Tagged: politics

Robert Hedlund speaks with WATD’s Christine James about his decision to step down as Mayor of Weymouth. Weymouth Mayor Stepping Down Town Of Weymouth

Whitman Town Administrator Mary Beth Carter gives WATD’s Dan McCready a recap of Wednesday night’s Special Town Meeting. Town of Whitman website.    

Two Select Board members will keep their seats following Monday’s Town Elections in Hull with unofficial results showing that incumbents Brian McCarthy and Irwin Nesoff got 881 votes and 782 votes respectively. Challenger Christopher Patrick Niland got 475 votes. However, in the race for Housing Authority challenger Lisa Ann Boretti ousted incumbent Kathleen Bogdan securing […]

Brian Shortsleeve speaks with WATD’s Dan McCready about his campaign to seek the GOP nomination for governor.    

The life and legacy of Philip W. Johnston were celebrated at a memorial service Sunday at University of Massachusetts at Boston. Johnston was the chair of the state’s democratic party from 2000 to 2007. Before that, he represented the fourth and tenth Plymouth Districts in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and served as the state’s […]

Brockton Mayor Robert Sullivan announced he will not seek reelection in January. WATD’s Charles Fulmer reports.

In Plymouth, Vedna Heywood is a third term School Committee Member, past Chairperson of the No Place for Hate Committee, a candidate for the Select Board in 2021—an election she lost in a very close vote. Professionally, she works as a surgical burn trauma nurse at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and she is wife […]

WATD Political Analyst John Creed speaks with WATD’s Christine James about Governor Maura Healey’s State of the Commonwealth Address.

State Rep. Joan Meschino gives WATD’s Christine James the first legislative update for 2025.

WATD Political Analyst John Creed speaks with Dan McCready about the big political stories of 2024 and looks at what’s ahead in the new year.