New city council celebrates the start of business

New council members Alissia Canaday and Lee Barnes, fifth district and Jolie Justus and Katheryn Shields, fourth district, took the oath of office with other council members on Saturday. Mayor Sly James and the new city council were sworn in ...

It’s official: Shields takes 4th district council seat

Shields and Glover at a candidate forum in June 2015. After an official recount, Katheryn Shields has been confirmed as the winner of the June 23 4th District City Council election. Current Council Member Jim Glover asked for a recount after ...

Midtown has new city council representatives

Many predicted the 4th district council race between incumbent Jim Glover and challenger Kathryn Shields would be a tight one, and it was. When the voters were counted last night, Shields had edged out Glover, with each taking fifty percent ...

What’s on the ballot and other election details

The outcome of tomorrow’s election is important to Midtown, as the next city council will be elected. That council is expected to make important decisions about: whether or not to extend the streetcar line down Main Street; the downtown hotel, ...

Council candidates address streetcar, vacant properties, convention hotel

Fourth district council candidates Katheryn Shields and Jim Glover at a candidate forum this week. Jay Hodges, a candidate in the 2nd district, is to their right. Candidates for city council answered questions about streetcars, dealing with ...

Reminder: City council forum today

File photo. City council candidates at a recent forum. Candidates for the June 23 city council elections will address questions about transportation, redevelopment and neighborhood services at a candidate forum this evening. MainCor, the Broadway ...

What’s important to you in city council election?

File photo. City council candidates at a recent forum. We’re still looking for your input to help shape the questions for city council candidates at a June 17 forum. So far, we’ve heard that staffing of the police department, transit and ...

Transit, redevelopment, education: important questions in city elections

File photo. City council candidates at a recent forum. What should Midtown’s transit future look like? How do we encourage growth and development while still retaining Midtown’s unique character? What role, if any, should the city council ...

What questions do you want to hear city candidates address?

File photo. City council candidates at a recent forum. Midtown groups sponsoring a mayoral and candidate forum want to know what questions you would like candidates to answer. MainCor, the Broadway Westport Council, the Westport Regional Business ...

Council candidates contemplate transportation decisions

Fourth district at large candidate John Fierro at the transportation forum. Behind him (from left to right): candidates Jim Glover (4th district), Jermaine Reed (3rd district), Lee Barnes (5th district), Kathryn Shields (4th district) and Dennis ...