Would have been reopened already without the frivolous lawsuit last year forcing stop work for months, right before Winter pausing construction, but clearly a huge amount of construction progress now.
Brensley, a former Wayland Select Board member, won the MA Republican State Convention endorsement for Lt. Governor, receiving 56% of that vote.
Brensley’s campaign manager, Jason Ross, blamed the signature shortfall on a consultant she had hired, Republican Joe Bronske, to help her gather the 10,000 signatures she needed to get on the fall ballot.
As of Thursday, Brensley had no plans to suspend her campaign.
Edit: WBUR has significantly more details: https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/05/13/gop-lieutenant-governor-brensley-minogue
>Three different town clerks contacted the Secretary of State's office to flag forgery concerns, Brensley said. Deb O’Malley, a spokesperson for Secretary of State William Galvin, confirmed that “a few local clerks” had contacted the secretary’s Elections Division with concerns surrounding the signatures they received.
>Brensley's campaign collected 7,500 signatures before paying Bronske for services, said Jason Ross, Brensley’s campaign manager. Bronske was hired to collect 6,500 signatures at $5 per signature, Ross said. Bronske delivered less than 1,000 signatures and it’s not clear how many signatures were fraudulent, he added.
>Bronske told Brensley’s campaign that he collected 6,203 signatures and was on track to reach 7,000, according to an April 30 email obtained by the State House News Service that he sent to Brensley and Ross. In the email, Bronske also said he had collected $15,000 from the campaign. Brensley’s campaign finance filings through April don’t indicate her campaign has paid Bronske.
>Brensley has filed 4,058 signatures with the Secretary of State’s office as of Wednesday afternoon, O’Malley said. The Wayland Republican says she plans to file about 4,000 more.
>Candidates for statewide office had a May 5 deadline to file signatures with local election offices. Then, campaigns have until June 2 at 5 p.m. to bring them to the Secretary of State’s office, according to O’Malley.
>Brensley, a Wayland selectwoman and business executive, said her campaign is petitioning Galvin to give her and other campaigns who used Bronkse an additional two weeks to collect signatures. O’Malley said the secretary of state's office does not have the authority to alter or extend deadlines, as they are set by state law.
TLDR:
You might have to turn off the induction power to get a read with an instant read thermometer
The Thermopen One (Pricy, but very high quality) also seems to be induction interference resistant
I did not see this quirk well publicized when switching to induction! Shortly after getting an induction range, I noticed my old ThermoPop (great value) instant read thermometer seemed to be on the fritz, with random freezing.
No big deal I think, things wear out. I go on TheWireCutter for their top meat thermometer pick, which is the Lavatools Javelin Pro. Start grilling chicken on my cast iron, start testing with my brand new Javalin...which starts rapidly flashing between the settings, C and F, etc. Ug, return started.
Finally I realize: Magnetic interference, duh. Googling finds this review:
which specifically notes induction comparability from the (pricy) Thermapen One. Despite the fact that Thermoworks doesn't seem to mention this on their product page?
Regardless, I decide I don't want to turn off induction each time I want a thermometer reading, and order a Thermapen One. So far, it seems to avoid interference.
Hope this is helpful to people. I did not know about this quirk when making the switch to induction. And maybe folks know of a less expensive instant read thermometer that is induction shielded?
https://andovermanews.com/town-meeting-bans-rodenticides-oks-ahs-improvement-money/
WalkBike Andover has a good explanation of why this was a bad idea: https://www.walkbikeandover.org/projects-and-initiatives/vote-no-on-p31