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Voters lined up at the Hemenway School in Hyde Park before polls opened at 7 a.m. South End: Reluctance to change Ben Venido Benson shrugged his shoulders and laughed when asked today why he voted again for four-term incumbent Mayor Thomas M. Menino.

MassVOTE confirms one measure of the interest in this year's election in Boston: the highest turnout in a city election since 1993, when Thomas Menino won his first term as mayor.

Art Opening in Jamaica Plain Tomorrow with Dmitri Valone and Others 0 "From studying astrophysics, listening to my wise father, or from problem solving in my own artwork, for every question answered several more questions arise.

Bold punks evaded the cops looking for them after a mugging last night and held up another man soon after - but were undone thanks in part because of yesterday's election, according to Capt.

Slow at Cathedral HS. At 7:10 not many voters. Almost no one stumping - two people, appropriately across the street this time as well.

It's the Sunday before Election Day, and that means church visits are in order. Mayor Thomas Menino is in churches in Mattapan and the South End, while Team Floon is in Dorchester.

The two mayoral candidates appear on WBUR's Radio Boston . Before that, Mayor Menino attends the ribbon-cutting for W Hotels and Residences.

Award-winning court and crime reporter Laurel J. Sweet has been featured in the ABC miniseries "Boston 24/7" and the 9-11 documentary motion picture "Looking For My Brother." A former Boston firefighter known more for his brawn than his brains pleaded not guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to charges he tried to bamboozle the city out of an ...

And residential living is in at these converted buildings. $289,000 35 Eldridge Road, Unit 110, Jamaica Plain Square footage 917 Condo fee $271 per month Bedrooms 2 Baths 1 full 2009 taxes $1,123 Last sold for $260,000 in 2004 PROS There's sunlight galore in this first-floor unit in a former elementary school.

It's been in the globe for years, the local BPD police stations hand out flyers, and even groups like N4N have been distributing flyers, warning people NOT TO LEAVE THEIR GPS UNITS IN THEIR CARS.

GET UP, STAND UP: Karmaloop.com owner Greg Selkoe is the rare Boston business owner to stand up to Mayor Menino.

Tiffany Baker blamed her alleged brazen demand for "stacks of 20s, 50s and 100s" on a city man who put her up to passing a note to a teller, police report.

Yesterday's federal indictment of two jakes and a clerk on charges they attempted to pump up pensions fired up the mayor and fire commissioner, who warned the ax is going to fall on other corrupt firefighters.

A former 39-year veteran Boston firefighter from Billerica and another Boston firefighter, who claimed he was totally disabled but competed in bodybuilding competitions are facing federal mail-fraud charges for allegedly attempting to collect on accidental-disability pensions.

Bodybuilder Albert Arroyo, 47, and former district chief James Famolare, 65, face multiple charges of mail fraud for accusations they sought to bilk the city by claiming career-ending injuries to obtain accidental disability retirement pensions, Acting United States Attorney Michael K. Loucks, said in a statement.

Share + Oct 15, 2009 3:52 pm US/Eastern 1 of 3 Jonah is resting after Thursday's surgery.

Attention Jamaica Plain readers and experts: Does this condo/townhouse sale sound too good to be true? At $264 per sf, it certainly looks like a good deal .

Updates also include a renovated bathroom and foyer, as well as a new heating/cooling system, track lighting and hardwood floors.

Jonah, an 8-month-old Chihuahua, was diagnosed with hydrocephalus, often called water on the brain.

It seems "sign envy" is playing out around town to varying degrees in Roslindale, a neighborhood that abuts Jamaica Plain, Hyde Park and West Roxbury.