Thomas M. Menino, the longest-serving mayor in Boston history, who guided the city for 20 transformative years, has died at age 71.
Just after 9 a.m. Thursday morning, he “passed into eternal rest after a courageous [battle] with cancer,” his spokeswoman said in a statement.
From the Here & Now Contributors Network, Delores Handy of WBUR has this remembrance of the former mayor.
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- Delores Handy, reporter for WBUR in Boston. She tweets @deloreshandy.
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