Newton Election 2025: Who’s running for what and against whom
Editor's Note: Visit the Newton Beacon's Election Guide for candidate survey responses, profiles, events and news related to the 2025 municipal election in Newton. The [...]
Ben Schlesinger talks budgets, overrides and his run for School Committee
Editor's Note: Ben Schlesinger's father, Alan Schlesinger, serves on the Newton Beacon's Board of Directors. *** As a parent, Ben Schlesinger has been actively involved [...]
Auchincloss: Massachusetts needs a Medicaid waiver to mitigate impacts of cuts
With President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” passed and signed into law, cuts to Medicaid are coming and the only debate is over what those [...]
Election 2025: Local duo looks to repeal Newton’s winter parking ban
As most Newton residents soak up the sun in the recent heat wave, Jeremy Freudberg and Peter Klapes have their sights set on the future—to [...]
Bruce Hedison wants to be an advocate for teachers on the School Committee
Bruce Hedison, who retired to Newton in 2024 after 33 years of teaching in Hudson, seeks to bring his decades of experience to the Ward [...]
School Committee candidate and educator Mali Brodt hopes to help reshape NPS
Mali Brodt moved to Newton for the school system. Now she wants to reform it. A mother of three and a longtime educator, Brodt, 46, [...]
Jim Murphy wants to bring educators’ voices to School Committee
After spending nearly four decades in classrooms and school offices, Jim Murphy says it’s time educators had a loud voice in the policies that shape [...]
Candidate Jenna Miara seeks to strengthen School Committee’s relationship with community
Jenna Miara said she decided to run for the School Committee in reaction to the distrust between the school system and Newton community. “It became [...]
Sean Roche talks traffic, housing and a run for City Council
“We need economic resilience,” Sean Roche said, sitting down in the back corner of a bustling Tatte Bakery in Newton Centre. It was a sunny [...]
City Councilor Vicki Danberg is not running for reelection
Ward 6 at-large City Councilor Vicki Danberg, who’s served in City Hall for 11 terms, is not running for reelection this fall. Danberg announced her [...]
Snapshots: ‘No Kings’ rally in Newton Centre
President Donald Trump had the military hold a parade in Washington, D.C., commemorating the anniversary of the Army which coincided with his 79th birthday on [...]
New local PAC emerges in City Council races
There’s a new political action committee in town. Voters for a Vibrant Newton is a new PAC aimed at “electing city councilors who champion a [...]
Linda Swain announces run for Ward 2 School Committee seat
Newton parent, longtime local volunteer and marketing executive Linda Swain is running for School Committee, and she’s the first candidate to be publicly endorsed by [...]
Brezski announces he won’t seek reelection
It’s been quite a couple of years for School Committee Chair Chris Brezski, and he’s had enough. “After much thought I have decided not to [...]
Newton parent, finance exec Jonathan Greene announces run for School Committee
Newton parent Jonathan Greene is stepping up to run for the Ward 6 School Committee, with current member Paul Levy not seeking reelection. Greene was [...]