The unofficial election results are in, and a new City Council has been elected. On Tuesday, Newton voters sent a strong message, ousting three incumbents and welcoming in new Councilors with concerns about the future of Newton’s villages. Newcomers Rena Getz, Alan Lobovits, and Stephen Farrell defeated incumbents Deb Crossley,…
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Unofficial results posted on the City’s website for the contested races for At-Large City Councilor (seats elected by all voters city-wide) are as follows: Ed. Note: We updated this article with results from the City’s website, resulting in one more vote for each candidate above the numbers originally reported.
Unofficial results posted on the City’s website for the contested races for Ward Councilor (the City Council seats voted on by the residents of each ward separately) are as follows: The margin in the Ward 6 Bixby/Gordon race was 24 votes. If 12 of the 2,586 total voters (0.46%) had voted…
Of the 24 races in this November’s municipal election, 18 races were uncontested, including all of the School Committee, three quarters of the At-Large Councilors, and half of the Ward Councilors. The following candidates ran and won unopposed. Except as noted, all are incumbents who were running for re-election. At-Large…
David Micley, a fourth-generation Newton resident, handily won the Ward 2 seat currently held by Emily Norton, who is retiring from the City Council. Having run and lost in a Ward 2 At-Large race in 2021, Mr. Micley came in second in the three-way September 12 preliminary, defeating Peter Bruce,…
I’m supporting Rena Getz in the upcoming election for City Councilor At-large from Ward 5. Rena is uniquely qualified to lead on addressing the disruptive development policies that threaten to destroy historically significant architectures and rapidly change the appearance of our villages over the coming decade. Rena speaks softly with deliberate…
I have known David Micley all his life. Growing up he was deeply involved in our synagogue and we worked together at the Combined Jewish Philanthropies. David was an amazing part of our staff, a creative leader among his colleagues and a real leader in the community. He was driven…
It seems we are living in an age of disinformation when people say things deliberately or inadvertently which have no basis in fact. This is the case for claims in the Ward 4 Councilor race that Randy Block is against the construction of a rail trail in Newton Lower Falls.…
A recent social media post referred to anti-development candidates. Let’s be clear. We have NO anti-development candidates. We have candidates who support Newton’s compliance with the MBTA Communities, which requires that Newton zone for a 25% increase in housing units. They support no more until an impact analysis, and additional community education…
U-CHAN (Uniting Citizens for Housing Affordability in Newton) will not be officially endorsing any candidates for City Council based on their stance on the Village Center Overlay District (VCOD) zoning proposal, as the short-term and material impact on very low-income households is minimal. As an organization that is well-versed in the multitude…