Politics
A federal judge on Thursday denied former City Councillor Chuck Turner's request to move his sentencing date. The date is still set for Jan. 25, three and a half weeks before voters go to the polls to replace him.
Turner, who was tossed from the City... Read more
He entered on the crutches to the theme of “Rocky” and ended with a quippy admonishment to the audience to “get your cars off the street” ahead of the incoming snowstorm. And in between, Mayor Thomas Menino, recovering from knee surgery, reviewed the past... Read more
Who knows how it started. Maybe someone read a news article too quickly, or misheard a newsreader on the radio.
But by mid-afternoon Tuesday, former City Councillor Chuck Turner’s chief of staff was compelled to send out the following notice: Turner has... Read more
Former Sen. Wilkerson's statement after her sentencing. Video by Gal Tziperman Lotan.
It was strike two for former state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson. More than a decade after the Roxbury Democrat was convicted of federal tax evasion charges, Wilkerson was... Read more
Mayor Thomas Menino's elderly affairs chief is leaving the administration. Eliza Greenberg has served as elderly affairs commissioner in April 2004.
She is taking a job outside of city government, the Lit Drop has learned.
Greenberg is the latest... Read more
Michael Flaherty:: Will he make an attempt to return to City Hall in '11?
Locally, as politics-dominated years go, 2010 is unlikely to get topped anytime soon. A Republican from Massachusetts was elected to the U.S. Senate, and the nation sent dozens more... Read more
A top aide to Mayor Thomas Menino is trading in City Hall for UMass Boston. Judith Kurland, who had previously served as Menino's chief of staff, is establishing the Center for Community Democracy and Democratic Literacy at UMass Boston's McCormack... Read more
TurnerAs promised, ex-city Councilor Chuck Turner has filed a federal lawsuit demanding he be allowed back into the City Council chambers.
In his suit, co-filed Thursday with several constituents in US District Court in Boston, Turner charges his Dec. 1... Read more
Former state Sen. Dianne WilkersonThe judge who will sentence former state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson on Jan. 6 said testimony given on Dec. 22 by a local contractor is “relevant” to her case and will have an impact on his decision.
The contractor, Azid... Read more
Patrick's re-electionWho had a worse year – politically and locally – than former City Councillor Chuck Turner? District Seven’s City Council representative was convicted of accepting a $1,000 bribe and then booted from the 13-member council after 10... Read more
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