Candidates for At-large Westfield City Council are seen in a previous Candidate Forum held at the Westfield Vocational-Technical High School auditorium.. (WNG file photo)
WESTFIELD – Since 2011 The Westfield News has partnered with The Greater Westfield Chamber of Commerce to present Candidate Forums to voters of the City.
These are not debates as you may be familiar but forums where each candidate will be allowed opening and closing remarks and in between they will be asked questions by a moderator and allowed a set time limit for answer.
The schedule of this year’s forums is as follows:
City Council candidates for Ward 3 will be at 630pm on Monday Oct 23rd
City Council candidates for Ward 4 will be at 730pm on Monday Oct 23rd
City Council candidates for Ward 5 will be at 630pm on Thursday Oct 26th
Candidates for school committee will be at 730pm on Thursday Oct 26th
Candidates for At Large City Council will be at 630pm on Monday Oct 30th
All of this year’s forums will be held at the Westfield Senior Center on Noble St. and each evening the doors will open at 6pm for candidate meet-and-greet with the formal portion of the evening starting at 630pm.
In addition to the above-mentioned formal candidate forums for contested seats, on Wednesday Nov 1st there will be an informal forum for City Councilors from Wards 1, 2 and 6 as well as Mayor. This will again begin with a meet-and-greet at 6pm.
As previously reported, there will be only one preliminary election in the city and that will take place on Tuesday September 26th in Ward Four only to reduce the candidate pool for Ward Councilor from three candidates to two.
