Category: 2024 Town Election

When he lost his bid for reelection to Town Meeting last year, Neil Wishinsky was ready to call it quits on his decades of public service in the town of Brookline. “I thought, ok, I’m done with electoral politics. I’ve been there, done that,” Wishinsky, a long-time Town Meeting member and former Select Board chair,… Continue reading Get to know the ‘government process nerd’ elected to keep Town Meeting running smoothly

In 2017, Brookline’s five-member elected executive board was renamed from the “Board of Selectmen” to the “Select Board” in an effort to be more inclusive of the women who, for more than half a century, had been elected to serve alongside their male counterparts. The name has stuck. But in practice, the board just became… Continue reading ‘A huge loss for the town’: For first time in two decades, no women are on Brookline’s Select Board

Tuesday’s town election held true to a few time-honored principles in local politics: name recognition matters. Incumbency is a big advantage. However, the election also pointed to what some observers see as a subtle ideological shift toward the center left in town politics. In town-wide races for School Committee and Select Board, two candidates who… Continue reading What mattered in Brookline’s town election: Incumbency, name recognition, and a slight ideological shift

Voters reelected incumbent Chair Bernard Greene and elected outgoing School Committee Chair David Pearlman to the Select Board in Tuesday’s town election. It was a losing night for the most progressive candidates for seats on the Select Board and School Committee. Alec Lebovitz, who ran for Select Board, and Miriam Aschkenasy, who gave up a… Continue reading Election results: Greene, Pearlman win Select Board seats as Thall, Moghtader, Hefter elected to School Committee

More than $134,000 in political fundraising has circulated in Brookline ahead of the May 7 election which will see voters choose new members of the Select Board, School Committee, and Brookline Housing Authority Board of Commissioners. The campaigns for townwide positions reported their financial activity to the town at the end of April, as required… Continue reading Local election fundraising by the numbers: Candidates bring in $134,000

With five candidates running for two seats on the town’s Select Board on May 7, voters will decide the make-up of the five-member panel that serves as the town’s executive branch, The candidates for the two Select Board seats are Chair Bernard Greene, Sana Hafeez, Alec Lebovitz, Susan Park and David Pearlman. Click on their… Continue reading ‘Expectations and complexity are high’: Meet the five residents running for Select Board, Brookline’s highest elected office

Brookline is holding a local election on May 7, with 18 residents running for town positions like Select Board, School Committee, Moderator and Town Clerk, and hundreds more for seats in Town Meeting. Brookline.News will be publishing an election special edition on Monday, April 29 with interviews and information about the key races, and residents… Continue reading A guide to voting in the Town Election on May 7

A complaint filed with the State Ethics Commission alleges that Miriam Aschkenasy, a member of the town’s Select Board who is now running for School Committee, violated conflict of interest laws by using a Town Hall hearing room for a campaign video. Fred Levitan, a former Town Meeting member, said that he filed a complaint… Continue reading School Committee candidate Aschkenasy faces ethics complaint over campaign video

With a town election on the horizon in May, is voting on the to-do list for the 24% of Brookline residents who are between the ages of 18 and 29? Across Massachusetts and the United States, voter turnout increases with age. On Brookline’s frequent voter list, which consists of residents who have voted in at… Continue reading What’s keeping Brookline’s young people away from the polls?

Editor’s note: Stay tuned for more detailed coverage coming soon about the upcoming May election.  The deadline to register to run in the Brookline municipal election on May 7 has come and gone, and 18 residents have thrown their hats in the ring for townwide positions. Several of the most important positions in town promise… Continue reading May election: 18 residents running for town-wide office, and 127 up for Town Meeting