There’s a common thread running through the mayor and the Town Council – all are Monongah High alumni or married Lions. That should help the town roar.

They are newly elected mayor JohnBoy Palmer and Town Council members Brenda Manzo, Susan Staron Sanders, Aaron Justice, Jr., Roger Huffman and Charlie Parker.

JohnBoy is Class of 1974 at Monongah High.

Aaron is Class of 1972.

Susan, Class of 1971, led the fundraising that brought 26 Christmas street lights to Monongah.

Brenda is a Fairmont East High grad who is married to Danny Manzo, Class of 1957.

Charlie Parker, a former Monongah mayor, Town Council member and Monongahfest vice president, is the widow of the late Blinda Nobel Parker,  Class of 1968.

Patty Steele McCombs, a Fairmont East grad married to Bill McCombs, Class of 1969, Monongah’s water expert, was unopposed for Town Recorder.