Duck candidate forum includes the Mid-Currituck Bridge, property taxes and eBikes

By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice

Held at the Paul F. Keller Meeting Hall on Monday, Oct. 6, the first of the Dare County League of Women Voters (LWW) 2025 municipal candidate forums attracted a standing-room-only audience to the hear six candidates for the five Town Council seats answer questions posed by audience members.

The six candidates include four incumbents, Bren Chasen, Sandy Whitman, Kevin Ligard and Mayor Pro Tem Monica Thibodeau. Marc Murray and Miriam Rollin are vying for a seat for the first time. Seven-term mayor Don Kingston, who has been a council member since 2009, is retiring.

With moderator Janet Colgrove of the Dare County LWW reading questions from the audience, candidates confronted

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