by Sean Roche | Nov 7, 2017 | Newton |
Incumbent Jay Ciccone won re-election to the Ward 1 at-large seat with 8792 votes, unofficially. Allison Leary won her bid to move from her ward seat to an at-large seat with 8006 votes. Newcomer Nicole Castillo was third (7182) and Janet Sterman fourth... by Sean Roche | Nov 7, 2017 | Newton
Susan Albright (13,013 votes) and Jake Auchincloss (10,587) easily retained their Ward 2 at-large seats against challenger Braden Houston (5,415). by Sean Roche | Nov 7, 2017 | Newton |
In the race for Ward 3 at-large councilors, Jim Cote (8745 votes) keeps his seat and newcomer Andrea Kelley (8743) held off Julia Malaki (7459) to fill the open seat vacated by Ted Hess-Mahan, who has retired from the council. by Sean Roche | Nov 7, 2017 | Newton |
The Charter Commission proposal has gone down to defeat by over 1,500 votes, 12,519 to 10,912. There’s going to be a lot of second-guessing in the days and weeks ahead. by Sean Roche | Nov 7, 2017 | Newton |
Deb Crossley retains her Ward 5 at-large seat by a comfortable margin, with 10758 votes, unofficially. Andreae Downs unseats long-time incumbent Brian Yates with 8383 votes to his 7343. by Sean Roche | Nov 7, 2017 | Newton |
Ruthanne Fuller will be Newton’s next mayor, finishing 344 votes ahead of Scott Lennon. by Sean Roche | Nov 7, 2017 | Newton |
Brenda Noel has unofficially knocked Dick Blazar out of his Ward 6 ward councilor seat, 1577-1405. by Sean Roche | Nov 7, 2017 | Newton
Maria Scibelli Greenberg is the unofficial winner in the Ward 1 ward councilor race, 1184-989 over Franco Cedrone in the race for the open seat vacated by Allison Leary. Allison is in a tight race for one of two Ward 1 at-large seats. by Sean Roche | Nov 7, 2017 | Newton |
When we’ve got ’em, we’ll share ’em here. City’s unofficial results page.
by Sean Roche | Nov 6, 2017 | Newton |
Best campaign sign: Janet Sterman. As I wrote in a comment, excellent graphical theme and text design. The message — “Change the conversation” — is nicely tied to the speech bubble. Delightful. When I first came upon this sign a few weeks ago, I jumped out of my car...
by Sean Roche | Nov 3, 2017 | Newton
If you’re like me, you want to find new comments almost as much as you want to know about new posts. On a computer, that’s easy, the last few comments appear on the upper-right of the screen and there’s an obvious link to “Recent... by Sean Roche | Nov 2, 2017 | Newton |
Under almost any other circumstances, a No vote on the charter would be the progressive option. Any scheme that assures a majority — even a slim majority — all the seats on a legislative body is prima facie anti-progressive. But, these aren’t...
