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Democrats close ranks behind Nguyen as PAC spends $500K in her favor
Two days before the primary, a super PAC formed May 1 reports half a million dollars of independent advertising for a candidate whose own committee could not match her rivals' reach
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A plain-language look at every dollar raised and spent by the candidates for Massachusetts's 6th Congressional District, built from their own official FEC filings. Updated as new filings come in.
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EDITOR’S DESK: League leaves Marblehead seven years of meeting notes
Fifteen volunteers left 399 dated reports on laundry machines, curb cuts, beach ramps. Seven years of showing up for Marblehead.
TO THE EDITOR: Observer Corps concludes after years of town government coverage
To the editor: When we started the League of Women Voters of Marblehead’s Observer Corps in 2019, we were living in different times. The existing “news desert” and then Covid motivated League members to fill in for the lack of information about town boards and committees. Our observer reports
EDITORIAL: The Independent endorses Tram Nguyen in 6th District primary
Six Democrats agree on nearly everything. The question is which one has turned agreement into law.
TO THE EDITOR: Jamie Belsito for Congress
To the editor: I am tired of polite, establishment Democratic candidates. It is time for us to put one of our own in office. A mother, a fighter, a working-class woman that paid her own way through Salem State and worked for everything she has. Jamie was a state
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EDITOR’S DESK: League leaves Marblehead seven years of meeting notes
Fifteen volunteers left 399 dated reports on laundry machines, curb cuts, beach ramps. Seven years of showing up for Marblehead.
Select Board authorizes King to pursue second police hiring route
Marblehead sent 41 notices for two openings and got two completed applications. The town will now ask the state for a local register while staying in civil service.
Marblehead joins neighboring towns in seeking commuter protections during Lynnway work
Select Board members backed a tri-community letter asking state transportation officials to plan for Route 1A delays before construction begins in 2028.