With local school board elections a few weeks away, the Beach Haven West Civic Association has invited all the candidates vying for positions on the Stafford Township and Southern Regional boards of education to its meeting Oct. 20, and the public also is invited to attend.

“Since school board elections have been moved to November and votes on school budgets eliminated, there is a sense of declining attention to candidates running for school boards,” said Frances Kosa, BHWCA president.