Boston's longest serving mayor, Thomas Menino, has died at the age of 71 after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was a hugely important figure in Boston—he served on the city council and was elected mayor five consecutive times. Menino was also the city's first Italian-American mayor, an early advocate for same-sex marriage, and he brought the Democratic National Convention to his state in 2004.  Menino presided over a city that was named one of the greenest in America, and he rose to national prominence in the aftermath of the Boston bombing. Emily Rooney, host of Greater Boston Continue reading >>>

Thursday, October 30, 2014, 11:34am Boston will host a regional summit to help prepare Greater Boston for the impacts of climate change, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced yesterday on the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy."There is no issue more urgent than climate action. When we work together, the steps we take do more than protect us: they can bring us closer together, they can create good jobs, Continue reading >>>

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She’s well-spoken and widely known in local Latino circles, a successful attorney with a natural interest in public policy.So she started thinking about what it would take to run for office — for her local city council — and made calls to the type of people who support and prepare potential candidates in the Greater Boston area. She had many questions, including practical, financial ones: Should she quit her job? How much personal savings should she have? Continue reading below “I’m still waiting for them to call me back,” she told me, after asking not Continue reading >>>

On the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh Wednesday announced the creation of a regional summit on climate change, saying rising sea levels and powerful storms pose a threat to the Boston area. “The climate knows no municipal boundaries,” Walsh said at a news conference at the Architecture Boston Expo, held at the Boston Convention Exhibition Center. Continue reading below The summit will be held next spring at the University of Massachusetts Boston and will look to coordinate a regional approach to climate change preparation Continue reading >>>

Mayor Martin Walsh and Health and Human Services Chief Felix G. Arroyo at a summit on lead poisoning held by the city’s Office of Fair Housing and Equity. (Banner photo) Massachusetts law dictates that any housing unit inhabited by children under age 6 must be safe from lead-based paint hazards. That means that if the building was built before 1978, the year lead paint was banned in the U.S., the owner must have it inspected and deleaded if children or pregnant women live there, or provide certification Continue reading >>>

Attorney General Martha Coakley chats with Andrea Carmona, 12, and Noemi Negron, 14, following a Greater Boston Interfaith Organization forum in South Boston. (Banner photo) Democrats in Massachusetts are pulling out all the stops in Attorney General Martha Coakley’s bid for the governor’s office. She’s received endorsements from black and Latino elected officials from New Bedford to Lawrence. Last week, Coakley shared the stage with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Park Plaza Continue reading >>>

Greater Boston is haunted by a wave of spooky Halloween sweets, sips and treats that seem to grow more creative and tastefully gruesome each year.Tavern in the Square in Salem offers the Hocus 
Pocus cocktail, an adults-only tribute to the atmospheric autumn cult-favorite flick “Hocus Pocus” starring Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker. The movie was filmed here in the Witch City.“Halloween gets a little crazy in Salem,” said Tavern in the Square operations manager Sal Gesamondo. Mixologist John Rizzo uses Misty Stix dry-ice swizzle sticks to safely add a spooky fog that floats over Continue reading >>>

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Posted Oct. 27, 2014 @ 12:01 am

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