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Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Five Democrats are on the ballot in the primary to replace Marty Walsh at the State House. Listed below are the locations of their election night parties. LIAM CURRAN: Old Colony Yacht Club, 235 Victory Rd GENE... Read more
The five candidates hoping to replace Marty Walsh in the State House talked public safety and education during individual appearances on BNN News. BNN's Chris Lovett interviewed them in the videos below. The Democratic primary is March 4, and with no... Read more
Voters in Dorchester and a precinct in Quincy will go to the polls on Tuesday to pick a Democratic nominee in the special election to replace Marty Walsh on Beacon Hill. With no Republican on the ballot, the Democratic primary, which features five... Read more
Dan HuntOn Tuesday, voters in the 13th Suffolk District will go to the polls to pick a new state representative to fill the vacancy left when now-Mayor Martin J. Walsh left the Legislature. Technically, voters will be choosing one Democrat from a five-... Read more
Outside spending slammed into last year’s mayoral race, the tally hitting $3.8 million when all was said and done. Union-backed organizations lined up behind Marty Walsh and an education reform group backed John Connolly. A similar situation could play... Read more
The 14-acre waterfront parcel in Port Norfolk, once home to the Shaffer Paper company, will be transformed into a public park under a plan outlined at a Tuesday night meeting. Reporter file photoOfficials from the state’s Department of Conservation and... Read more
At the end of his sixth week as mayor of Boston, Marty Walsh bent down and tinkered with the tall clock that had come with his new office in City Hall. It didn’t appear to be working. Someone had come in, looked at it, and said he would be back in five... Read more
The Ward 5 Democratic Committee voted on Tuesday to formally reprimand At-Large City Councillor Michelle Wu for her controversial vote for South Boston Councillor Bill Linehan as Council president. After a heated debate and a defense from Wu, the left-... Read more
Just days after ejecting former state Rep. Carlos Henriquez, House lawmakers quickly set dates for the elections process to replace the Dorchester Democrat. The special election will take place on April 29, although the Democratic make-up of the district... Read more
An attorney with roots in Cape Verde is jumping into the race to replace former state Rep. Carlos Henriquez. Evandro Carvalho, who lives in Fields Corner with his fiancé Ashley, emigrated from Cape Verde at age 15. “I came to Boston speaking no English... Read more

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