Seven people — none of them incumbents — filed candidacy papers by Monday’s deadline to run in the Ellsworth City Council election this fall.

The three current members of the council whose terms are ending this year — Michelle Beal , Tammy Mote and Jon Stein — decided against running for re-election. With the incumbents sitting out, three new members of the council are expected to join the seven-member board in November.

The residents who made Monday’s 5 p.m. filing deadline to run for City Council are Earl Awalt, Timothy Carter, John Linnehan, Eric Marichal, Carol Martineau, Patrick Shea and Marina Smith.

Among them, the only one to have run for local office previously is Linnehan. The businessman also has run previously for state House and Senate seats.

Linnehan has been a City Cou

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