State Rep. Mary Grant insists the potential of both a primary and general election challenge had nothing to do with her decision to call it quits after next year. But it’s quickly become apparent there are plenty of people in Beverly interested in running for her House seat.
There was speculation that John Burke might have [...]
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That’s the title of a new book by former New York Times reporter Alex S. Jones, now director of Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy.
He’s optimistic about the future of newspapers even in the Internet age. Who else, he asks, will perform the watchdog role so critical to democracy? A couple [...]
Proving himself the maverick among North Shore legislators once again, state Rep. Ted Speliotis has endorsed Congressman Michael Capuano’s U.S. Senate bid.
Speliotis said he’s known the former Somerville mayor since the the latter was an aide to the taxation committee and the Danvers lawmaker was a rookie working out of the bullpen in the bowels [...]
* A friend suggests that Beverly Mayor Bill Scanlon and challenger John Burke be the featured guests at the annual “Bridging the Gap” ceremony on the Veterans Memorial Bridge later this month.
The event brings ancient rivals — the Salem and Beverly football teams — together to shake hands before the big Thanksgiving Day game.
Noted Scanlon [...]
Polls will be open at 7 tomorrow morning in Salem, Peabody and Beverly. Close at 8.
Don’t look for any upsets at the top of the ballots. Few surprises anywhere else, either, though Peabody could see a change in one of the ward council seats, and Teasie Riley-Goggin just might crack the at-large field in Salem. [...]
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Nelson Benton is editorial page editor of The Salem News. Over the past four decades he has covered all the cities and towns of the North Shore, as well as the Statehouse. His political column appears every Friday on the Opinion page. Categories
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