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
Chris Markiewicz MIA in Campaign for Ward 4 Councilor
This morning Jay Harney announced his campaign for Ward 4 Councilor would be coming to an end, one week after nomination papers were due.As a result, the Ward 4 Ward Councilor seat seems likely to go to Chris Markiewicz, whose name was included on the city’s candidate list as of the July 25th deadline to the surprise of many.
Who is Chris Markiewicz? I haven’t met him, so I did some googling to try to find out more. Suffice it to say I had a
Baker: Preserve and enhance the community we share
I am glad to be running for my 18th term on the Newton City Council as the Ward Councilor for Ward Seven, located in the eastern part of Newton that runs from Newton Corner to Chestnut Hill. I want to continue to preserve and enhance the community we share. For...
Grossman: A strong voice for Newton
Village 14 is inviting all candidates for mayor, city council or school committee to submit a single guest column between now and Aug 1. I’m Becky Walker Grossman, and I’m running for City Councilor-at-Large from Ward 7. I’d be honored to have the opportunity to...
Can we talk about Brian Yates?
The 2017 candidate list is out and, for the sixth time since 2001*, Brian Yates has to defend his Ward 5 at-large councilor seat. In that period, it’s likely that no councilor/alderman has had as many contested elections**. And, he’s survived them all....
Newton City Council votes to ask Congress to begin Trump impeachment investigation
Newton Patch reports that the full City Council voted 17-5 in favor of the resolution. Candidates for mayor Ruthanne Fuller and Amy Sangiolo voted in support,. Scott Lennon opposed.
Laura Lovett from the TAB tweeted that the vote
Impeaching Donald Trump goes back before the Newton Council on Monday
Back in June, City Councilors Jim Cote, Lenny Gentile, Al Ciccone Jr. and Rick Lipof exercised a parliamentary procedure called a “charter privilege” to postpone a vote on a citizens’ petition advising Congress to impeach Donald Trump. The council vote will now take...
Nevertheless they persisted
I hardly ever write about Newton-Needham Chamber events on Village 14. But I can’t resist sharing this photo taken at our annual members celebration event Thursday at the Newton Marriott featuring both
Carolina Ventura bows out of Ward 1 Council race
On Saturday, Carolina Ventura ended her campaign for the Ward 1 City Council seat, issuing this statement: Friends, First, I wanted to thank everyone for your support throughout my campaign. I have been humbled by the overwhelming support I have received from this...
City Council-palooza tonight
The bleachers of torment (or as my chiropractor probably thinks of them; his daughter’s college fund) should be filled tonight as our city councilors are scheduled vote on two contentious items: the proposed mixed-use project at Washington Place and the... Newton City Council to vote on impeaching Trump on June 19
The Globe’s John Hilliard reports
on Tuesday’s Programs & Services committee meeting.Calls for Trump’s impeachment have extended into the city’s race for mayor, as mayoral candidates Ruthanne Fuller and Amy Sangiolo were among the city councilors who
