Results tagged “aldermen”

This should be fun. The best team in the American League against the best team in the National League. Two of the greatest pitching matchups we'll see all season. A glimpse of old friend David Wells. It's not that crazy to say the Red Sox and Padres will be eyeing each other with visions of an October rematch dancing in their heads. Daisuke Matsuzaka goes tonight in the first game. So this will be his...

Super Tuesday it ain't. Cities around the Commonwealth go to the polls today, but the big excitement seems to be in other places. To be sure, today is a big day for Maura Hennigan and her supporters (most of whom, from what Bostonist can tell, live along the Jamaicaway and have the most gi-normous lawn signs ever). But Bostonist still doesn't know quite what it is that makes Councilor Hennigan a better choice than Tom...

It looks like the Curtatone family is trying to install a little dynasty up in Somerville. According to a piece on The Somerville News blog, Mayor Joe Curtatone's sister Maria Curtatone is throwing her hat in the ring for the State Senate seat held by the late Charlie Shannon. While common sense would seem to suggest that it's good timing to run for a Senate seat in a district which encompasses much of the city that your brother is a popular mayor (and with whom you share a name), this announcement may actually signify some deepening divisions among "old time" political circles in Somerville.

Each year for the past 23 years, the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the American Jewish Congress chooses a handful of mayors nationwide to travel to Israel -- all expenses paid -- and join in an international discussion with city executives from around the world. This year, Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone was one of 13 U.S. Mayor's picked to attend a conference on "Leading the 21st Century: Multiculturalism, Security, Preservation and Development."