NightSide – Boston Mayor Tom Menino Checks In
BOSTON (CBS) – The Mayor checks in with NightSide Nation to talk about the most important issues facing Boston. One of the hottest debates raging across the country is over gun control. New York is...
View ArticleBoston Public Schools Closed Monday
BOSTON (CBS) – Boston Public Schools will remain closed through Monday. Mayor Tom Menino made the announcement Sunday citing the need for another day for crews to clear snow from school grounds...
View ArticleMenino Wants Parking Space Vandals Prosecuted
BOSTON (CBS) – Mayor Menino says he is furious over reports of cars being vandalized in city neighborhoods after the cars parked in spots that someone else had shoveled out and attempted to reserve...
View ArticleBoston City Hall To Have Voicemail For First Time In Menino’s Tenure
BOSTON (CBS) – Whether it’s at home or at work, most everyone is used to having the convenience of voicemail. But for the first time, that convenience will be coming to Boston City Hall employees. In...
View ArticleBoston Mayor Tom Menino Will Not Seek Re-Election
BOSTON (AP) — Boston’s longest-serving mayor, Thomas Menino, won’t seek re-election for a sixth term amid ongoing health problems. A person with direct knowledge of his decision told The Associated...
View ArticleGuzzi: Menino Has Been Good For Boston Business
BOSTON (CBS) – After a controversial campaign to keep restaurant chain Chik-Fil-A out of Boston captured national attention, Mayor Menino’s legacy outside of Boston may be construed as somewhat...
View ArticleBoston Pols Expect Competitive Race For Mayor’s Seat
BOSTON (CBS/AP) — Boston’s longest-serving mayor, Thomas Menino, formally announced that he won’t be seeking re-election for a sixth term. The popular Democratic mayor made the announcement Thursday...
View ArticleMenino: It’s Time To Give The People Of Boston A Chance For New Leadership
BOSTON (CBS/AP) – Mayor Tom Menino says now is the time to give the city new leadership. Related: Boston Mayor Tom Menino Will Not Seek Re-Election Photos: Menino Through The Years Boston’s...
View ArticleNightSide – Mayor Menino Is In Studio!
BOSTON (CBS) – Boston Mayor Tom Menino officially announced today that he will not seek re-election and an unprecedented sixth term. Mayor Menino has been a larger than life figure in the Boston...
View ArticleMayor Menino’s Emotional Day Ends With Call From President Obama
BOSTON (CBS) – Mayor Tom Menino’s departure will mark the end of an era, but he wants everyone to know he has another nine months in office and intends to work hard to the finish. The mayor ended his...
View ArticleNightSide Weekend Commentary – Mayor Menino Won’t Run Again
BOSTON (CBS) – In this Weekend Commentary, Dan Rea salutes Boston Mayor Tom Menino’s decision not to run for office again. Originally broadcast March 30th, 2013. Download: 13-3-30-dan-rea-comment.mp3
View ArticleMenino: I’ve Never Been On A Duck Boat Tour
BOSTON (CBS) – Mayor Menino has attended thousands of ribbon cuttings, he’s been to scores of city sporting events, and has established quite a high profile during his time as mayor of Boston. However,...
View ArticleMayor Menino Tours Fenway Park, Samples New Food
BOSTON (CBS) – The Red Sox organization is busy sprucing up Fenway Park for Monday’s home opener. On Friday, Mayor Tom Menino took his last preseason tour of the park as mayor and it was full of...
View ArticleMayor Menino In Hospital After Suffering Broken Leg
BOSTON (CBS) – Mayor Menino is back in the hospital after breaking his leg on Friday. WBZ-TV’s Jon Keller confirmed that Menino suffered a broken right leg during an event Friday morning at the Joseph...
View ArticleMayor Menino Announces Free Parking In Back Bay
BOSTON (CBS) – More than a week after the Boston Marathon bombings, Boylston Street is back open for business. In an effort to get people back to the area, Mayor Menino announced Wednesday that parking...
View ArticleMenino Grabs Lunch, Shows Support For Businesses Near Boston Marathon Bombing...
BOSTON (CBS) – Boston Mayor Tom Menino headed out for lunch on Boylston Street on Thursday to show support for the businesses most affected by the Boston Marathon bombings. Menino enjoyed lunch at...
View Article24 Pull Nomination Papers For Boston Mayoral Race
BOSTON (AP) — Two dozen potential candidates to succeed longtime Boston Mayor Thomas Menino have taken out nomination papers. Menino’s announcement in March that he would not seek a sixth term set off...
View ArticleMenino ‘Raring To Go’ After Release From Hospital
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has been released from the hospital after prostate surgery and says he is “raring to go.” The 70-year-old Menino says in a video that he is holding meetings,...
View ArticleKeller @ Large: Challenge Ahead For Boston Mayoral Candidates
BOSTON (CBS) – The twelve candidates who hope to succeed Tom Menino as Boston’s mayor share a common challenge: How to show they represent change for the better without alienating admirers of the...
View ArticleWarren, Markey, Menino Rally To Urge Tougher Gun Laws
BOSTON (AP) — The state’s top political leaders are called on Congress on Wednesday to pass stricter background checks for gun buyers. U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren joined fellow Sen. Edward Markey,...
