Boston Voters Head To Polls To Pick New Mayor
Boston voters are heading to the polls to choose a new mayor — and for the first time in two decades Thomas Menino's name won't be on the ballot for the top post in a general election.
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Boston voters are heading to the polls to choose a new mayor — and for the first time in two decades Thomas Menino's name won't be on the ballot for the top post in a general election.
The race for Boston mayor has really heated-up over the past week. And the rhetoric has gotten tough. Even though both of the candidates are Democrats.
Amazingly, open Boston mayoral elections are less frequent than Red Sox World Series runs.
Residents of the East Boston neighborhood and the city of Revere will decide Tuesday whether to allow Suffolk Downs to go forward with its bid for a $1 billion casino at the 78-year-old thoroughbred race track.
The state Ethics Commission has signed off on a change in the state's conflict-of-interest rules that would allow state and municipal officials to hold on to certain contracts with government agencies after they take office.
WBZ NewsWatch with Joe Mathieu returned Monday on WBZ NewsRadio 1030 with the two men running to replace Tom Menino as the next Mayor of Boston - John Connolly and Marty Walsh - as Joe's guests.
Both John Connolly and Marty Walsh are campaigning around the city Monday, taking no votes for granted the day before the election.
Connolly says even though he has campaigned across the city as an at-large city councilor over six years, The mayor's race is a whole different ballgame.
Charles Montgomery, a Vietnam veteran who lives in Roxbury, had a pointed question for Marty Walsh during the mayoral candidate's appearance at the 12th Baptist Church Veteran's meeting last Wednesday.
All things considered, the city's mayoral race has been fairly civilized over the past six months. In the final two days before the election, all bets are off.
The final days on the campaign trail in the Boston mayoral race were some of the topics WBZ-TV political analyst Jon Keller covered Sunday on "Keller @ Large" as he sat down with candidate Marty Walsh.
Dozens of communities across Massachusetts are set to hold municipal elections next week.
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is planning to hold a "listening session" at the Statehouse to hear about challenges facing Massachusetts' fishing industry.
A legislative stalemate over raising the gas tax and legalizing a casino could jeopardize the state's biggest transportation priority and drive highway contractors out of New Hampshire to look for work in nearby states willing to fund infrastructure improvements.
Former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown is back in New Hampshire to campaign with mayoral candidates and help raise funds for Republicans.
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Two police officers were injured, and the suspect is dead, during a shooting in Fall River early Sunday morning.
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Plowable snow is currently falling in Massachusetts. Here's how much your area has gotten.
There's a new drug that can help early morning shift workers stay awake and alert, a study out of Boston found.
As millions of Americans struggle with paying for health care, doctors and health experts discuss how medical care is being eroded by insurers denying necessary tests and treatment, making it "more difficult to be healthy in the United States."
Flu cases are rising rapidly, especially among kids in Boston, where hospitalizations of children under five have increased 150% over the last two weeks.
Four children have died from the flu in Massachusetts so far this season, public health officials say.
Fewer people in Massachusetts are getting their seasonal flu and COVID vaccinations as the number of respiratory infections in the state continues to rise.
After I-Team reports about a Foxboro woman's frustration with her GE gas range, the company has agreed to give her a refund.
It took Aaron Braun years to get more than 93,000 Dunkin' rewards points, but after a policy change he's left with a fraction of that.
In the last three years, the Better Business Bureau has received thousands of complaints about GE.
A home baker from Foxboro, Massachusetts is frustrated that the pricy oven she bought from GE wasn't working properly. Attempts to fix it failed.
Eight states have laws making police body cameras mandatory. Massachusetts isn't one of them.
Both the Trump and Healey administrations are using government websites to blame each other for the shutdown.
Which party stands to take more of the blame from voters for the government shutdown? Here's what a new poll says.
A UNH Survey Center/Granite State poll shows John Sununu crushing Scott Brown by 23 points among likely primary voters in New Hampshire.
Seth Moulton said he's running against Sen. Ed Markey because "our party leaders are clinging to that old playbook."
Maine Governor Janet Mills' run for Senate comes with an unusual promise - she will only serve one six-year term.
Raising Cane's claims a Boston landlord has threatened to evict one of its locations in the Back Bay because the restaurant "smells like chicken fingers."
The Kowloon is coming to Revere Beach.
Panera, Zipcar and Thermo Fisher are all closing facilities or offices in Massachusetts.
Cape Cod potato chips will no longer be made on Cape Cod as of this spring.
Time Out Market Boston, a food hall that opened in the Fenway neighborhood in 2019, won't be closing after all.
Just steps from the water's edge along Lake Winnipesaukee, a spectacular estate mixes modern architecture with breathtaking views.
An innovative craft winery located in downtown Meredith, New Hampshire, Hermit Woods is taking a different approach to winemaking.
Located on the water's edge along New Hampshire's Lake Winnipesaukee, Mill Falls blends elegant luxury with spectacular vistas.
Kohler Store by Supply New England and an interior designer showcases how beauty and functionality can breathe new life into a project.
James Beard-nominated pastry chef and co-founder of Bakey in Boston gives insight on how to make his world-famous babka.
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Jaylen Brown had 29 points and Payton Pritchard scored 24 points to help the Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat 98-96 on Friday night.
Jayson Tatum is not ready to come back yet this season, Boston Celtics president Brad Stevens said Friday.
Raising Cane's claims a Boston landlord has threatened to evict one of its locations in the Back Bay because the restaurant "smells like chicken fingers."
A tegu lizard was found buried beneath the snow in Providence, Rhode Island.
A gathering of North Atlantic right whales off Massachusetts over the weekend appears to have set a new monthly record.
A rocketship on a downtown Boston roof is part of the new Winteractive 2026 public art installation.
The overpowering scent of Dunkin' donuts in the air has some Haverhill residents complaining.
