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News & Views for Boston's North End & Waterfront Community
The Cape will suffer an economic downturn this summer. Fewer people can take a vacation. The reason: it seems that half the citizens of Boston are running for office. They must stay in the city and campaign. This is occurring just when we thought we could come up for air after the 2012 campaign in [...]
When City Councilor John Connolly announced he was running to be the next Mayor of Boston, we ran a poll to gauge how NorthEndWaterfront.com readers would react to the challenge against the longest sitting mayor of Boston, Thomas M. Menino. After a month and 449 votes, the results are in. Mayor Menino handily took the [...]
Boston City Councilor-at-large, John Connolly, has officially announced that he is running to be the next Mayor of Boston. Meanwhile, the longest sitting mayor of Boston, Thomas M. Menino, has yet to say whether he will seek a sixth term. However, the 20-year incumbent said “Let’s have a nice, good campaign,” in response to the [...]
The official ribbon-cutting and Grand Opening for FastFrame at 116 Lewis Wharf was held last week. State Rep. Aaron Michlewitz and City Councilor John Connolly participated in the event with owner, Peter Crossley. A number of neighborhood residents showed up for some refreshments which also featured a painting raffle. North End Artist, Michael Dean, donated [...]
With all the precincts reporting, the four incumbents in the City Councilor-At-Large race have been re-elected for another two year term. Leading the pack was Ayanna Pressley, followed by Felix Arroyo, John Connolly and Stephen Murphy. Former mayoral candidate, Michael Flaherty, narrowly missed out with a 5th place showing. In the North End / Waterfront, [...]