Winter parking ban returns Wednesday
Temperatures are expected to return to the 50s later this week, just in time for this week’s return of Newton’s winter overnight parking ban.
Council candidate Allison Sharma requests a recount
Allison Sharma, who ran a write in campaign against Chris Markiewicz for the Ward 4 City Council seat write on her Facebook page… I want to express a heartfelt and deep thank you to residents of Ward 4 who have done so much for my campaign for Ward Councilor...OMG Bagels to replace Rosie’s Bakery at the Street
Rosie’s Bakery at The Street in Chestnut Hill is closed after 42 years in business, and The Bagel Table featuring OMG! Bagels, Boston Restaurant Talk reports.
Epstein now a member of Framingham’s School Committee
Catching up on some other election news: Best wishes to the people of Framingham who have elected former Newton School Committee member Geoff Epstein to their to their school committee . Epstein famously campaigned for the Newton’s tax override that funded...Newton’s next big important election
Even without charter change, Newton’s city council is about to undergo a major transformation. Six long-time city councilors — Scott Lennon, Ted Hess-Mahan, Brian Yates, Ruthanne Fuller, Amy Sangiolo and Jay Harney — plus Dick Blazar are all...Mayor-elect Fuller meets with city employees
Newton Mayor Setti Warren and Mayor-elect Ruthanne Fuller meet with city employees Thursday. Patch posted this video on Facebook.
As part of the transition process, Fuller will have office space in City Hall, scheduled meetings with department heads and access to the
How to include your photo with your comments
Do you ever find yourself wishing you could join folks on this and other blogs who attach a profile photo to their comments? Here’s how: Go to gravatar.com and create what is known as an avatar. The email address you use to post comments here must be the same as the...The waiting is the hardest part
Congratulations to all the candidates, volunteers, supporters, donors, voters, thumbs uppers and thumbs downers and everyone else who participated in this democratic practice.
Here’s the link to the city’s ward by ward results page. In addition NewTV’s election coverage begins at 7 p.m. tonight on the Government Channel and Facebook Live.
I’m sure some of our team of Village 14 bloggers will be posting here, although frankly, we neglected to organize anything in terms of coverage so it will be a surprise to everyone.
Here’s a link to the live election stream from Logan, a student at Beaver Country Day School who is very involved in politics.
Village 14 projection: Three newcomers elected to city boards
Yes we realize that’s it still several hours before the polls close but Village 14’s crack election analysis team has been talking to voters and looking at turnout and is now ready to project in three contests involving
This is what democracy looks like! (polls close at 8 p.m.)
Happy election day. Polls are open until 8 p.m. Please know that we’re counting on all of our readers to be our eyes and ears today. Let us know what you’ve experienced at the polls, which campaigns are represented, which candidates you run into, if...
Highlands Area Councilor launches last-minute Sangiolo write-in campaign
Newton Highlands Area Councilor and local activist Barbara Darnell distributed this email Monday, presumably to a Sangiolo for Mayor email list. Dear Friends, Thank you for being supporters of Amy in her race for Mayor. Although that race did not turn out as we...Report: More housing does not equal more school kids
I’m afraid this important topic may get lost among the election news but the Globe has a story today about a study from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council which refutes the notion that building more housing in the suburbs means more kids in the schools....