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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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Boston's current mayor, Raymond Flynn, opposed court-ordered integration of the city's public schools in the mid-1970s, when he was a Massachusetts Representative; at the time he said "the sacred principles on which this nation was founded are threatened by a new tyranny, a tyranny dressed in judicial robes.
United Airline employees Jonathan Palumbo and Beth Flattey grieve during an interfaith payer vigil at Boston's City Hall Plaza after the September 11 attack.
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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Perlman describes a protest by one of Boston's city councilors over a proposed new state regulation that would "tighten criminal background checks on new health department employees and people working for agencies run by the department.
Philadelphia and Boston are the only major cities in the country that require civil servants to be city residents for a year before appointment and maintain that residency throughout their employment.
The program got started in 1984 when the City of Boston's JTPA administration received discretionary money to test whether collaboration among human service institutions could improve services for at-risk youth.
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Pete Trengle,
Bass Player
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Dan Stevens is an acoustic blues artist based in Old Lyme, CT whose style centers around the acoustic fingerpicking blues tradition learned from Boston bluesman Paul Rishell and New York City's folk legend Dave Van Ronk.
In a city that boasts more than 2,000 bands, the BMA pays homage to Boston's finest musicians with a star-studded show at the historic 2,700-seat Orpheum Theatre that combines live performances and awards presentations.
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Paddy McGuinness,
Newsagent
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As Boston's first Catholic Irish-born mayor, Hugh O'Brien (1827-95) helped usher in a new era of Irish participation in the city's government.
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Mike Enlow,
Internet Marketer
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Leader Mortgage Company also participates in the City of Boston's "House Boston" program and is an approved MHFA lender.
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Chrissie Tanner,
Homemaker and Mom
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One of Boston's hottest loft spaces penthouse unit with panoramic city and water views from private mahogany roofdeck hardwoods granite and marble kitchen and bath working fireplace A/C washer dryer in unit.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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The anti-business positions of Boston's and Cleveland's mayors at that same time also sparked a political response, as the business leadership in those cities successfully supported opposition candidates more inclined to bring business and community interests together.
Boston's city council has already voted in favor of extending domestic partnership benefits, 9-4, and wants to begin providing coverage regardless of what happens at the state level.
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