Citing a busy schedule, Alderman Lisle Baker told his colleagues Thursday that he has decided not to run for Charter Commission this fall but will offer his “advice and perspective that comes from over forty years of living in Newton and over thirty of them as the Ward alderman for Ward 7.”

Also, as of Thursday, here the list of  Charter Commission candidates who’ve been certified by the election department.

Jane Frantz
R. Lisle Baker
Bryan Barash
Brooke K. Lipsitt
Howard Haywood
G. Groot Gregory

Nomination papers for Charter Commission must be returned by Sept 22.