by Nathan Phillips | Sep 18, 2013 | Elections |
According to City Clerk David Olson, the unofficial count for yesterday’s municipal election shows 6,154 out of 54,972 registered voters cast ballots. That makes the unofficial voter turnout 11.2 percent.
by Nathan Phillips | Sep 17, 2013 | Elections |
With all 32 precincts reporting, Mayor Setti Warren won 4,131 votes out of 5,942 cast, giving him 69.5 percent of the vote. Alderman Ted Hess-Mahan followed with 1,332 votes, amounting to 22 percent.
by Nathan Phillips | Sep 17, 2013 | Elections
Village 14 is calling it, with 23 of 32 precincts reporting: Newton Mayor Setti Warren and Alderman Ted Hess-Mahan are the victors in tonight’s preliminary election for mayor of Newton. They will run against each other in the Nov. 5 general election.
by Nathan Phillips | Sep 15, 2013 | Elections |
Make your best guess here. How many people are going to vote on Tuesday (percentage of registered voters)? What’s the vote distribution going to be between the four candidates? Will Ward 5 be the last ward to report votes again? (It happens almost every time. I...
by Nathan Phillips | Sep 6, 2013 | Newton |
Our apologies to anyone who was trying to access Village 14 today but encountered an unreceptive website instead. Nothing personal or partisan intended. Just technical difficulties that have now been fixed. Carry on with your discussions. And…Happy New Year to...
by Nathan Phillips | Sep 5, 2013 | Newton |
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan stated the obvious in a tweet last month when he said that high school students would be more productive if they could get more sleep and start their days later. Now he’s taken the discussion a step further by saying in an...
by Nathan Phillips | Aug 30, 2013 | Newton |
A Newton teacher will be arraigned this morning for possessing and disseminating child porn, according to this Newton Patch story. Charlie Breitrose reports that Steven Chan of Newton was arrested by Newton and State Police, and that there is a Steven Chan on the...
by Nathan Phillips | Aug 11, 2013 | Newton |
This didn’t happen in Newton but it’s the kind of story that makes parents’ hearts ache and tempers flare. Or at least that’s what it did to me. I’d like to believe that our administrators in Newton are far more responsive (than this...
by Nathan Phillips | Aug 6, 2013 | Sports |
And they’re beating New Hampshire 9-1 in the 4th inning of the Little League Regional Finals! Stop everything and watch them. UPDATE: Newton SouthEast just won 9-2, keeping the team alive in the tournament. Disclaimer: I do not understand how this tournament...
by Nathan Phillips | Aug 3, 2013 | Sports |
On behalf of Village 14 and every Newton parent of a past, current or future Little Leaguer, I’d like to congratulation Newton SouthEast Little League for winning the state championship and wish them luck in the regionals. The team lost a tough game at the...
by Nathan Phillips | Jul 28, 2013 | Newton |
While researching for the book I am writing — “Legendary Locals of Newton” — I came across the very interesting narrative of the history of Newton. It’s not exactly as I remember it but I didn’t do a lot more than vote back...
by Nathan Phillips | Jul 26, 2013 | Elections |
Robins Clemens is dropping out of the Ward 3 race for alderman at-large because she is not getting the help she anticipated to get her elected. Clemens said this evening, “[School Committee Member] Diana Fisher Gomberg told me that Shawn Fitzgibbons went to a...
