Meet My Family

Meet my wife Barbara, my children Robert and Ellen, their spouses Jennifer and Caleb, and my grandchildren: Aziza, Lyla, and William. The photo was taken in Islesboro, Maine in 2022 by Caleb.

Robert and Ellen are proud graduates of Heath School and BHS, where their headmaster was “Dr. Bob” Weintraub.

This family is my pride and joy. They probably think I should give my political pursuits a rest. But I’m glad they’ve indulged me in this latest contest.

My Profession

In 2018, I retired after 23 years as a producer of nightly news/talk programs for New England Cable News/ NBC10 Boston. I was honored to work with some notable Boston TV names: most recently, Sue O’Connell (“The Take” host). Prior to Sue there was Jim Braude (“Broadside”); Chet Curtis (“NewsNight”); and R.D. Sahl (“NewsNight”).

Prior to NECN/NBC10 Boston I worked for 10 years as managing editor of Christopher Lydon’s 10 O’Clock News on WGBH. 

And prior to that, for the first 10 years of my career in journalism, I was editor of Citizen Group Publications -- a family-owned weekly newspaper chain for Brookline, Allston-Brighton, and Back Bay/Beacon Hill/Fenway in Boston.

Journalism was my dream job from my days as editor of the high school newspaper (Staples in Westport, CT). I will never take for granted how fortunate I have been to realize my dream.

Commited to Brookline

And then there is this wonderful town we call Brookline. I can’t get enough of it. I’ve served as  president and treasurer of the Brookline Historical Society; Town Meeting Member from Precinct 13; board member (recently retired) at Brookline Center for Community Mental Health; board of Brookline Adult and Community Education; volunteer for the New England Region of Met Opera Auditions. To my next door neighbors, I’m the guy who mows his own lawn and keeps a raspberry patch that has fed many a passer-by. If only my tomatoes would learn from the raspberries!