump to the Stone Harbor Board of Education. Day, who currently serves as vice president, received 238 votes. Stump, the current board president, received 231 votes and won over challenger Kenneth Biddick, who received 168 votes. In Avalon, Dorothy Lynn Schwartz ran unopposed to retain her seat on the Avalon School Board; she received 528 votes.