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In what could be a watershed moment for multi-person relationships, Arlington became the first town in Massachusetts to approve domestic partnerships of more than two people when Town Meeting approved an amendment to a warrant article Wednesday, April 28.
The motion states the town will recognize domestic partnerships containing two or more people, which is more inclusive of people in polyamorous relationships or other non-traditional family situations. The town recognition helps people in those relationships achieve the same kind of civil rights permitted to married couples, including visitation rights at health care facilities and access to children s school records.
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Other contested elections included the School Committee, Town Meeting Members and Town Assessor. (Dan Libon/Patch)
NEEDHAM, MA The Annual Town Election was held Tuesday, April 13. Get caught up here with who will be serving in office and their policy initiatives.
Contested Elections
Select Board: Moe Handel, four-term Select Board member and three-time chair, lost his reelection Tuesday when he came in third, with 2,581 votes.
Lakshmi Balachandra, a professor at Babson College, came in first with 3,818 votes. Marcus Nelson, a youth and community organizer, placed second with 3,668 votes. Nelson and Balachandra are the first people of color to ever serve on Needham s Select Board.
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UpdatedWed, Apr 14, 2021 at 9:12 am ET
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Outgoing Brookline Town Meeting Moderator Sandy Gadsby stands next to his podium as he listens to testimony of students during a Town Meeting in 2019. (Jenna Fisher/ Patch)
BROOKLINE, MA Brookline s Town Meeting Moderator Sandy Gadsby, the man who has presided over the town s legislative body for nearly three decades, is stepping down, he told Town Meeting members Friday. I have made this decision with some ambivalence, Gadbsy said in an email to Town Meeting members. Being your moderator has consumed a significant part of my life during the past 27 years and it has had its rewards, although I confess that the rewards have diminished as the tribulations of the office have increased in the past few years.