View ArticleMayor Menino Casts Vote For Potential Replacement
BOSTON (CBS) —- For the first time in two decades, the name ‘Thomas Menino’ was not on the ballot for the mayor of Boston. “I loved my twenty years as mayor,” Menino said at the polls on Tuesday. “I...
View ArticleArbitrator Rules Boston Police Officers Deserve 25.4% Pay Raise
BOSTON (CBS) – An arbitrator has ruled that Boston police officers should receive a 25.4 percent pay increase over the next six years, the city confirmed Friday night. The contract would be retroactive...
View ArticleMenino Launches Transition Blog For City Of Boston
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is marking the final 100 days of his administration by launching a blog intended to smoothen the transition for his successor and the city. Menino says in a...
View ArticleNew England Council To Honor Mayor Menino
BOSTON (AP) — Retiring Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is picking up a prestigious honor from a regional business organization. The New England Council plans to present Menino with a lifetime achievement...
View ArticleA Year After Sandy, Menino Unveils ‘Climate-Ready’ Study
BOSTON (CBS) — A year after Superstorm Sandy hit the New Jersey coastline, Mayor Tom Menino will outline ways Boston can prepare for the next big storm. Sandy missed Boston’s high tide by five hours,...
View ArticleMenino Says BU Job Will Allow Him To Encourage Student Activism
BOSTON (CBS) — Boston Mayor Tom Menino spoke Wednesday from his future place of employment — Boston University, where he was introduced by the university president. WBZ NewsRadio 1030′s Carl Stevens...
View ArticleDaily Talker: Maher’s Marathon Comments
Mayor Menino is now weighing in on comments from comedian Bill Maher about the Boston Marathon Bombing. “You know again it was a bad day. Three people died that’s terrible, more were maimed that’s...
View ArticleMenino Resumes Thanksgiving Tradition Of Visiting Local Homeless Shelters
BOSTON (CBS) – Tania Hardiman was a Thanksgiving volunteer at the Long Island Shelter in Boston on Thursday. Thirteen years ago, she was a guest there. “What I’ve been given here, I like to give back...
View ArticleMenino: Boston Faces Many Challenges In The Future
BOSTON (AP) — Outgoing Boston Mayor Thomas Menino says the city and its next mayor face a number of critical challenges. WBZ NewsRadio 1030′s Carl Stevens reports play pause Menino: Boston Faces Many...
View ArticleAll Things Travel: Farewell Salutes To Boston Mayor Tom Menino
BOSTON (CBS) – Two events, in two days on two sides of the Boston Harbor honored Boston Mayor Tom Menino who is leaving office after two decades. The two events could not have been more different. On...
View ArticleLongtime Boston Mayor Menino Reflects, Looks Ahead
BOSTON (AP) — When Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino steps down after 20 years, it will feel like the end of an era for many of his constituents, a generation of whom cannot remember anyone else at City...
View ArticleNightSide – Boston Mayor Tom Menino Is In Studio
BOSTON (CBS) – Boston Mayor Thomas Menino stops by to talk with Dan about his 20 years in office. Bid the Mayor farewell and hear all of his memories, highlights, and difficulties as we look back at...
View ArticleBoston Considers Immigration Enforcement Proposal
BOSTON (AP) — Boston police would be barred from detaining immigrants suspected of being in the U.S. illegally unless they are wanted for serious crimes, under a proposal introduced Wednesday. If...
View ArticleShare Your Condolences: Remembering Mayor Tom Menino
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View ArticleWalsh: Mayor Menino Put Boston Residents First
BOSTON (CBS) — Boston Mayor Marty Walsh remembered former Mayor Tom Menino as a leader who made the city a better place on Thursday. Speaking outside City Hall just hours after the long-serving mayor’s...
View ArticleNightSide – Boston’s Treasure; Mayor Tom Menino
BOSTON (CBS) – Tom Menino passed away at the age of 71 after a battle with cancer. Mayor Menino was the longest-serving mayor Boston has ever seen, and his legacy of putting the people of Boston first...
View ArticleThousands Pay Respects As Mayor Tom Menino Lies In State
BOSTON (AP) – Thousands of people braved rain, snow and stinging winds Sunday to pay their final respects to former Boston Mayor Tom Menino — the vast majority the ordinary Bostonians he touched during...
View ArticleRemembering Thomas M. Menino – The Mayor of the People
November 22, 2014 The 30th of October will forever be a solemn day for the people of Boston. It was the day we lost our most beloved Mayor, Thomas M. Menino. After serving five consecutive terms for a...
View ArticleLooking Back On Letterman: Menino Delivers Top Ten List On Boston-Themed...
BOSTON (CBS) — This week, David Letterman will say goodbye to the “Late Show.” And some Bay State viewers might remember when Letterman broadcast the show with an audience hailing from Boston in May of...
View ArticleChristmas Eve Toy Drive Honors Late Mayor Menino
DORCHESTER (CBS) — Bags upon bags of toys lined the walls of the Catholic Charities Teen Center in Dorchester Saturday, just waiting to be distributed by volunteers to more than 400 kids for Christmas....
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