What Alicia Bowman is doing while waiting for recount
Jenna Fisher from Patch interviews Alicia Bowman and finds out what she’s doing while waiting for the Nov. 23 Ward 6 at large city council recount.
Great news: Northland project aligns with environmentalists’ goals
fIn an opinion piece in Commonwealth Magazine, “Bringing Nature Back into our Environment”, co-authored by Emily Norton, Newton City Councilor and Executive Director of the Charles River Watershed Association, and Reverend Vernon K. Walker, Program Manager of...Survey: Central PTO fund has broad support
Nearly three-quarters of Newton parents surveyed would willingly donate to a central Parent Teacher Organization fund, according to a report released Nov. 4 by the Equity Working Group at the School Committee meeting, Boston University journalist Arianna Bouchard...Zilles: Teachers are ‘having conversations’ about a possible strike
WGBH reporter Tori Bedford talks to Newton Teachers Association President Michael Zilles and School Committee Chair Ruth Goldman “To go on strike is not a decision that any union would make lightly. It’s what you do when all else fails,” he said. “But I think...Fuller apologizes for handling of Horace Mann
Following a public outcry by parents and teachers late last month over conditions at the Horace Mann Elementary School, officials have pledged to upgrade the building, improve communication with community members, and explore constructing an addition to the facility,...Should Newton elections be moved to even numbered years?
A report released today entitled MassForward recommends, among other things moving local elections to even numbered years, in other words hold them at the same time that we’re electing our presidents, senators, governors and other state and federal leaders. This...Two councilor-elects Veterans Day tweets
I couldn’t help but be struck by the two different approaches two of our Newton City Councilor-elects –Alicia Bowman* and Bill Humphrey — took to acknowledging Veterans Day in tweets this morning.
VIDEO: Watch NewTV’s election night interview with Mayor Fuller here
NewTV’s election night coverage Tuesday began with a wide ranging interview with Mayor Ruthanne Fuller where she discussed Webster Woods, NewCAL, Newton Power Choice, Northland, Riverside and other developments (including breaking news about a residential tower at Chestnut Hill Square) and zoning (along with what types of development projects might be proposed in the future).
This same video also includes interviews with Gail Spector and a BU student journalist, School Committee member Steve Siegel, City Council President Marc Laredo and Councilor Cheryl Lappin, following by election results and analysis.
Grossman: ‘I’m running for Congress with the fierce urgency of a mom’
Newton City Councilor Becky Walker Grossman spoke with NBC10’s Alison King…
Patch: Greg Schwartz has not yet conceded Ward 6 council contest
From Jenna Fisher at Newton Patch: Early results show that Alicia Bowman edged out incumbent Greg Schwartz by 30 votes in Ward 6 – where there were 150 write-ins. Schwartz has not yet conceded.LIVE: Watch NewTV’s election coverage here Tuesday night
Live Election Coverage: NewTV Decision 2019 from NewTV Government on Vimeo.
Unofficial results here.