Episode 12 of Cambridge InsideOut with guest Alice Wolf (Part 2). This aired on Oct 15, 2013 at 6:00pm.
October 16, 2013
Episode 12 of Cambridge InsideOut with guest Alice Wolf (Part 2)
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Episode 11 of Cambridge InsideOut with guest Alice Wolf (Part 1)
Episode 11 of Cambridge InsideOut with guest Alice Wolf (Part 1). This aired on Oct 15, 2013 at 5:30pm.
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October 13, 2013
Polling Locations for the 2013 Cambridge Municipal Election
Polling Locations for the 2013 Cambridge Municipal Election
The 2013 Cambridge Municipal Election will be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2013. All polls will be open on Election Day from 7:00am until 8:00pm. For any additional information, please visit the Cambridge Election Commission office at 51 Inman Street, call (617-349-4361) or visit our website at www.cambridgema.gov/election.
1-1: O’CONNELL BRANCH LIBRARY, 48 Sixth Street, Corner of Thorndike Street
1-2: TRUMAN APARTMENTS, 25 Eighth Street, Community Room, Thorndike Street Entrance
1-3: MILLER RIVER APARTMENTS, 15 Lambert Street, Cambridge Street entrance
2-1: PISANI CENTER, 131 Washington Street
2-2: M.I.T., Kresge Auditorium, behind Stratton Center, 70 Mass. Avenue
2-3: M.I.T., Kresge Auditorium, behind Stratton Center, 70 Mass. Avenue
3-1: KING OPEN SCHOOL (formerly Harrington School), 850 Cambridge Street, Main Entrance
3-2: AREA IV YOUTH CENTER, 243 Harvard Street, Lower level, Rear entrance (previously located at DPW)
3-2A: AREA IV YOUTH CENTER, 243 Harvard Street, Lower level, Rear entrance (previously located at DPW)
3-3: SALVATION ARMY HEADQUARTERS, 402 Massachusetts Avenue
4-1: PUTNAM GARDENS, Community Room Entrance between Magee and Callender Streets
4-2: CITY HALL, 795 Massachusetts Avenue, Driveway Entrance
4-3: 2 MOUNT AUBURN STREET, Putnam Apartments, Lobby
5-1: LBJ APARTMENTS, 150 Erie Street, Community Room (Parking Lot Entrance)
5-2: WOODROW WILSON COURT, Magazine St., Community Room, Fairmont St. Entry between Door 7 and 8
5-3: MORSE SCHOOL, 40 Granite Street, Main Entrance
6-1: CITY HALL ANNEX, 344 Broadway, Conference Room, Second Floor
6-2: CAMBRIDGE REHABILITATION & NURSING CENTER (formerly Vernon Hall Nursing Home), 8 Dana Street, Activity Room
6-3: SPAULDING HOSPITAL (formerly Youville Hospital), 1575 Cambridge Street, Hovey Avenue Entrance
7-1: BALDWIN SCHOOL, Community Floor, 28 Sacramento Street entrance
7-2: BALDWIN SCHOOL, Community Floor, 28 Sacramento Street entrance
7-3: GUND HALL, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge Street Entrance
8-1: GRAHAM AND PARKS SCHOOL (formerly Peabody School), 44 Linnaean St., Playground Entr.
8-2: FRIENDS CENTER, 5 Longfellow Park, Community Room
8-3: QUINCY HOUSE, 58 Plympton Street, Main Entrance
9-1: LEXINGTON AVENUE FIRE HOUSE, 167 Lexington Avenue
9-2: NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY, 450 Concord Avenue, Classroom
9-3: HAGGERTY SCHOOL, 110 Cushing Street, Gym, Lawn Street Entrance
10-1: RUSSELL APARTMENTS (Senior Citizen Apartments), 2050 Massachusetts Avenue
10-2: GRAHAM AND PARKS SCHOOL (formerly Peabody School), 44 Linnaean Street, Playground Entr.
10-3: CADBURY COMMONS, 66 Sherman Street
11-1: JEFFERSON PARK COMMUNITY CENTER BUILDING, 1 Jackson Place
11-2: PEABODY SCHOOL GYM, 70-R Rindge Avenue
11-3: BURNS APARTMENTS, 50 Churchill Avenue, Community Room
Absentee Ballots are now available at the Cambridge Election Commission office. Any voter who is unable to go to the polls on Election Day due to physical disability, religious belief, or absence from the City may request an Absentee Ballot from the Commission by Noon on Monday, November 4th. Absentee Ballots may be mailed to voters, or such voters may choose to vote at the Commission office during regular City office hours: Monday, 8:30am-8:00pm; Tuesday-Thursday, 8:30am-5:00pm; Friday, 8:30am-Noon. The office will also be open for Absentee Voting on Friday, November 1st from 8:30am until 5:00pm and on Saturday, November 2nd from 9:00am until 5:00pm.
