Politicalendar

Candidates for governor taking part in public forum tonight

Patrick, Reilly, Healey and Mihos to attend

The Massachusetts Biotechnology Council is hosting a candidates' forum on Wednesday, March 1 that all four gubernational candidates -- Democrats Deval Patrick and Tom Reilly, Republicans Kerry Healey and Christy Mihos -- have agreed to attend.

The forum, moderated by council president and former House Speaker Tom Finneran, will allow the candidates to article their "vision of the state's future and role of the life sciences industry in that future," according to the council website.

The candidates won't have a chance to ask questions of each other - hence the tag of forum for the event, not debate - but will answer questions from pharmaceutical industry CEOs.
To run from at 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the Cambridge Marriott Hotel, 2 Cambridge Center.

Head of state GOP addresses Cape Republicans tonight

Matt Wylie, executive director of the Massachusetts Republican Party, is guest speaker at tonight's Cape  Cod Republican Club's Lincoln Day Celebration, starting at 7 p.m. at the Hyannis Golf Club on Route 132. The late Phil Rollins, the former Cape and Islands' district attorney who died unexpectedly on Christmas Day, will be honored with a posthumous award.

Three former governors - and a possible fourth - lined up for MassINC forum

The Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth (MassINC), the Boston-based think tank and publisher of CommonWealth magazine, has lined up a potentially lively panel discussion involving three former governors - Michael Dukakis, Paul Cellucci and Jane Swift - along with a possible fourth, William Weld.
The event, titled "View From the Corner Office:  four former governors on the American Dream in Massachusetts," takes place on Thursday May 25 at 4 p.m. in Faneuil Hall in Boston. More info as it becomes available.

Rep. Perry to moderate public forum on Sandwich cancer study

Coming on the heels of a state Department of Public Health study showing a possible cancer cluster in Sandwich, State Rep. Jeffrey Perry, R-Sandwich, will moderate a public forum on Tuesday, Feb. 28 to discuss the findings of the DPH research.
The forum will be held on Tuesday Feb. 28 at 3 p.m. at the Human Services Building on Quaker Meetinghouse Road in Sandwich.
Also expected to attend are George Heufelder, director of the Barnstable County Department of Health & Environment, and Sandwich Board of Health member David Mason.
For more information, call Taylor White, legislative aide to Rep. Perry, at 617-722-2800, x8743.

Democrats offering two-day campaign seminar for party activists

It's called the "Massachusetts Democratic Campaign Institute" and will be held the weekend of March 4-5 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Worcester.
The cost is $55, which covers all materials and three meals but not a room at the inn. Reduced hotel rates are available for participants, according to organizers. Find out more at massdems.org.

Sarah Peake preparing another run for state representative

Democrat Sarah Peake of Provincetown kicks off her campaign for state representative in the Outer Cape's Fourth Barnstable District with a rally on Saturday Feb. 25 at 3 p.m.  at the Orleans Inn on Old County Road in Orleans, across from Stop & Shop.
Peake won the Democratic primary in 2004 but lost to incumbent Shirley Gomes, R-Harwich, who is not running for re-election.
Competing with Peake on the Democratic side is Harwich Selectman Ray Gottwald of Harwich and  Ronald Bergstrom of Chatham, while Republicans Aaron Maloy and Don Howell are vying for the GOP nomination.

Lt. Gov. Healey coming to Barnstable on Friday

Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey, who formally announced her candidacy for governor last week, is due to speak at Barnstable Municipal Airport in Hyannis on Friday, Feb. 17 at 11 a.m.
At noon, Healey will meet with members of Republican town committees and the Cape Cod Republican Club during at informal luncheon at the home of GOP activist Fran Manzelli in West Barnstable.

State rep candidates to address Orleans Republicans

State representative candidates Don Howell (shown at right with Gov. Mitt Romney) and Aaron Maloy, vying for the Republican nomination in the Outer Cape's Fourth District extending from Harwich to P'town, will speak before members of the Orleans Republican Town Committee on Tuesday (Feb. 14) at 5 p.m. in Room C of Orleans Town Hall.

Diane Patrick appearance in Sandwich tomorrow postponed

Due to the snowstorm bearing down on the region tonight, Diane Patrick, the wife of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Deval Patrick, will not be speaking at the Old Grange Hall in Sandwich on Sunday.
The fundraiser, organized by the Sandwich Democratic Town Committee, has been rescheduled to Sunday, Feb. 26 from 4-7 p.m. at the same location. Admission will cost $25. Contact Linnell Grundman at 508-776-3256 or by e-mail at grundmans@adelphia.net for more info.

Biographer of JFK, Nixon and Reagan to speak at JFK Library

In a Presidents Day appearance at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, author Richard Reeves will discuss his most recent book, "President Reagan: The Triumph of Imagination," and his previous books on Kennedy and Richard Nixon, on Monday, Feb. 20 from 2-3:30 p.m.

The forum is open to the public free of charge, but reservations are recommended; call 617-514-1643. For more information and transcripts of previous forums, go to the library's website at www.jfklibrary.org.