State Senate’s Commonwealth Conversation in Western Mass.
Western Mass. — Sen. Adam G. Hinds, D- Pittsfield, has announced that the Massachusetts Senate’s Commonwealth Conversations tour will be held Tuesday, March 28.
The tour–co-sponsored by Senate president Stan Rosenberg, D-Amherst; Sen. Michael Rodrigues, D-Westport; and Senate minority leader Bruce Tarr, D-Gloucester–is a statewide listening tour of each senator’s district to visit with local residents, businesses and interest groups to listen directly to their needs and concerns. The goal of the tour is to foster more civic engagement while helping each senator learn more about issues outside of their own districts. Each member of the Senate has committed to attending at least two of the sessions outside of their own regions that is not an adjoining district to their own. Each day will end in a town hall-style meeting open to the public for the specific region.
Three events that are open to the public on March 28 are:
- Rural Communities Roundtable Conversation: Opportunities and Challenges, hosted by Sen. Hinds from 9 to 10 a.m. at the Conway Town Hall, 5 Academy Hill Rd.
- Western Mass. public transportation workshop facilitated by MassMoves and the Barr Foundation from noon to 2:30 p.m. at the UMass Center at Springfield, Classroom 14
- Western Mass. Commonwealth Conversations Town Hall Forum from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. at the Student Union Ballroom at UMass Amherst
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New Marlborough Democrats to caucus
New Marlborough — Democrats in New Marlborough will hold a caucus and organizing meeting on Wednesday, March 29, at 6 p.m. at the Town Hall, 807 Mill River Southfield Rd., to elect four delegates and four alternates to the 2017 Massachusetts Democratic Convention to be held on Saturday, June 3, at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell.
The caucus is open to all registered New Marlborough Democrats. Pre-registered Democrats who will be at least 18 years of age by Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, the anticipated date of the primary, will be able to participate in caucuses and run for delegate. Delegates will be divided equally between men and women, and all ballots will be written and secret. Youth, minorities, and people with disabilities who are not elected as delegates or alternates may apply to be “add-on” delegates. The New Marlborough Town Hall is handicapped accessible.
For general information on the convention or the caucus, contact chairperson Sheila Murray at (413) 232-4283 or sheila.murray1996@gmail.com. For information on the Massachusetts Democratic Party, contact (617) 939-0800 or contact@massdems.org.
