Politics
A much younger Timothy Murray worked in the mail room at the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce while he was still a student in high school. Now lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, Murray will resign next month to become the chamber’s president.... Read more
The list of folks who have submitted signatures for mayor and City Council At-Large is below, via the city’s Election Department. The signatures have to be certified, so these are still largely potential candidates we're talking about. And the potential... Read more
U.S. Sen. John McCain visited Boston Monday to stump and fundraise for fellow Navy veteran and Republican Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez, who ramped up his attacks on opponent U.S. Rep. Edward Markey for voting against resolutions in Congress honoring the... Read more
As City Councillor Rob Consalvo’s mayoral campaign kick-off wound down, Angelo Scaccia was at the front table, greeting people as they exited, getting up and sitting down, shaking their hands, and slapping their backs while complaining of his own being in... Read more
The Obama Administration has stumbled badly with its Justice Department’s overzealous and heavy-handed seizure of telephone records of Associated Press (AP) reporters and editors. The president should step in to personally apologize for his attorney... Read more
On the last day mayoral and at-large candidates were able to apply for nomination papers at City Hall, a Savin Hill resident waded into the race, while another Dorchester resident withdrew his name from contention.
Catherine O’Neill, who appeared in an ad... Read more
Just in: we are the first candidate for mayor to qualify for the ballot, with over 3000 certified signatures. #bospoli #bosmayor
— Rep. Martin J. Walsh (@marty_walsh) May 8, 2013
Savin Hill teammates: Danny Ryan and his candidate, State Rep Linda Dorcena Forry, on election day. Photo: Forry campaign
Danny Ryan was on one side of the walkway and Mike Donovan was on the other side. The two had grown up together, but for most of a... Read more
The annual neighborhood fundraisers have been a tradition for Mayor Thomas Menino – usually occurring in Jamaica Plain, East Boston, and in Dorchester. With last month’s announcement that he won’t seek a sixth four-year term, the last one he is expected... Read more
When Mayor Thomas Menino said he would not attempt to add another four-year term to his 20-year tenure, there was little doubt that Dorchester state Rep. Marty Walsh would take a crack at the seat opening up on City Hall’s fifth floor.
On Saturday, before... Read more
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