Mark Ciommo News Today

(Editor’s Note: This story is the first of a two-part series on the Select Board’s final interviews on Saturday with the four finalists hoping to become Reading’s next town manager.)

Polls open on Tuesday, 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. Boston’s local election cycle toggles between higher turnout years, with campaigns for City Council and Mayor, and “off years,” with only a race for the council. But 2023 is shaping up to be one of the “way off” years, when a dearth of expected at-large vacancies and candidates can flatten the curve on voter turnout. As late as July 4,

The historic Boston mayoral race reflects a major American city that is very much at a crossroads, of communities wanting to embrace the new, and others not quite ready to let go of what they know.

Boston City Council election: candidates line up for open District 6 seat, District 5 and District 9 incumbents face challengers