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Mayor Thomas Menino launches an iPhone application, reported earlier this year in the Globe, that gives residents a "direct connection" to City Hall over requests and complaints. City Councillor At-Large Michael Flaherty visits with Jamaica Plain seniors... Read more
Mayor Thomas Menino announces the design team for a park renovation in Chinatown, and attends the grand opening of a chocolate store and a flu clinic photo-op. MAYOR THOMAS MENINO: 9:00 AM Chinatown Gateway Park Designer Selection Announcement Corner of... Read more
The mayoral campaigns of incumbent Thomas Menino and challenger Michael Flaherty have posted videos on recent respective endorsements. Menino's camp has posted highlights (and individual videos) of the Sunday launch of "Progressives for Menino." Flaherty'... Read more
Mayor Thomas Menino delivers a large recycling cart to Brighton while City Councilor At-Large Michael Flaherty, joined by fellow City Councilor At-Large Sam Yoon, is in the Dudley area, Grove Hall, and Jamaica Plain. They plan to hit the meeting of the... Read more
The two candidates running to represent District 7 face off against one another on Wednesday night in Roxbury. Chuck Turner, who is facing federal corruption charges that he says are false, is running for re-election. Challenger Carlos Henriquez is making... Read more
Someone threw a brick through City Council At-Large candidate Tito Jackson's window, the Jamaica Plain Gazette reports. Jackson, who lives in Grove Hall, told the Gazette he believes the brick was meant to intimidate him.
While Mayor Thomas Menino and his rival Michael Flaherty, a City Councillor At-Large, will be battering away at each other at the JFK Library, here's where their supporters will be: After a standout, Menino supporters will head over to the headquarters of... Read more
Hoping to catch the eight candidates running for four at-large - city-wide - seats on the Boston City Council? Here's a list of 12 forums over the next two weeks. If anybody has any others, send them on over or include them in the comments below. MONDAY,... Read more
Like the creation of Team Floon, the poll in the Boston Sunday Globe is causing divergent opinions over whether it's for real or disingenuous. "The bottom line is that we do not believe that the analysis in the Boston Globe today accurately reflects the... Read more
A minority police association that has been harshly critical of the amount of diversity within the Boston Police Department on Saturday cast a vote of no confidence in Mayor Thomas Menino. William Celester, one of the founders of the Massachusetts... Read more

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