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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu swatted on Christmas Day after hosting ‘Electeds of Color’ holiday party

News By Nicholas McEntyre Published Dec. 27, 2023, 3:18 a.m. ET Boston’s Mayor Michelle Wu was swatted on Christmas Day, two weeks after hosting a controversial holiday party for the non-white city council members. The Boston Police Department were called to a reported shooting turned hostage situation at Wu’s home in the city’s Roslindale neighborhood […]

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Rapid City Mayor Jason Salamun, family continue long-time Christmas tradition | News

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Mayor Jason Salamun shared some holiday spirit at the Cornerstone Mission with his family on Christmas morning. For more than 25 years, the Salamun family has served Christmas breakfast at the Cornerstone Mission in Rapid City for anyone in need of a hot meal– cooking ham, eggs, pancakes and more for visitors […]

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Mayor Eric Adams, Gov. Kathy Hochul deliver messages of hope and togetherness on Christmas

NEW YORK — New York’s political leaders spent Christmas reflecting on the challenges of the past year, while also spreading a message of hope.  As families in need came to the National Action Network for a warm Christmas meal and toys, Mayor Eric Adams said he was once one of those kids, going with his mom to […]

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The Point, Dec. 18, 2023: First Black, female mayor of Micanopy reflects on first months in office

Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. • WUFT News: Unity and infrastructure focus of Micanopy Mayor Jiana Williams’s first months in office. “As the first Black, female mayor of Micanopy, Jiana Williams, 37, often thinks about what her late grandmother, Willie Mae Stokes who used to clean houses […]

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Some holiday cheer from — and for — Mayor Adams, thanks to Fifth Avenue

Nicole Gelinas Opinion By Nicole Gelinas Published Dec. 17, 2023, 7:32 p.m. ET Pedestrians walking down Fifth Avenue during “The Gift of Fifth” event on Dec. 17, 2023. James Keivom Is New York finally — maybe — groping its way to giving the millions of people who descend upon Midtown for the holidays a reasonably […]

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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu defends electeds of color’ holiday party after invitation backlash

News By Nicholas McEntyre Published Dec. 14, 2023, 12:48 a.m. ET Boston Mayor Michelle Wu defended holding a holiday party for “electeds of color” just hours before hosting the controversial gathering inside the city’s official reception hall Wednesday. Wu admitted it was a mistake that every member of the Boston City Council received invitations to […]

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NYC Mayor Adams attends midnight mass, says he’s been ‘hiding’ from Post amid winter storm

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who has not been seen for days amid a historic storm battering the region, was spotted attending Christmas midnight mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan on Saturday night. When probed by The Post on where he had been for the past couple of days, Hizzoner quipped he’d been […]

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Jim Rasnick sworn in as 2002 Burnside Mayor | Community

Our journey through December of 2002 has certainly stirred up many memories for me, since several of the articles written at that time bear my byline. I remember going to the home of Steve and Barb Sterling, taking my then-five-year-old son with me to see their impressive Christmas light display. My son asked me if […]

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My grown up Christmas list | #elections | #alabama

I’m a child of the ’80s, so it’s mandatory to have a healthy love and respect for all of the important things like putting family first, unapologetic patriotism, a healthy hatred of Communism leftover from the Iron Curtain era and the Amy Grant Christmas album.  In contrast to my love for Grant’s first and best […]

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