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How much money does Quincy MA Mayor Tom Koch make?

QUINCY − What do the mayors of San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and Boston all have in common? Quincy Mayor Thomas P. Koch will make more than all of them if city council follows the recommendations of a consulting firm hired by the city. Koch’s current $159,00 salary should increase to as much […]

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Warren council overrides Mayor Stone’s veto of ordinance on purchase limits

Warren’s City Council overrode a veto by Mayor Lori Stone on Tuesday night to pass an amendment that puts a $50,000 limit on the her ability to make emergency purchases. Warren’s emergency purchase ordinance allows mayors to make purchases immediately in a crisis without seeking the council’s OK. The City Council revised the ordinance in […]

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Naples Mayor, City Council members sworn into office | #citycouncil

From left: Mayor Teresa Heitmann and City Council members Berne Barton, Linda Penniman and Bill Kramer are sworn in during a City Council meeting at Naples City Hall on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Jonah Hinebaugh/Naples Daily News/USA Today Network-Florida Mayor Teresa Heitmann poses for a photo during a City Council meeting at Naples City Hall […]

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Brigitte García, Ecuador’s youngest mayor, found shot to death

Ecuador’s youngest mayor and her press officer were found Sunday shot to death in a vehicle amid an ongoing state of emergency, police said. Brigitte García, the 27-year-old mayor of San Vicente and member of the left-wing Citizen Revolution Party, was found alongside her advisor, Jairo Loor, in the vehicle, Ecuadorian police said in a […]

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Vineland ex-mayor awaits court hearing after drunken-driving arrest

VINELAND — Robert Romano, the former mayor, was arrested at a City Hall parking lot shortly after 11 a.m. Monday after allegedly driving his car into the lot’s metal fence. Romano, 71, also a retired city police lieutenant, then immediately was driven in a police cruiser across Plum Street to the police station. Police said […]

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Braintree Mayor Erin Joyce fills two important jobs in town government

BRAINTREE – Mayor Erin Joyce has made appointments to two key positions in town government. Joyce has appointed Michael Esmond to be the director of municipal finance. The town council approved the appointment at last week’s meeting, and Esmond began work Monday. A Braintree resident, Esmond takes over from Edward Spellman, the town’s first finance […]

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Mayor Ken Lee of Rincon has retired

Rincon Mayor Ken Lee submitted his letter of resignation to staff on Thursday. Lee served as mayor for 18 years. Mayor Pro Tem Kevin Exley will resume the post. Lee, who was elected to a fifth term in 2021, wrote, in part, “My greatest obligation is to my faith and family. At this time my […]

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Fall River Mayor Coogan talks housing, crime, free cash in speech

FALL RIVER — Mayor Paul Coogan described a city growing rapidly during his State of the City address on Tuesday afternoon. “Our recovery from decades of economic trouble is happening before our very eyes,” Coogan told a joint meeting of the City Council and School Committee. The City Council Chambers, filled with members of […]

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Memphis Mayor Paul Young says more meetings with gang members will come

Memphis Mayor Paul Young said he sat down with some leaders of Memphis’ gangs a little over two weeks ago. It was not the first time a city mayor had a meeting like that, but it was, seemingly, the first time a sitting mayor discussed it publicly. Along the campaign trail, after the election and […]

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Fair Lawn NJ mayor resigns to become borough manager

The mayor of Fair Lawn has stepped down from his position to take on the role of the town’s borough manager. Kurt Peluso, 41, a Fair Lawn native who has been mayor for six years, announced his resignation on Tuesday night, the same night his fellow members of the borough council unanimously approved a one-year […]

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