VIDEO: Age-friendly mayoral candidates’ forum

The Newton Council on Aging hosted a Mayoral Candidates’ Forum with the seven candidates at the Newton Senior Center on Tuesday, August 15, 2017. The focus of the forum was “issues of interest to Newton seniors. Note: There were some audio difficulties during...

Mayor Sangiolo would seek override; Fuller & Lennon not sure

This morning I had the privilege of moderating a panel with six of the seven candidates for mayor (Richard Saunders was unable to attend) at a forum for business leaders sponsored by the Newton-Needham Regional Chamber. We’re working on a video of the entire event (with better sound), but for now here’s a segment where I asked if they would ask voters for a property tax override during their first term in office. Only one candidate offered a definitive yes.