Universal Hub - Tom Menino

Rats in hallways, no headmaster and no textbooks in some classes

adamg — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:15:08 +0000

Madison Park, the city's only vocational high school, hasn't gotten the improvements the mayor and the school superintendent promised, the Globe reports.

Mayor names man who oversaw changes to school-assignment plan to School Committee

adamg — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:01:38 +0000

Mayor Menino today appointed Hardin Coleman, dean of the Boston University School of Education, to the School Committee to fill the term left vacant when John Barros resigned to run for mayor.

Coleman chaired the committee that came up with a plan to change the way elementary- and middle-school students are assigned to schools.

Coleman's term expires in January. In a statement, the mayor said:

Dean Coleman brings a unique blend of expertise and experience to the Boston School Committee — his leadership at one of our city’s finest higher education institutions; his extensive work with educators, counselors, and other partners; and a distinct perspective of Boston's schools and families through his recent work to improve our system's school choice process.

You can call him Dr. Menino now

adamg — Thu, 30 May 2013 18:43:56 +0000

Menino receives degree. Don Harney for City of Boston.

Awarded honorary doctor of laws degree at Harvard today.

Meanwhile, the Dorchester Reporter talks to Dr. Hizzona about the importance of Dorchester:

I look at Dorchester as an integral part of Boston in my years as mayor. The real strength of Dorchester is its people, and how they get involved. They're on top of the issues, they know the issues.

Governor, mayor call for a moment of silence at 2:50 p.m. tomorrow

adamg — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 17:46:59 +0000

When it will have been exactly a week since the bombs went off.

Lawyer who ran 9/11 victim fund to run Marathon victim fund

adamg — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:07:02 +0000

Gov. Patrick and Mayor Menino announced today that Kenneth Feinberg will serve as administrator of One Fund Boston, which is collecting donations to help the victims of Monday's bombings.

As of 5 p.m. Wednesday, more than $7 million had been committed to the fund by corporate partners and 5,000 individual donors, they added.

Menino breaks leg

adamg — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:21:10 +0000

Surgery tomorrow, the Herald reports.

Meet Tom Menino - in 1983

adamg — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:56:15 +0000

WGBH followed Tom Menino's run for a city council seat in 1983.

It's official: We are world class

adamg — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:34:28 +0000

Who are we to argue with the president of the United States?

Boston is the vibrant, welcoming, and world-class city it is today because of Tom Menino.

Mayor of 'the greatest city on earth' announces farewell

adamg — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:44:24 +0000

Tom Menino entered Faneuil Hall a little after 4 p.m. today to a standing ovation and "My Way."

"I never dreamed I would end up here, mayor of Boston during its best years," he told the packed auditorium, saying that in jobs, graduation rates, construction, credit ratings, population and crime, the city is at its best numbers in decades.

"Boston's neighborhoods are thriving as they never have," he said. "And most important to me, we are more open and accepting city."