Dear Neighbor,
It's been very busy everywhere, but I thought I should let you know about some ways to learn about the candidates for local office, in addition to those I sent out earlier. Here are my last two newsletters with information: Forums and Labor Day.
Green and Open Somerville got responses from two candidates for mayor, Katjana Ballantyne and Jake Wilson.
The mayoral forum by Somerville Stands Together is now available on Youtube.
Somerville At Large Candidate Forum by Ward 3 Democratic Committee is online here.
Cambridge
TONIGHT, Oct. 15: City Council Candidate Forum sponsored by Porter Square Neighbors Association, Baldwin Neighborhood Council and the Association of Cambridge Neighborhoods, 7:00pm-9:00pm (Lesley University Hall, 1815 Mass. Ave.)
First panel (7:00pm): Nolan, Zusy, Al-Zubi, Flaherty, Winters, Hanratty
Middle panel (7:40pm): Battle, Bisio, McGovern, Azeem, Melanson, Hsu
Last panel (8:20pm): Wilson, Siddiqui, Bullister, Sobrinho-Wheeler, Sherin, Rivkin
TOMORROW, Oct. 16: School Committee Candidates Forum - 6:30 to 8:30pm, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Boston and the Cambridge Unit (Central Square Branch Library, 45 Pearl St.) All are welcome to attend this event, which will include light refreshments. CCTV will record and make this event available on their website.
TUESDAY, Oct. 21: Harvard Community City Council Candidate Forum, 6:00-8:00pm (Harvard Science Center, Hall D) - open to all Harvard affiliates and the broader Cambridge community
THURSDAY, Oct. 23: City Council Candidates Forum - sponsored by YWCA Cambridge and CEOC, 7 Temple St. [YWCA Building], 6:00-8:00pm, doors open at 5:30pm [flyer]
FRIDAY, Oct. 24: Climate & Environmental Justice Cambridge City Council Candidates Forum (350 Mass, Mothers Out Front, Elders Climate Action, Sierra Club, CREW, and Green Cambridge) - 7:00pm-8:30pm via Zoom
MEDFORD
The Medford Democratic City Committee will host two candidate nights ahead of the Nov. 4 Election. All candidates running for mayor, the School Committee and the City Council have been invited to participate.
Mayor and School Committee candidates
Thursday, October 16
7:30-9:30 pm
Caron Theater at Medford High School
City Council Candidates
Thursday, October 23
7:00-9:00 pm
Caron Theater at Medford High School
The public is welcome to attend in person or view online via the following streaming services:
MedfordTV.org
Public Broadcasting Channels: #9 (Comcast) or #47 (Verizon)
For information about the Medford Democratic City Committee, visit https://medforddems.org.
SOMERVILLE
MONDAY, Oct. 20: The Somerville Beacon and the Somerville Media Center will host two debates in the races for councilors-at-large and for mayor on Oct. 20 from 6–8:30 p.m. (with the doors opening at 6:00 p.m.). The debates will be held at the Crystal Ballroom in the Somerville Theatre. The at-large debate will run from 6–7 p.m., followed by the mayoral debate at 7:30 p.m. Somerville Media Center will record and rebroadcast the debates at a later date.
I'm probably missing some. Hard to keep up! State House news soon, I promise!
Pat