Bostons longest-serving mayor, Thomas M. Menino, 71, died - TopicsExpress



          

Bostons longest-serving mayor, Thomas M. Menino, 71, died Thursday, after a lengthy battle with cancer. Menino, who retired from office this year after saying he no longer had the stamina to be mayor the Menino way, was mayor of one of the nation’s most distinctive and historic cities five consecutive times after being elected city councilor five times. A life-long Hyde Park resident, born in the midst of World War II, Menino was the city’s first Italian-American mayor, taking over the reins of city government as acting mayor in 1993 when then-Mayor Raymond Flynn was appointed ambassador to the Vatican. Having served nine years as a city councilor, Menino handily won the 1994 election the following year. Cont 5 PGD. - See more at: m.lincoln.wickedlocal/article/20141030/NEWS/141039644#sthash.fYTKlEap.dpuf
Posted on: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 07:20:01 +0000

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