at-large race
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
Confirming what we Tweeted yesterday, U.S. Sen. John Kerry's campaign folks have released his schedule for the weekend, with stops planned in West Roxbury and Mattapan. Kerry, a Vietnam vet who ran for president in 2004 and has been on Capitol Hill since... Read more
To voters, Doug Bennett has been as the guy knocking on their doors for the last year and a half touting his City Council At-Large bid and putting his stickers everywhere. To reporters, he's been the guy abruptly stopping interviews.
Witness this... 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.
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
Ever since local EMT Bill Trabucco didn't make it past the Sept. 22 preliminary election, one question has burned in our minds: What happened to his No Nonsense-mobile? Tonight, walking by the intersection of Columbia Rd. and Dorchester Ave., we got our... Read more
The eight candidates who survived the Sept. 22 preliminary gather tonight at UMass Boston for a MassVOTE forum. The forum starts at 6:30 p.m. at the Campus Center's ballroom. WCVB-TV's Karen Holmes Ward moderates. Panelists include reporters from UMass... Read more
Mayor Thomas Menino read a poem. City Councillor At-Large Stephen Murphy and District 5 Councillor Rob Consalvo provided a rendition of "Putting on the Ritz." And District 6 Councillor John Tobin, in a Hugh Hefner get-up, dealt some one-liners.
At the... Read more
Looks like Ayanna Pressley's supporters will have to hang onto the phrase "eight is great" for a few more weeks.
Her position on the ballot in the Sept. 22 preliminary was No. 8. And after the random drawing today down at City Hall (which Pressley showed... Read more
City Councillor At-Large John Connolly announces the birth of Edward Ronan Connolly.
The baby came a few hours ahead of schedule: he was due on Sept. 22, the day of the preliminary.
Congrats to John and his wife Meg from the Lit Drop and the Dorchester... Read more
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