Progressive Newton to candidates: Why are people poor?
As anyone who has ever run for elected office knows — along with going out and shaking hands, having coffee with anyone who is anyone, participating in forums, organizing mailings and lawn signs — there are a seemingly endless stream of questionnaires by specialty groups to fill out.As a example, below is the questionnaire form a group called Progressive Newton, a local chapter of Progressive Massachusetts, a statewide grassroots organization. The organization says all answers will be posted
Harney says decision was based on ‘personal issues’
City Councilor Jay Harney issued this statement to Village 14 on Sunday, two days after issuing this press release.Last Friday, I announced that I would not be running for re-election for the Ward 4 Council seat. I want to thank the many people who have reached out to me over the last few days with kind words thanking me for my years of dedicated service to the City of Newton and to wish me well. After thinking about it for quite a while earlier this summer, I made the decision to run for one more term. However, over the last week, I had been struggling with some personal issues that made me
Praise the Love Tones!
The Boston Globe’ s Jessica Rinaldi has a wonderful photo essay on one of Newton’s living treasures: The Love Tones.Saunders wants residents to voluntarily donate millions to Newton. Would you?
Candidate for mayor Rich Saunders believes he can avoid a tax override by getting Newton residents to voluntarily donate millions of dollars each year to pay the city’s bills as part of something he calls The Newton Fund.
Would you voluntarily give to the city each year so your neighbors don’t have to? And do you think such an idea could possibly work?
Decision 2017: Richard Saunders from NewTV on Vimeo.
VIDEO: The Green Newton mayoral forum
The first of many mayoral forums — this one sponsored by Green Newton at Newton Community Farm — was held tonight with all seven candidates participating. Here’s a video from the live stream.
TAB EDITORIAL: Newton’s leaf blower law needs revisions
TAB Editor Andy Levin writes…City Council should revisit its recently toughened leaf blower ordinance, as evidence reveals the city government has had trouble enforcing the new law.
Read the rest here and comment below. It would be especially
Woodward: ‘My opponents express extremist, elitist and special interest views’
So far, the campaign for mayor has been remarkably civil and respectful, particularly between the seven candidates who are looking to succeed Newton Mayor Setti Warren. But with just less than six weeks before Newton voters will narrow the field down to two, the...
Newton’s Crystal Lake conundrum
It’s August. It’s hot. Folks are swimming illegally at Crystal Lake and — in the process — perhaps harming the lake’s fragile ecology and putting lives at risk. To make matters worse, the official (i.e. legal) part of the swim season closes in just over two weeks (Aug. 20) so after that a law-abiding citizen has three choices: Be hot, swim elsewhere or stop being a law-abiding citizen.When I saw Richard Primack’s column in today TAB, I was hoping he was going to
Thanks to all the candidates who submitted guest blog post
Thanks to the many candidates who submitted guest blog posts to Village 14. The deadline for submissions has past but we hope you will continue to engage with our readers through the comments section and, win or lose, after election day.
Perhaps one my fellow Village 14 bloggers will create a post linking to all the guest blog posts by contest. For now, you can read all the columns here.
Shen: Working Together For Educational Excellence
Education is not only my profession, education is my passion. I came to the United States thirty years ago seeking a high-quality education. As a young teaching training college faculty member anxious for career advancement, I came to Boston University with a...
Ray-Canada: I want a school system that inspires and supports students
I want to introduce myself to the readers of Village 14. I am Bridget Ray-Canada. I am running for School Committee, At Large, Ward 1 because I want NPS students to reach their potential in a school system that inspires and supports students of all abilities,...