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 banner at the top this morning: "School buses are on the road this morning; some delays possible; schools open one hour early for drop-offs; afternoon service unclear." City Councillor At-Large John Connolly is expected to roll out a pair of endorsements today. (Ward 4 Democrats, who endorsed Charlotte Golar Richie in the preliminary, are backing Connolly, the group said on Twitter last night, while the Globe’s Jim O’Sullivan reported that another Golar Richie backer, state Rep. Aaron Michlewitz, is also supporting Connolly.) Rep. Marty Walsh heads to Jamaica Plain for a gun violence forum hosted by fellow state Rep. Jeffrey Sanchez.

THE DAY AHEAD: A list of happenings, as provided by the campaigns. Schedule entries are subject to change:

State Rep. Marty Walsh

5:30 p.m. Elizabeth Stone House Domestic Violence Shelter (8 Notre Dame Street, Roxbury)

6:15 p.m. Gun Violence Forum hosted by State Representative Jeffrey Sanchez (Bromley-Heath’s Anna Mae Cole Center, 10 Lamartine Extension, Jamaica Plain)

7:30 p.m. Rep. Walsh will appear live on VATV (BNN Studios, 3025 Washington Street

City Councillor At-Large John Connolly

Endorsement Event
11:15 AM
South End, MA

City Council Meeting
12:00 PM
City Hall, Boston, MA

Endorsement Event
1:30 PM
Charlestown, MA

Taping Urban Update Interview
7:30 PM
Channel 7 - WHDH-NBC
Will air on Sunday, October 13th at 11:30 AM

ODDS & ENDS: The geography of endorsements, via CommonWealth magazine’s Paul McMorrow.....Boston Teachers Union, which endorsed Arroyo and Consalvo in the preliminary, likely to stay neutral in the final, reports WGBH’s Anne Mostue.....Communities United’s political action committee, whose members include William Celester and Leonard Lee, will be endorsing Connolly on Thursday at Villa Victoria in the South End, the group said in an email on Tuesday evening.