Word: mayor
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Longtime Somerville residents say their mayor is popular because of his devotion to quality-of-life issues...
Capuano's odyssey from mayor to representative began in the first few months of 1998, when rumors of Kennedy's retirement began to permeate through Bay State Democratic circles. Party leaders informally floated the names of possible replacement candidates, and the popular Somerville mayor was among them along with two local politicians and a radio talk-show host...
...then, on April 29, the spoiler: Raymond L. Flynn, the popular former mayor of Boston and ex-U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican, announced that he would not challenge L. Scott Harshbarger '72 for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Instead, he said, he was joining the race for the Eighth...
...mayor of Somerville, Capuano took heat for that city's underwhelming educational record...
Capuano was quick to point out that test scores of third and fourth grades have risen slightly since he became mayor...