PITTSTON TWP. — John J. Baiera Jr. is seeking a six-year supervisor seat in the township.
A township resident since 1968, he is the son of the late John Baiera Sr. and Nancy Baiera, of Pittston Twp. Baiera and his brother Gary, also a township resident, operate Color World, the family business located in the township.
Baiera is treasurer at the Italian Club in the township and, in his youth, was a junior fire fighter and played football and Little League baseball for the township. He still sponsors a Little League team through the family business.
Baiera continued to serve the township as a life member in the fire department and spent several years as a volunteer police dispatcher. He is currently now chairperson of the Pittston Township Zoning Hearing Board.
He is a single father of three children, Elizabeth, a Kutztown University senior; John, a former Pittston Twp. police officer who now works in state law enforcement; and Jessica, a stay-at-home mother of two.
