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...incumbent Councillors David P. Maher and Brian P. Murphy ’86-’87 said the sparse voter turnout numbers reflect general voter satisfaction...
...world of politics across the river as well. Tuesday’s Boston City Council election pits Gregory J. Glennon, a 32-year-old assistant district attorney, against Mark S. Ciommo, a lifelong resident who has been active in community service. The winner will replace Boston City Councillor Jerry P. McDermott, who announced in May that he would not be seeking reelection. Last month, Harvard received approval from the city for a 589,000-square-foot science complex, slated to house Harvard’s Stem Cell Institute. The project is the first part of a 50-year campus expansion...
...filed a lawsuit to halt a development project that would place a 5,000 square-foot mansion in the middle of a 90-year-old green space. The city issued a stop work order after a tense standoff occurred between construction crews and Shady Hill residents. Council incumbent Brian P. Murphy ’86 -’87 said that development could be beneficial only if did not eliminate a substantial portion of the city’s open spaces. “We’re 6.2 miles of a very dense city, you have to balance...
...David P. Maher is, in different senses, both one of the longest and one of the shortest serving city councillors. He was first elected to the council in 1999 and has since served four terms—but his most recent stint on the council is only two months old. (Though he placed 11th in the 2005 election, Maher regained his seat this September after Councillor Michael A. Sullivan resigned...
...Lankan Air Force says it killed senior Tamil Tiger leader S. P. Tamilselvan and five others in an aerial attack Friday morning. A statement put out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), who have spent more than two decades fighting the government of Sri Lanka in an attempt to create a Tamil homeland in the north and east of the Indian Ocean island, confirmed Tamilselvan's death...