Daily Buzz | Campaign Season Begins in Burlington
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Good Morning, Burlington!
Campaign season is kicking off for the town election—candidates are already sending out postcards and event invites, creating their websites and Facebook pages. I’ll be interviewing some candidates soon, but wanted to let you know where to find information about the campaigns so you can start thinking about who you’ll vote for.
We’ll start with School Committee. Three candidates are running this year for two seats, making this one of only two contested elections for town-wide seats. Find out more about the candidates below, and look out for their interviews on the podcast sometime next week.
Katherine Bond (Incumbent):
Kickoff event: This Friday, March 3, at the American Legion at 6:00 PM
Carl Foss (Incumbent):
Jeremy Brooks (Challenger):
Kickoff event: This Wednesday, March 1, at the American Legion at 6:00 PM
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Today in Burlington
Meetings and Events
- 10:30 AM - Board of Health Subcommittee - District Ave Life Science Proposalvirtual)
- 2:00 PM - When We Were Mothers Virtual Launch Party - get your free ticket here!
- 4:00 PM - Lego Club at the library for ages 5-11
- 6:00 PM - Recreation Commission at BHS; they’ll discuss the FY24 Capital Plan as well as some dog park improvements.
- 6:00 PM - Select Board at Town Hall and online. Some items on the agenda: government restructure (this has come up recently and it will be interesting to see where this discussion goes); Approval of department budgets; appointment of some Collector Office staff and a Program Manager for a Health Department multi-town collaboration.
- 6:30 PM - Scholarship Committee Meeting at Grand View Farm; they’ll discuss submission dates and the addition of a scoring rubric.
- 7:00 PM - Land Use Committee at Town Hall Annex and online
- 7:00 PM - Trivia Night—Hybrid Library Event (Register)
Sports and Activities
Tournament season begins this week for both basketball and hockey.
- Our girls’ basketball team was seeded #26 and will host Ursuline Academy Tuesday at 6:00 PM; Boys are the #19 seed and will be traveling to Canton for a 6:00 game on Friday.
- Girls’ hockey earns a #9 seed and will take on Norwell Wednesday at 6:10.
As their season comes to a close, several girls’ track and field athletes were honored with awards from the Middlesex League:
- All Stars: Cora Laverty - 55m hurdles; Althea Wolinski - 300m; Hope Hanafin - 600m
- All Conference: Grace Hanafin - 300m; Char Collins - Long Jump
- League MVP: Grace Hanafin
Congratulations to these hard-working athletes, and best of luck to our basketball and hockey teams this week!
See you tomorrow, Burlington!
Nicci
