Ed. Note: During August, Fig City News conducted interviews with each of the 10 School Committee candidates who are running in competitive elections. This notice was sent to all candidates prior to the interviews. All interviews were completed before any were published. You’re not the only candidate to have gone to NPS,…
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Ed. Note: During August, Fig City News conducted interviews with each of the 10 School Committee candidates who are running in competitive elections. This notice was sent to all candidates prior to the interviews. All interviews were completed before any were published. Your biography shows experience in education, theater, and currently work…
Ed. Note: During August, Fig City News conducted interviews with each of the 10 School Committee candidates who are running in competitive elections. This notice was sent to all candidates prior to the interviews. All interviews were completed before any were published. Your campaign highlights your experience as an educator…
Ed. Note: During August, Fig City News conducted interviews with each of the 10 School Committee candidates who are running in competitive elections. This notice was sent to all candidates prior to the interviews. All interviews were completed before any were published. On your campaign website, you cite your business…
Two incumbent City Councilors – Alan Lobovits (Ward 6) and Rick Lipof (Ward 8) – withdrew from their races for reelection just before the deadline, narrowing the field to three in Ward 6 and leaving the two remaining Ward 8 candidates unopposed. Alan Lobovits (Ward 6) In a surprise announcement,…
The ballot for Newton’s November 4 municipal election has been finalized, after recent decisions by candidates. Councilors Rick Lipof (Ward 8) and Alan Lobovits (Ward 6) withdrew from their races on August 7, the last day to do so. Earlier, in Ward 4, Cyrus Dahmubed decided to run for Councilor-at-Large,…
[UPDATE] Candidates Maria Greenberg and Josh Krintzman have provided links to their campaign websites. And in Ward 4, Cyrus Dahmubed has decided to run for Councilor-at-Large, against first-time candidate James Chaimanis and incumbent Josh Krintzman — three candidates for two seats. Dahmubed’s dropping out of the Ward Councilor race ensures…
On Saturday, October 4 from 4-6:30PM, the League of Women Voters of Newton, in coordination with the Newton North High School Center for Civic Engagement and Service, and together with its cosponsors (The Village Bank, Fig City News, the Newton Beacon, Charles River Regional Chamber, Green Newton, Newton Council on Aging,…
Adding to the deep pool of declared School Committee candidates for this November’s election, Arrianna Proia filed campaign organization paperwork last week to run as the Ward 1 (Nonantum and Newton Corner) representative. Ms. Proia confirmed to Fig City News with this statement: As a proud graduate of Newton Public…
Two additional candidates for Newton School Committee have confirmed to Fig City News they intend to run, and as of this writing Fig City News is awaiting similar confirmation from an additional candidate who has filed with the Newton Elections Commission. Linda Swain will run, presently unopposed, from Ward 2…
Newton’s schools are struggling — not because we lack vision, but because we lack the right expertise in the right places. The past several years of budget battles over funding Newton Public Schools (NPS) have made it clear: we need more financial acumen at City Hall and more public-education expertise…
Chris Brezski, the highly active and vocal Chair of the Newton School Committee, has announced that he will not run for re-election this November and will leave the Committee at year-end. In his relatively brief, two-year tenure as the Committee Chair, he oversaw momentous events such as the implementation of…