District 3 City Council candidate Ann M. Walsh often mixes up her campaign clipboard with her coach’s whistle in her daily, full-on dive into a campaign marked by a heavy dose of door-knocking, a busy schedule of lawn parties, and the shoe-horning of softball duties in between. The longtime activist, former City Council staffer with John Connolly, and neighborhood softball
Last Thursday supplied a typical afternoon for John FitzGerald as he hit the streets as a candidate for the open District 3 City Council seat: A back-to-school BBQ and backpack supply event in Lower Mills, followed by an ice cream social in Peabody Square, and then a round of door-knocking in Savin Hill. All that came after he had punched out for the day at the Boston Planning
Mayor Wu’s administration is moving to revamp its approach to Mass. and Cass, the area at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard known for homelessness and drug issues. The area sits in District 3, a Dorchester-based City Council seat with boundaries that snake up through the South Bay shopping plaza into part of the South End. A seven-way
The MBTA plans to fully close the Ashmont branch of the Red Line and the Mattapan trolley line during the second half of October. The shutdown will last between Saturday, Oct. 14 and Sunday, Oct. 29. The MBTA says the closure is needed for “critical” replacement work on the tracks, which are some of the oldest systemwide. The Red Line has been plagued by “slow zones,” with
As a public employee, John FitzGerald is limited in what he can do to raise money for his District 3 City Council campaign. The longtime Boston Planning and Redevelopment Authority official can’t make fundraising phone calls and he can’t personally accept money for the campaign, among other restrictions. But that didn’t stop his campaign from pulling in a massive sum in just