By adamg - Sun, 06/21/2020 - 10:16am

Former City Councilor and lifelong West Roxbury resident John Connolly follows up on his thoughts on the Blue Lives Matter rally in front of the E-5 police station, by answering three questions he says he's gotten from people who, at least respectfully, disagree with him: Read more.

By adamg - Thu, 06/18/2020 - 1:20pm

Former at-large City Councilor and 2013 mayoral runner-up John Connolly shares his feelings on the Blue Lives Matter rally in front of the E-5 police station: Read more.

By adamg - Mon, 03/18/2019 - 9:23am

Former City Councilor John Connolly is back in the Boston spotlight, with a new parenting group he says will help cut through an impenetrable BPS system that makes it difficult for parents to figure out why things happen the way they do and help them figure out what to do about it. Read more.

By adamg - Sat, 10/21/2017 - 5:29pm

Marty Walsh's competitor four years ago now says Walsh deserves another four years. Read more.

By adamg - Wed, 01/20/2016 - 2:40pm

Connolly, who ran against Marty Walsh in 2013, writes that he agrees with a point Walsh made last night in his speech about getting both BPS and charter schools working together: Read more.

By Douglas Bennett - Fri, 11/08/2013 - 12:54pm
Nancy Rabinowitz, reporter for Wicked Local Roslindale and the West Roxbury Transcript, wrote a terrific analysis about all the political action that took place at Holy Name Parish on Tuesday November 5, 2013.
By adamg - Wed, 11/06/2013 - 8:56am

WBUR has posted precinct-by-precinct results on a map. The first thing that stands out is how overwhelmingly Walsh took Hyde Park - it proved his margin of victory.

But also interesting is how Washington Street - the one that runs through Roxbury, JP, Roslindale and West Roxbury - served as a boundary line between Walshville and Connolly Town. East of Washington Street, Walsh won big. West of Washington, it was mostly Connolly.

By adamg - Tue, 11/05/2013 - 8:18pm

At 9:17 p.m., Stephanie Ebbert of the Globe tweeted:

John Connolly has conceded. It's Mayor Marty Walsh.

By adamg - Mon, 11/04/2013 - 6:44am

David Paleologos, head of polling at Suffolk University, tells the Herald Asian women coming out to vote for Wu could be the deciding factor in the may

By adamg - Fri, 11/01/2013 - 1:05pm

District 2 (South Boston, South End, downtown, Chinatown), incumbent City Councilor Bill Linehan is shocked almost beyond belief about a mailing from opponent Suzanne Lee,

By adamg - Thu, 10/31/2013 - 8:48am

The Globe endorses Connolly; Mel King endorses Walsh.

By adamg - Tue, 10/29/2013 - 9:15pm

In one of their final debates, mayoral candidates John Connolly and Marty Walsh clashed on negative campaigning and negotiating with city unions, but otherwise continued to push similar ideas for a post-Menino world.

Kid dressed as water fountain
By adamg - Tue, 10/29/2013 - 7:49am

You always know an election's getting nasty when campaign signs start getting torn down.

By adamg - Sun, 10/27/2013 - 1:06pm

The eight at-large council candidates will debate at 5:30 p.m. today in Northeastern's Blackman Auditorium.

By adamg - Sat, 10/26/2013 - 7:00pm

And not just the two or three who actually live in Boston.

By Anonymous - Thu, 10/24/2013 - 12:04pm

Dave Wedge reports John Connolly's 2007 campaign sent two negative mailers while John Connolly now attacks Marty Walsh for negative mailers sent by third parties not connected with Marty's campaign.

By adamg - Thu, 10/24/2013 - 7:57am

The Globe reports on a debate focused on issues of particula