1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (412+ words) With a declaration Saturday that he hopes to fill the emptying City Council seat in Ward 3, resident Derrick Rice launched Somerville’s special elections season. Ward 3 is represented by Ben Ewen-Campen, who is leaving at the new year because on Sept....

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (431+ words) State senator Will Brownsberger has kept his Suffolk and Middlesex seat in a recount of last week’s Democratic primary against first-time candidate Daniel Lander. The winner advances to the Nov. 3 general election against conservative Brandon Wood of Watertown. The district,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (214+ words) The Cambridge commission handed out results at 2:08 a.m. There were 20,206 votes cast in Cambridge out of 70,250 registered voters, for 29 percent turnout, and 7,712 ballots cast in the 25th Middlesex. Decker drew 4,104 of those, or 53 percent, with MacKay getting 3,599, or 47 percent of the total....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (582+ words) Somerville and Winchester went for Erika Uyterhoeven in the Democratic primary held Tuesday for the state Senate seat held by Pat Jehlen, according to unofficial election results, beating Cambridge vice mayor Burhan Azeem, 34th Middlesex District state representative Christine Barber and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (241+ words) Voters went for Will Mbah in the Democratic primary on Tuesday to fill the state representative seat held by Christine Barber since 2015, according to unofficial election results. Mbah beat Christopher Oates and Paul Ruseau for the seat, which Barber is…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (464+ words) For the past five months, candidate Neil Miller has made false and distorted claims about my work in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and in our Cambridge and Somerville community. On the eve of the Democratic primary, I want to…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (172+ words) I found Kathy Greeley’s letter disheartening (“MacKay supporter responds to letter for Decker, seeking a representative for all of Cambridge,” Aug. 23). She makes a lot of claims about Marjorie Decker, but unlike Kathy Greeley, I live in the 25th Middlesex District,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (343+ words) Fresh Pond is one of the most beautiful places in the city to spend a few hours. The 2-mile perimeter path is the perfect length for meandering and lets people take in its views from every angle. The reservation is…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1001+ words) The Sept. 1 primaries will decide several local races, because many have no Republicans, third-party or independent candidates running in the November general election. With polls open in just a dozen days and early voting underway, campaigns are responding to the…...