From the annual lighting of the Boston Common Christmas tree, to a municipal proposal to let dogs go unleashed in city parks, here's what you need to know today.
Kristin Kassner of Hamilton, who challenged a sitting North Shore incumbent, and Andrew Shepherd of Townsend, who bid for an open Nashoba Valley seat, submitted petitions asking for districtwide recounts in their contests, according to a spokesperson for Secretary of State William Galvin.