Civics
27 days to Nov. 5. Six days until the first televised debate between the two finalists. The bus drivers’ strike, which Mayor Thomas Menino and both candidates looking to succeed him have condemned, could be over. Boston Public Schools website had this... Read more
Former state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson has been released from federal prison and is back in Boston, sources tell the Reporter. The 58-year-old Roxbury Democrat started a 42-month sentence in March 2011 and it was unclear on Tuesday night why she was out early... Read more
29 days to Nov. 5. Eight days until the first televised debate between the two finalists. A Herald/Suffolk University poll out this morning has City Councillor At-Large John Connolly up with a 7 point lead. Connolly received 41 percent, while state Rep.... Read more
30 days to Nov. 5. Nine days until the first televised debate between the two finalists. State Rep. Marty Walsh will be in Jamaica Plain with fellow state Rep. Liz Malia, while City Councillor At-Large John Connolly hits the Roslindale Parade.
THE DAY... Read more
31 days to Nov. 5. Ten days until the first televised debate between the two finalists. City Councillor At-Large John Connolly opens a Roxbury campaign office while state Rep. Marty Walsh attends the grand opening of a new restaurant in Adams Corner.... Read more
32 days to Nov. 5. Eleven days until the first televised debate between the two finalists.
THE DAY AHEAD: A list of happenings, as provided by the campaigns. Schedule entries are subject to change:
State Rep. Marty Walsh
8:15 a.m. Hispanic Heritage... Read more
33 days to Nov. 5. Twelve days until the first televised debate between the two finalists. Boston magazine’s David Bernstein will be releasing his post-prelim insiders poll later today. State Rep. Marty Walsh will finish the day with supporters in... Read more
The owner of a historic but run-down Mattapan property that was seized by city officials in August went to court this week seeking an injunction allowing them to reclaim the land. Suffolk Superior Court Judge Judith Fabricant heard from both sides in the... Read more
A house in Savin Hill is facing designation as a “problem property.” The home, located at 56 Sudan St. and a longtime source of complaints from neighbors, will be on the agenda of Mayor Thomas Menino’s “problem properties” task force when it meets this... Read more
A top adviser to former state Rep. Charlotte Golar Richie’s mayoral campaign rejected criticism of her candidate and said there had been “quite a bit of unfairness” directed toward her.
Joyce Ferriabough Bolling, a local political consultant, pushed back... Read more