Less than one-fifth of Boston’s electorate trickled to the polls on Tuesday to pick a new crop of city councillors in an election that will bring a marked shift in the personnel and dynamics to the 13-member body. The new faces will include John FitzGerald, who posted a decisive victory over Joel Richards in the race to succeed Frank Baker as the District 3 councillor.
Please allow for a few first-draft observations as the dust settles from the 2023 City Council election. It will be tempting to frame the ’23 municipal cycle as a “change election” and Tuesday’s results will give some credence to that narrative. September’s preliminary brought the shocker of two incumbent district councillors Ricardo Arroyo and Kendra Lara getting shown
Five raccoons in Boston have recently tested positive for rabies, and the city is offering free rabies vaccination clinics for residents’ pets next month, city officials said.