Politics
State Rep. Brian Wallace, a South Boston Democrat whose district includes a part of Uphams Corner, may face a challenger at the ballot box next year: local Democratic activist Michael McGee.
McGee, a South Boston attorney, was a campaign coordinator in... Read more
With the election over, here are a few things that are on the horizon for City Hall officials: the city’s budget, the email controversy, jockeying over who’ll run for mayor in 2013, the newest additions to the 13-member City Council, and what’s... Read more
By 8 a.m., 232 people had voted at the Holy Name Parish Hall in West Roxbury and Dorchester resident Ayanna Pressley had greeted most of them in her bid for an at-large seat on the Boston City Council. And that total nearly doubled to 439 voters by 9 a.m... Read more
It was Mayor Thomas Menino's toughest test in sixteen years and he passed with the highest grade: The onetime Hyde Park city councillor bested challenger Michael Flaherty of South Boston by 16,355 votes, thereby rolling to his fifth term and into the city... Read more
One day after she helped an ex-aide to U.S. Sen. John Kerry win the top slot in Newton City Hall, a veteran political operative is headed to Boston City Council President Michael Ross’s office.
Deborah Shah will be Ross’s acting chief of staff,... Read more
A Vietnamese-interpreting poll worker at the Kit Clark Apartments was removed from the polling location this morning after the person was accused of encouraging voters to pull the lever for City Councillor At-Large Michael Flaherty. A Menino supporter,... Read more
Missing from the group of pols and volunteers who lined Blue Hill Ave. on Sunday afternoon for Ayanna Pressley’s City Council At-Large bid was the big gun who had hoped to be there for the weekend before the Nov. 3 election. But U.S. Sen. John Kerry,... Read more
It's the day before Election Day. Mayor Thomas Menino delivers new books to a Brighton library (with a Red Sox player) and then holds a campaign rally in East Boston with local electeds. City Councillor At-Large Michael Flaherty will be in Dudley Square,... Read more
It's the Sunday before Election Day, and that means church visits are in order. Mayor Thomas Menino is in churches in Mattapan and the South End, while Team Floon is in Dorchester. Hibernian Hall will once again be the stage for an afternoon Menino rally... Read more
The election is three days away. Mayor Thomas Menino will be at a "Parent University" and a Halloween party at the Strand Theatre in Dorchester. City Councillor At-Large Michael Flaherty will host a "tele-town hall," with fellow City Councillor At-Large... Read more
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