October 11, 2013
The Candidates – SPECIAL STATE ELECTION – Massachusetts 5th Congressional District
SPECIAL STATE ELECTION
Representative in Congress for Massachusetts
5th Congressional District*
(to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Edward J. Markey)
The Candidates
| Democrats (October 15, 2013 State Primary) | |||
 Will Brownsberger (current State Senator) 120 Gilbert Rd., Belmont 15% in primary |
 Katherine Clark (current State Senator) 64 Prospect St., Melrose 32% in primary – NOMINEE |
 Peter Koutoujian (current Sheriff of Middlesex County) 33 Harris St., Waltham 22% in primary |
 Martin Long (former member of Lexington School Committee) 30 Mill St., Arlington 1% in primary |
 Paul Maisano (businessman, community activist) 10 Gorham Ave., Stoneham 2% in primary |
 Carl Sciortino (current State Representative) 17 Orchard St., Medford 16% in primary |
 Karen Spilka (current State Senator) 18 Rome Way, Ashland 13% in primary |
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| Republicans (October 15, 2013 State Primary) | |||
 Frank Addivinola (lawyer) 1 Longfellow Pl., Boston 49% in primary – NOMINEE |
 Mike Stopa (physicist) 38 Westfield Dr., Holliston 26% in primary |
 Tom Tierney (actuary) 7 Lomas Dr., Framingham 25% in primary |
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The Special State Primary will take place on October 15, 2013
The Special State Election will take place on December 10, 2013
| *Middlesex County | Suffolk County | Worcester County | ||
| Arlington Ashland Belmont CAMBRIDGE: Wd. 3, Pct. 2A Wd. 4, Pcts. 2, 3 Wds. 6, 7, 8, 9 Wd. 10, Pcts. 1, 2 Framingham |
Holliston Lexington Lincoln MALDEN MEDFORD MELROSE Natick Sherborn Stoneham |
Sudbury Pcts. IA, 2, 3, 4, 5 WALTHAM Watertown Wayland Weston Winchester WOBURN |
REVERE Winthrop |
Southborough |
October 9, 2013
A quick word on another City Council candidate forum
A quick word on another City Council candidate forum
Oct 8 – Congratulations are in order to the good folks of the Porter Square Neighbors Association (PSNA) for putting on an excellent, well-attended City Council candidate forum tonight. There were other sponsors, but this was clearly a PSNA production. Alice Wolf moderated the forum and did a great job managing things with just the right tone and sense of humor. I was especially appreciative of the choice of questions presented to each of the three panels of candidates. They were fair and relevant – a big improvement over last week’s MCNA candidate forum. I am grateful that Erin Baldassari from the Cambridge Chronicle was there taking notes, and I will defer to her report for most of the details of what was actually said and emphasized by the candidates.
One thing that distinguished candidates was their differing views of new residential and/or commercial development in the city. Several of them spoke of the need for a "master plan" which, quite frankly, makes me think of Robert Moses and others who felt they had all the answers. This was softened to some degree by a call for "neighborhood planning" which was not really defined and which could, quite easily, be just a code word for "not in my backyard". Some candidates (who I will refrain from naming for now) spoke only of their fear of any redevelopment in Central Square. The final candidate of the night was the only one who emphasized the importance of training local residents to take advantage of job opportunities in developing areas such as Kendall Square.
On a personal note, I have to say that I was gratified to see some people in the audience who had with them material printed from the Cambridge Candidate Pages. I also greatly appreciated the fact that several candidates referred to material I have posted on the Cambridge Civic Journal. I wonder sometimes why I continue to do this civic journalism, and it helps a lot when I see people actually making good use of what I produce. The next four weeks are going to be brutal in terms of the misinformation and outright falsehoods that are going to be spread about the candidates and about various issues. I’m already seeing some of it in listservs and pamphlets distributed at these forums. At some point self-appointed oracles will tell you which candidates you should vote for and who you should not vote for. As tempting as it may be to go up to the mountaintop and come down with a few inscribed tablets commanding you who you should vote for, I will continue to resist that urge and, once again, ask you to consult what the candidates submit to the Cambridge Candidate Pages and post on their own websites, use your own judgment, and decide on your own how to rank the candidates. Above all, I urge you to ignore any advice from self-anointed pundits regarding which candidates you should vote for. – Robert Winters
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October 5, 2013
Episode 10 of Cambridge InsideOut – Visits from Cambridge School Committee candidates Patty Nolan and Joyce Gerber
Episode 10 of Cambridge InsideOut – Visits from Cambridge School Committee candidates (Part 2). This episode featured Patty Nolan and Joyce Gerber was broadcast live on Oct 5, 2013 at 2:00pm. It was also air on Oct 8, 2013 at 6:00pm.
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Episode 9 of Cambridge InsideOut – Visits from School Committee candidates Elechi Kadete and Patty Nolan
Episode 9 of Cambridge InsideOut – Visits from Cambridge School Committee candidates (Part 1). This episode featured Elechi Kadete and Patty Nolan and was broadcast live on Oct 5, 2013 at 1:30pm. It was also air on Oct 8, 2013 at 5:30pm.
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October 2, 2013
Episode 8 of Cambridge InsideOut – Phone interviews with Cambridge City Council candidates (Part 2)
Episode 8 of Cambridge InsideOut – Phone interviews with Cambridge City Council candidates (Part 2). This episode was broadcast live on Oct 1, 2013 at 6:00pm. This episode features Janneke House and Nadeem Mazen.