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Maddon Curry
Democrat Elaine Maddon Curry, 63, Butler Township, has announced her candidacy for Luzerne County Council.
A graduate of Penn State University, Maddon Curry is the supervisor of library services for the Greater Hazleton Health Alliance.
Maddon Curry served on the Hazleton Area School Board for eight years, helping to oversee an operating budget of more than $120 million. During her term as board president, she led the effort to remove board members from the teacher hiring process. She also released full agendas to the media three days before all committee and board meetings, her announcement said.
She also spearheaded efforts to raise more than $2 million to complete renovations of the auditorium of the former Hazleton High School, known as the “Castle,” into a public performing arts center.
She is a co-founder of the Concerned Parents of Hazleton, an advocacy group dedicated to providing inclusiveness for students and families in the Hazleton area with language barriers. She also directs an all-volunteer Saturday Reading and Homework Help Program for local elementary and middle school children.
She is a trustee of Luzerne County Community College and advocated for adoption of a conflict-of-interest policy that was recently enacted by the board. She was appointed to the Luzerne County Diversity Commission.
“I am running for this position because I see this as an opportunity to set the county on solid foundation for years to come. The days of using public money to further nepotism, giving jobs to friends and family, and insider-only contracts must end now,” Maddon Curry said in her announcement.
Maddon Curry said she has a “proven track record” as a public servant fighting the “business as usual mentality.”
“Recent events make it crystal clear that our county is in desperate need of a new beginning that includes integrity, transparency and sound decision-making,” she wrote.
She and her husband, Robert J. Curry, who manages the Barnes & Noble in Wilkes-Barre Township, have two daughters.