BREWER – Candidates are ready for elections to be held Nov. 4.

There are three candidates vying for two City Council seats:

. Michael Celli, a resident of Gettysburg Avenue, is seeking a second term on the Brewer City Council. He served as Brewer’s mayor for two years on the council and is deputy mayor this year.

Formerly of Texas, Celli has lived in Brewer for about 11 years. He is married and his two sons have attended Brewer schools.

A former teacher and sales professional, Celli received a degree in education from the University of Texas.

. Larry T. Doughty is seeking a sixth term as a Brewer city councilor. A resident of Goupee Street, Doughty is steadfast in his belief that taxes must be reduced on a local and statewide level.

A graduate of Brewer High School, Doughty is married with a grown son and daughter and several grandchildren.

He is retired from working in state-run liquor stores in Bucksport and Brewer for 30 years.

. Ailine H. Simon, a resident of South Main Street, is seeking a first term on the Brewer council. A graduate of Brewer High School, Simon returned to her home city 33 years ago.

Simon has served on several local boards, including the BACTS Citizen Advisory committee, the Penobscot Bridge Committee, Brewer Senior Citizens, and the Brewer Cemetery Board. She has worked for the U.S. Department of Labor, the First U.S. Naval District, the New Hampshire State Port Authority and a governor’s publishing company. Locally, she has worked in an assessor’s office, Eastern Maine Development Corp., printing, publishing, real estate, the construction industry and as a marketing representative.

There are four candidates for two seats on the Brewer Superintending School Committee:

. Amanda L. Bost, a resident of Wintergreen Way, is running for her first term on the Brewer School Committee. She is married, with two children in Brewer schools.

Active in civic affairs, Bost is past president of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, Tuesday Forum and Uptown Business and Professional Women. She is on the board of Katahdin Area Council of Boy Scouts, United Way of Eastern Maine and the Maine Planned Giving Council. She is chairman of the All Souls Congregational Church Planned Giving Committee.

Bost has a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Maine. She is an independent insurance and financial services professional.

. B. Calvin Bubar III, a resident of Lincoln Street, is seeking his third term on the Brewer School Committee. Bubar is in the midst of teacher contract negotiations and said it was important to have continuity in that group. He also sits on a visionary committee, sponsored by the high school trustees, that is considering the feasibility of Brewer considering building new schools.

Bubar is a member of a regional committee dealing with issues of exceptional children. He is married and has three grown children, all of whom attended Brewer schools before going to college.

Bubar is a local landlord who rehabilitates buildings. An Army veteran, he served four years in the military before being honorably discharged in the early 1970s with the rank of sergeant.

. Frank Rapp, a resident of Penobscot Avenue, is running for his first term on the Brewer School Committee.

Rapp and his family moved to Brewer in 1998. His son and daughter are both graduates of the Brewer school system.

A New Jersey native, Rapp is a processing equipment mechanic for the U.S. Postal Service and a high school graduate.

. Ruth-Marie Spellman, a resident of Hillcrest Drive, is running for her ninth term on the Brewer School Committee. She has served on the board since 1977, working in subcommittees including negotiations, building and superintendent searches.

She is chairman of the board for the United Technologies Center in Bangor and has served on other committees for the school, including negotiations, budget, policy and director searches.

Spellman and her husband have three grown children, who all graduated from Brewer High School, and four grandchildren.

Spellman has served on the Maine School Board Association from 1981 to 1989, serving as its vice president from 1987 to 1989. A graduate of John Bapst High School, she attended the University of Maine and is a licensed real estate broker. Spellman served on the Brewer Music Association for more than 10 years, acting as its president for several years.

There is one candidate for the Brewer High School District board of trustees:

. Jerry W. Goss, a resident of Canterbury Road, is running for his first five-year term on the Brewer High School District board of trustees.

Goss was principal for 15 years at Brewer High School before retiring and still serves as a substitute teacher at the middle school about three days a week.

Married with two grown sons, Goss is a Brewer native. His father also served on the trustee board.