Dr. Greg Schwartz, endorsed by State Representative Ruth Balser, will succeed her in representing the 12th Middlesex District in the 2025 state legislature. He credits her endorsement with influencing his win in the Democratic Primary on September 3. In the three-candidate field, Dr. Schwartz won 39% of the vote across…
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In the ongoing tragedy of Hamas’s October 7th attack on Israel, the Israel Defense Force (IDF) reported on September 1 the discovery of six murdered hostages, one of them Hersh Goldberg-Polin. The bodies were found in a tunnel in Gaza. According to IDF reports, the victims had been killed shortly…
In the century since his birth, Matthew Jefferson was part of the engine moving the country toward racial equality and justice. From his earliest days, he broke ground for equality in education, jobs, politics, and law. And as he moved forward, he cleared paths for others to follow. At his…
Fig City News spoke with the three candidates running to succeed retiring State Representative Ruth Balser, to learn about their conversations with voters as they canvassed the 12th Middlesex district before the September 3 Primary election. Did talking with several thousand potential constituents change their perspective about what they would…
Fig City News spoke with the three candidates running to succeed retiring State Representative Ruth Balser, to learn about their conversations with voters as they canvassed the 12th Middlesex district before the September 3 Primary election. Did talking with several thousand potential constituents change their perspective about what they would…
Fig City News spoke with the three candidates running to succeed retiring State Representative Ruth Balser, to learn about their conversations with voters as they canvassed the 12th Middlesex district before the September 3 Primary election. Did talking with several thousand potential constituents change their perspective about what they would…
Local and state elected officials and affordable-housing advocates crowded into three large reception rooms at the Golda Meir Hour on August 6 to celebrate as Governor Maura Healey signed the recently passed Affordable Homes Act. Hailed as “the most ambitious legislation in Massachusetts history to tackle the state’s greatest challenge…
Red, white, and green flags; porch lights and median strips; flagpole posters with pictures of local business owners and departed members of the St. Mary of Carmen Society — and temporary electronic police signs warning drivers to expect delays July 17-21 from 4PM to 11PM — announce Nonantum’s annual Italian-American…
For much of its nearly ninety-year existence, the faces of the St. Mary of Carmen Society have been male — men in blue short-sleeve shirts with red, white, and green sashes and black trousers — organizing the local Children’s Christmas Party, the Memorial Day Parade and most notably, the annual…
For the third time in two weeks, the three Democratic candidates for the open 12th Middlesex House seat met to make their case to district voters. The three candidates — City Councilor Bill Humphrey, City Councilor Rick Lipof and former City Councilor Greg Schwartz — highlighted their experience and campaign…