Clare Higgins (politician)
- Clare Higgins (politician)
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Mary Clare Higgins, a Democrat, was elected to her first term as Mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts in November 1999; she took office in January 2000. She was elected to a sixth two-year term in November 2009. She is a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition,[1] an organization formed in 2006 and co-chaired by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston mayor Thomas Menino.
Before becoming mayor, Higgins worked in early childhood education, served as an at-large City Councilor, and was a Commissioner on the board of the Northampton Housing Authority.
She earned her bachelor's degree in 2003 through the University Without Walls at the University of Massachusetts Amherst[2][3]
References
- ^ "Mayors Against Illegal Guns: Coalition Members". http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/about/members.shtml. Retrieved on June 18, 2007
- ^ Savoir Flair 2007 Vol 1 No 1, p 27, http://issuu.com/kpmedia/docs/07savoirflairmag.
- ^ UWW News and Events, http://www.umass.edu/uww/news_events/news.html
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