Sen. Warren to Speak at Upcoming Community Prayer Breakfast

The Honorable Theodore D. Mann Memorial Newton Mayor's Annual Community Prayer Breakfast will take place next week.

United States Sen. Elizabeth Warren will be the featured guest speaker at this year's Honorable Theodore D. Mann Memorial Newton Mayor's Annual Community Prayer Breakfast. Mayor Setti Warren and Rabbi Eric Gurvis, president of the Newton Clergy Association, invite guests to the 39th annual event scheduled to take place at 7:15 a.m. on  Wednesday, May 29 at Boston College's McElroy Commons. In 2012, Mayor Warren renamed the annual breakfast in honor of Mann, a former Newton mayor, who initiated the breakfast in 1975. Individual tickets for the breakfast are $25, with proceeds going to the Foundation for Racial, Ethnic and Religious Harmony. To purchase individual tickets or a table, contact Tony Bibbo at 617-969-5906 ext. 305, or by e-mail …

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Robert L. Cerra

7:50 pm on Monday, May 20, 2013

Seator Warren's topic is going to be genealogical research.   more ›

Thousands Mourn Sean Collier at MIT

Powerful remarks from Biden, Warren at Briggs Field Wednesday.

  About 15,000 seats were set up at Briggs Field on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Wednesday for a memorial to fallen MIT Officer Sean Collier. It was hard to find an empty one, with thousands of law enforcement coming from across the country and the world to pay their respects alongside a grieving MIT community. Collier, 26, was shot and killed in his police cruiser last Thursday evening. The suspects in his death are the same suspects in the bombings at the Boston Marathon April 15. Vice President Joe Biden gave stirring remarks to the crowd, saying that no matter what, terrorists cannot impact the American way of life.  "What makes me proud to be an American is that we have not yielded," said Biden. Collier, who…

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Lots of Hybrid Owners and Democrat Voters in Newton

Newton voted for Elizabeth Warren and owns more hybrid cars than the state average.

Newton is green and blue: That’s what we found when we compared data from the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles to the vote in the 2012 U.S. Senate race. You can see the results in the map above: Large circles suggest towns with more hybrid ownership per capita, and the red/blue color suggests which way those towns voted last year. In Newton, 36.9 of every 1,000 vehicles is a hybrid, compared to the state average of 18. Patch’s research suggests the state has a good number of what might be called “green Republican” communities. More than 40 percent of the communities where Republican Scott Brown carried the vote have an above average numbers of hybrids. The data is a nice rebuttal to the national trends of hybrid/GOP separation: …

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Elizabeth Warren Reportedly Chosen For Seat On Key Senate Banking Committee

Incoming Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren will take office in January.

Massachusetts Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren has been chosen for a seat on the Senate's Banking Committee, according to the Huffington Post, which cited several sources.  Warren, a Democrat who helped create the federal government's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, defeated incumbent Republican Senator Scott Brown in the November election. Prior to being elected, Warren worked as a consumer advocated and was considered to become the head of the CFPB.  TELL US: What do you think of Warren being chosen for the Banking Committee? Share your thoughts in the comments box below.

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TELL US: What Should Scott Brown Do Next?

U.S. Senator Scott Brown will leave office in January. What should he do next?

U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, a Republican, was defeated Tuesday by first time candidate Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat. Warren will take office as the state's junior senator in January. She'll replace Brown, who was elected in a special election in January 2010 when he defeated Democrat Martha Coakley. In his concession speech on Tuesday night, Brown told his supporters that "defeat is only temporary." As soon as the race was called, analysts began suggesting Brown may run for Massachusetts governor in 2014 or would seek the state's other U.S. Senate seat if Senator John Kerry is named Secretary of State under President Barack Obama in his second term. What should Brown do next? Tell us in the comments.

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Elizabeth Warren Wins U.S. Senate Seat in Massachusetts

Democrat Elizabeth Warren beat incumbent candidate Scott Brown in the Massachusetts U.S. Senate race.

Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren has beaten incumbent Republican candidate Scott Brown for a seat on the U.S. Senate, according to the Associated Press. Warren is won by a margin of eight percentage points, 54 percent to 46 percent, making her the first female senator elected in Massachusetts.  An estatic Warren addressed a crowd of hundreds of excited supporters at the Copley Fairmont Plaza hotel in Boston on Tuesday night. "We did what everyone thought was impossible," she said. "We taught a scrappy, first-time candidate how to win." "You took on the powerful Wall Street banks and let them know that you want a Senator out there fighting for the middle class all of the time," she said. "And despite the odds, you elected the first …

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TMHSGrad

10:16 pm on Friday, November 9, 2012

Typical liberal - always having to tell people how they should live their lives.   more ›

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Scott Brown’s Health Care Policy Harmful for Newton Seniors

ProgressMass submits a letter to the editor in favor of Obama Care.

Dear Editor: According to the 2010 Census, 12,979 people age 65 and older live in Newton, and every one of them should be deeply concerned about Republican Scott Brown’s health care policy.  The centerpiece of Brown’s health care policy is working to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the federal health care reform law known as ObamaCare. National health care advocacy organization Community Catalyst Action Fund released a new analysis finding that, if the Affordable Care Act (“ObamaCare”) is repealed, senior citizens in Newton and across Massachusetts will be saddled with higher costs and fewer benefits. ObamaCare, as it is known, lowers seniors’ Medicare premiums and out-of-pocket costs by an estimated $500 per year.  This means that, if …

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VIDEO: Brown, Warren Appear on NewTV's 'Sound Off'

Newton Veterans' Service Officer John MacGillivray recently interviewed U.S. Senate candidates Elizabeth Warren and Scott Brown on his NewTV show "Sound Off."

It's no secret that Newton is a big stop for political campaigns, and NewTV's "Sound Off" with John MacGillivray is almost always on the schedule. MacGillivray, who serves as the city's veterans' service officer, recently sat down with U.S. Senate candidates Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren. "Sound Off" is a show that focuses on veterans as well as the programs and services available for veterans. Brown, a Republican, spoke with MacGillivray about why he joined the Army National Guard in 1979. He also touched on a number of veterans' issues including the claim process and a bill that would give tax break to businesses for hiring veterans.  Brown was first elected to the seat in a 2010 special election following the death of longtime …

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