The League of Women Voters of Belmont is holding a Candidates' Night on Wednesday, Oct. 24.   The event will be held at the Chenery Middle School, 95 Washington St. in Belmont at 7:30 pm. The program will be covered live by our local cable television station. The races to be included are Representative 24th Middlesex District         Jim Gammill         Tomi Olson         Dave Rogers Senator in General Court, 2nd Suffolk and Middlesex District         Steve Aylward         Will BrownsbergerGovernor's Council for Middlesex County         Marilyn M. Petitto Devaney         Tom SheffMiddlesex …

There will be two important televised debates this Thursday, Oct. 11.  One will be between candidates who will discuss concerns of residents and how they will solve the major issues facing the public. The other one is with Joe Biden and Paul Ryan. The Belmont Media Center and Belmont Patch will be hosting a live debate between the candidates for the 24th Middlesex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives beginning at 6 p.m. Belmont Patch Editor Franklin Tucker and former Board of Selectmen member  Anne Marie Mahoney will moderate the debate between Democrat Dave Rogers, …

Belmont's Mitt and Ann Romney voted this morning at their home precinct, number 3, located at the Beech Street Center during the state's Party Primary election taking place today, Thursday, Sept. 6. Well, the ballots of the Presidential candidate and his spouse were counted by Precinct Captain Maryann Scali, who runs the location with an iron will. The Romney's votes where entered into the voting readers first thing in the morning with the rest of the 50 absentee ballots that arrived from the Town Clerk's office. "No, no Secret Service with their bullet-proof vests," said Scali, showing with …

It's another election day in Belmont as voters will cast ballots in party primaries with particular interest in the 24th Middlesex District (Belmont and precincts in Arlington and Cambridge) where three candidates – Margaret Hegarty, Bobby Reardon and Dave Rogers – are seeking to succeed Will Brownsberger who became a state senator in January. Who can vote This is a political party primary which limits the election to those registered party voters. In Massachusetts now, the three parties are the Democrat, Republican or Green. Independents (but not members of the Independent Party) and …

State Rep. Jay Kaufman of the 15th Middlesex district has endorsed candidate Margaret Hegarty in her race to succeed Will Brownsberger in the 24th Middlesex seat. “I would urge everyone in the 24th Middlesex District to vote for Margaret Hegarty for State Representative." said Kaufman, a 17-year veteran on Beacon Hill who represents parts of Lexington, Arlington and Woburn.  "Anne Paulsen and Mary Jane 
Gibson both served this district before and it’s time to send another great woman 
to the Massachusetts House. Margaret has the leadership and political skills to get 
the job done, and I can’…

Below is a press release from the Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus Political Action Committee. The Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus Political Action Committee is thrilled to announce their endorsement of Margaret Hegarty for the 24th Middlesex district seat. The 24th Middlesex House district includes the towns of Arlington, Belmont, and Cambridge. The primary election for this seat will take place on Thursday, Sept. 6. “We are very excited to endorse Margaret Hegarty for state representative,” says MWPC Executive Director Priti Rao. “Hegarty has served her community as a public …

Members of 1199 SEIU, the state’s largest healthcare workers union, announced their endorsement of Dave Rogers in his campaign for state representative in the 24th Middlesex district composed of Belmont and precincts in Arlington and Cambridge. “Dave Rogers has a proven record of standing with working people. 1199SEIU members are impressed by his commitment to creating jobs, supporting our schools and protecting healthcare services for the public,” said 1199SEIU Executive Vice President Veronica Turner in a press release issued Wednesday, Aug. 22. The release stated that "1199SEIU members are…

Voter registration deadlines are fast approaching to qualify to vote in the fall 2012 elections, according to Belmont Town Clerk Ellen Cushman. If a resident is not already a registered voter, they will need to file their voter registration form with the Town Clerk’s office by the registration deadlines: • To vote in the Thursday, Sept. 6 state primary election, residents must be registered by this Friday, Aug. 17. • To vote in the Tuesday, Nov. 6, presidential election, they must be registered by Oct. 17. The Town Clerk’s office in Town Hall will be open until 8 p.m. on Aug. 17 and Oct. 17, …

In one of the first big endorsements in the race to fill Will Brownsberger's seat in the state House of Representatives, Cambridge attorney Dave Rogers received the backing of one of the largest teachers unions in the state, even though Boston Teachers Union actually doesn't directly represents any educators in 24th Middlesex District. But what the union does have is influence with other teacher labor unions and can provide financial backing to Rogers. "I am honored to announce that the Boston Teachers Union has officially endorsed my candidacy for state representative. This is the first …

Jim Gammill, the only independent candidate on the ballot for the vacant State Representative seat serving Belmont, East Arlington, and North Cambridge, is in the race to work with everyone who wants greater transparency and fiscal realism at the State House. He chose "unenrolled" party identification at the end of 2009 in response to heightened partisanship at the federal level. At the State House he pledges to work for "open innovative government." "I belong to neither party because neither party has a lock on all the right ideas. I am ready and willing to work with both parties to shape a …

The Republican hopefuls running for state representative and senate stressed the need to make Massachusetts more business friendly and to cut spending by the Legislature, during a candidates night Monday, May 21, in Watertown.Watertown's Steve Aylward, who is challenging Democrat-incumbent Will Brownsberger for the Second Suffolk and Middlesex State Senate seat, said he wants to stress the values of the Republican Party. He is running for the Second Suffolk and Middlesex State Senate seat, which represents Watertown, Belmont and parts of Boston, including parts of Allston, Brighton, the Back …