CAMBRIDGE — During the recent Mid-Shore League of Women Voters candidates forum, candidates in Dorchester’s three contested council races included the following comments in opening and closing remarks. District 1 incumbent Jay Newcomb used the forum as an opportunity to set the record straight on his decision earlier this year to retire from his job with the Phillips Seafood Co., managing its packing house on Hooper’s Island.

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