Amy Masters sent this via email today. (She also has a campaign Facebook page)
I’m Amy Masters, and I am writing to introduce myself to you as I am running for the Ward 8 School Committee seat in 2017. The election is at-large, and the seat will be open as the incumbent is in her final term.
I’m running for School Committee because I am a passionate supporter of our schools and believe I have the experience
Here’s the TAB’s story and here’s the email sent to the Newton City Council:
Dear City Councilors,
After having the privilege to serve as your mayor for the past seven years, I have decided not to run for reelection in 2017. This was a difficult decision for me, for I am incredibly grateful to have had the opportunity to lead the city where Tassy and I
Unofficial Newton election results are here.
How are you feeling today?
Remember NewtonForum.org?
It seems that not many people do.
Although I hadn’t been to the site in a while, I was reminded about Newton Forum today, on the eve of election day, because the blog — started by former City Council candidate Chris Pitts — debuted on March 1, the date of the 2016 Massachusetts presidential primary: the first time I had a chance to vote against Donald Trump.*
The idea, Pitts said at the
[The TAB’s Jonthan Dame provides this wicked excellent explainer of the Northland’s proposal for Needham and Oak Streets.
From Newton City Clerk David Olson:
The grand total for Early Voters in Newton was 17,775 over the course of two weeks. The busiest day over the course of the two weeks was yesterday (Friday) when we had just under 2,000 voters show up at Newton City Hall. Polls closed at 5 p.m. and the line stretched out the building towards Commonwealth Avenue. It took us another half hour to get everyone through the polls.
This will be a great weekend to stay in Newton.
Starting tonight at 8 p.m. (Friday Nov. 4) Highland Ave. over Route I-95 will be closed to all traffic in order to allow for the demolition of the old bridge crossing over the interstate. Traffic on I-95 will be detoured over the on-off ramps at Highland, which is why Highland has to be closed this weekend only but stores and restaurants will remain open.
Jonathan Dame reports for Wicked Local Newton.
The developer looking to rebuild the Orr block in Newtonville Tuesday night presented city councilors and the public with two new design options for its proposed mixed-use project.
The developer has a preference – and councilors appeared to have one, too – but Damien Chaviano of Mark Investment Inc. said his firm would be happy to build either.
