Benjaminj Weber News Today

Less than one-fifth of Boston’s electorate trickled to the polls on Tuesday to pick a new crop of city councillors in an election that will bring a marked shift in the personnel and dynamics to the 13-member body. The new faces will include John FitzGerald, who posted a decisive victory over Joel Richards in the race to succeed Frank Baker as the District 3 councillor.

Kendra Lara is due back in West Roxbury Municipal Court Friday where her attorney is asking for the dismissal of all criminal charges related to a June car crash in which she careened into a Jamaica Plain home.