Stephen Passacantilli’s campaign for Boston City Council District 1 has announced a major milestone. This past week, the campaign knocked on their 8,000th door and leads all other campaigns in social media engagement with over 1,300 Facebook followers. Passacantilli is a North End civic leader, Boston Public Schools parent, and former staffer to City Councilor Sal LaMattina. Read More…
News from the campaign of Stephen Passacantilli for Boston City Council – District 1: NORTH END – Stephen Passacantilli, a North End civic leader, Boston Public Schools parent, and former staffer to City Councilor Sal LaMattina has hired lifelong North End resident Haley Renda to run his campaign for Boston City Council. Passacantilli is running for District 1 City Read More…
32BJ SEIU, BTU, SEIU Local 888 Endorse Lydia Edwards for Boston City Council Unions to mobilize hundreds of East Boston voters in support of Edwards On Thursday at 10:30 a.m., 32BJ SEIU, representing 18,000 property service workers in Massachusetts joined with Boston Teachers Union, representing 10,000 education professionals, and SEIU Local 888, representing over 8,000 public service and higher education Read More…
District 1 City Council Candidates spoke to a group of North End waterfront residents on Tuesday night at the Prince Building, 63 Atlantic Avenue. Originally set to be outside, the gathering was moved indoors due to the impending thunderstorm. Candidates Lydia Edwards, Margaret Farmer and Stephen Passacantilli largely stuck to their themes from previous forums Read More…
State Senator Joe Boncore endorsed Lydia Edwards on Tuesday for the District 1 City Council to represent East Boston, the North End, and Charlestown in the seat being vacated by Sal LaMattina. Boncore said the following in his endorsement, “With wholehearted enthusiasm, I endorse Lydia Edwards’ candidacy for Boston City Council, representing East Boston, the North Read More…
2017 NEWNC Election Results Tina Natale – 48 votes Carmine Guarino – 35 votes Sean Hennessey – 25 votes Damien DiPaola – 19 votes Tania Green – 12 votes Ashley McCarthy – 8 votes On Saturday, May 20th, residents voted to fill six vacant seats in the North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council. This year, the NEWNC election saw a low turnout Read More…
East Boston resident, Margaret Farmer, has announced she is entering the race for District 1 City Council to fill the seat being vacated by Sal LaMattina. Farmer has recently served as President of the Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association for five of her fifteen years living in Boston. In a statement, Farmer said: “I am proud to Read More…
There are six candidates for North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC) running in what will be an uncontested election on Saturday, May 20th. The candidates are: Carmine Guarino* Sean Hennessey* Tina Natale Ashley McCarthy Tania Green Damian DiPaola *Incumbent With the same number of open seats as candidates, all six will be able to serve on the Read More…
The field for District 1 City Councilor continues to narrow with one of the three announced candidates, Michael Sinatra of East Boston, dropping out of the race. With Sinatra’s withdrawal, filed candidates now include Stephen Passacantilli (North End) and Lydia Edwards (East Boston) in vying for the seat. Others that have indicated interest include Carmine Guarino (North Read More…
The North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC) has extended the filing deadline to May 8th for candidates to submit nomination forms for the upcoming election. In a statement, NEWNC said: “It has come to the attention of the North End/Waterfront Council (NEWNC) there was some misinformation regarding the incorrect deadline of May 8, 2017 to Read More…
Charlestown resident, Jack Kelly, has declared his candidacy for the District 1 City Council seat being vacated by Sal LaMattina. The District 1 seat on the Boston City Council represents the North End, Charlestown and East Boston. He joins candidates Stephen Passacantilli, Lydia Edwards and Michael Sinatra in vying for the seat. Kelly shared the following thoughts with Read More…
Michael Sinatra is the third candidate entering the race to fill the seat being vacated by Sal LaMattina as City Councilor for District 1 representing the North End, Charlestown and East Boston. Sinatra is an East Boston resident and currently Chief of Staff for Councilor LaMattina. “I have decided to run for the District 1 City Council seat,” said Michael. Read More…