Safe at school

The nomination papers are in and Clinton has five-way races for two seats each on the select board and Parks and Rec. Commission, and open-seat battles for collector, solicitor and Planning Board.
The development I find most interesting is the lack of a race for the town’s second most important board, School Committee, after the rocky [...]

Wee want your vote

What a great tradition we have in Clinton, the annual Leprechaun Convention and Parade. Edward Sheridan and the folks who help put the convention together, and those who participate in it, deserve all the thanks they’re getting today.
That’s not to say it doesn’t have its serious side, by which in Clinton is meant its political [...]

Small-town politics

While everyone else is focusing on the local Senate races, where a gaggle of former state representatives are going after seats being vacated by Pam Resor and Robert Antonioni, this week the Times & Courier cast an eye toward the open seat left as James Eldridge asks the voters of Resor’s district for a promotion. [...]

Endorsing the system

Endorsements for the 5th District congressional race are in, and no surprise, Niki Tsongas leads the pack, with Jim Ogonowski second. For Niki, we have the The Boston Globe, Boston Herald (!), The Sun in Lowell, The MetroWest Daily News and several weeklies. For Jim, it’s the Eagle-Tribune in Lawrence and at least one weekly [...]

From the home office in Lowell …

Dueling press releases crossed this editor’s desk this weekend, as the Jim Ogonowski-Niki Tsongas battle moves into its last half-month before the Oct. 16 congressional election.
First there was this from Niki, a hyper-partisan attack on Republicans in general, with Ogonowski’s name thrown in. Some of the charges stick, once the rhetoric is toned down: Yes, [...]

Vote today!

Only two days left Today’s the day to save the Rauscher Farm.
Whatever your opinion on the Rauscher purchase or the merits of the Senior Center proposal, it’s important that you get out and vote Wednesday at Clinton Town Hall, opposite Central Park on Church Street. Polls will be open until 8 p.m. ClintonMass.com has the [...]

It’s Eldridge! … in Lancaster

We hear that Niki Tsongas and Jim Ogonowski will be the major-party candidates in the Oct. 16 special election, but that’s not the biggest story in Lancaster. The big surprise — or is it — is Democrat James Eldridge’s showing in today’s primary election.
Here are the Lancaster Democratic results by precinct (Precinct 1 is the [...]