Thomas Menino

A Boston city councilor is calling for a vote today on his measure to prevent Mayor Thomas M. Menino and future mayors from stepping down midterm and passing the baton to the council president - the same way Menino took office 16 years ago.

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THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING BOSTON-Boston Mayor Tom Menino has undergone knee surgery to repair a torn quadriceps tendon sustained in an accident at home. Menino's office announced that the mayor had the two-hour...

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...four-year term as mayor of Boston. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, File) BOSTON-Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has won an unprecedented fifth consecutive four-year term. With 95 percent of precincts reporting, Menino had 57 percent of the vote...

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Rep. Michael Capuano (cap-YOU'-ah-no) also highlights his Italian ancestry on occasion. Attorney General Martha Coakley is Irish and has not claimed any Italian ancestry. Boston is now led by an Italian-American mayor, Thomas Menino.

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...FOR EASY PRINTING Less than three weeks after Boston residents voted to give Mayor Thomas M. Menino an unprecedented fifth term in office, one of his vanquished challengers is still campaigning against him, in a fashion. City Councilor At...

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...to believe that he would not. Back in his first term, an affable and humble Menino welcomed the help of state officials, the business community, and anyone else eager to make Boston a better place. Those collaborations, especially on...

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...state's ability to take over failing schools, many of which are in Boston. Menino fully embraces the superintendent's plan, said his spokeswoman, Dorothy Joyce. "He believes it's aggressive and ambitious and just what our schools need,''...

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...FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING BOSTON-Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is working to hold off a challenge from City Council President Michael Flaherty in his bid for an unprecedented fifth consecutive four-year term. Menino has already been in...

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...a B+ or B simply hasn't been impatient enough about the pace of progress. Menino's 16-plus years in office have already made him the city's longest-serving mayor. Here's hoping his next four make him one of the city's most memorable ones.

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