Michael Everett Capuano is an American politician and attorney who served as a U.S. Representative of Massachusetts from 1999 to 2019. A Democrat,his district included the northern three-fourths of Boston,as well as parts of Cambridge,his hometown of Somerville,and other communities immediately north and south of Boston. Prior to being elected to Congress,he served as an Alderman and Mayor of Somerville.
William Eustis Russell was a lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Massachusetts. He served four terms as mayor of Cambridge,and was the 37th governor of Massachusetts,serving from 1891 to 1894. He was the state's second youngest-ever chief executive,and was the first Democrat since the American Civil War to serve more than one term in that office.
Joseph V. Doria Jr. is an American Democratic Party politician,who served as Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs in the cabinet of Governor Jon Corzine from 2007 until his resignation in July 2009. He is a former Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly,State Senator for the 31st Legislative District,and a former Mayor of Bayonne,a position he held from July 1998 to October 2007.
The Cambridge Rindge and Latin School,also known as "CRLS" or "Rindge",is a public high school in Cambridge,Massachusetts,United States. It is a part of the Cambridge Public School District. In 1977,two separate schools,Rindge Technical School and Cambridge High and Latin School,merged to form the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. The newly built high school at the time increased its capacity to more than 2,000 students in all four grades.
Felix D. Arroyo is an American retired politician. He held roles in the cabinet of the Mayor of Boston under Raymond Flynn;served on the Boston School Committee;was an at-large member of the Boston City Council;and was the Register of Probate for Suffolk County,Massachusetts,at the time of his retirement in 2023.
Paul Grattan Kirk Jr. is an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Massachusetts from 2009 to 2010,having been appointed to fill the vacancy created by the death of Ted Kennedy. From 1985 to 1989,he chaired the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
Yngve Koehler Raustein was a Norwegian undergraduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge,Massachusetts and a resident of Baker House. On the evening of 18 September 1992,the 21-year-old was walking down Memorial Drive by Hayden Library when he and his companion were attacked by three students of Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School. Shon McHugh,Joseph D. Donovan,and Alfredo Velez robbed Raustein and his companion of US$33. Donovan,unannounced,punched Raustein with such force that he broke his own hand,then McHugh stabbed the fallen Raustein repeatedly,causing fatal injuries. The three assailants were arrested within 1.3 miles (2.1 km) and 30 minutes,by the Boston University Police Department,after the three crossed Harvard Bridge to Boston and entered the grounds of Boston University.
Alice K. Wolf was an Austrian-born American politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1996 to 2013,representing the 25th Middlesex District.
Dianne Wilkerson is a former Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate,representing the 2nd Suffolk District from 1993 to 2008 as the first African American female to serve in the chamber.
Patricia Deats Jehlen is a former teacher and current Massachusetts State Senator of the Democratic Party. She represents the Second Middlesex District. That includes the cities of Cambridge,Ward 7 Precinct 1,Ward 8 Precinct 1,Ward 10,Medford and Somerville,and the town of Winchester,precincts 4 to 7,inclusive,in the County of Middlesex. She has served the Massachusetts State Senate since 2005. She also served the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1991 to 2003. She resides in Somerville,MA.
Calvin L. Hicks was an African-American journalist,activist,editor,and music educator. He died in New York.
Sal N. DiDomenico is an American state legislator who has served in the Massachusetts Senate since May 2010 and as Assistant Majority Leader since 2018. He is a Democrat representing the Middlesex and Suffolk district,which includes his hometown of Everett as well as Chelsea,Charlestown,and parts of Cambridge. In 2010,he won a special election to succeed the retiring Anthony D. Galluccio. Before that,he spent three years as Gallucio's chief of staff. From 2004 to 2010 he was a member of the Everett City Council.
John F. Keenan is a member of the Massachusetts State Senate for the Norfolk and Plymouth district.
Nick Collins is an American politician who currently serves as a member of the Massachusetts Senate,representing First Suffolk District. Collins serves as the Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight and the Senate Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses. Additionally,he serves a member of the Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading,and a member on the Joint Committee's on Bonding,Capital Expenditures and State Assets;Mental Health,Substance Use and Recovery;and Public Service. He is a Boston resident and a Democrat. Elected into the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 2010,he served four terms in the House representing the 4th Suffolk District.
Michael Daniels Brady is an American politician from Brockton,Massachusetts,who serves as the state legislator in the Massachusetts Senate representing the Second Plymouth &Norfolk District,which covers Brockton,East Bridgewater,Halifax,Hanson and Whitman in the county of Plymouth;portions of Randolph and Avon in the county of Norfolk. He is a Brockton resident and a member of the Democratic Party.
The MBM scandal was an American political scandal of the 1970s which involved members of the Massachusetts Senate extorting money from McKee-Berger-Mansueto,Inc. (MBM),the consulting company supervising the construction of the University of Massachusetts Boston campus at Columbia Point.
James A. Kelly Jr. was an American politician who served as a Democrat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1959 to 1965 and the Massachusetts Senate from 1965 to 1979. In 1983,he was convicted of extortion.
Sumbul Siddiqui is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 77th mayor of Cambridge,Massachusetts. Siddiqui was elected mayor in 2020 by the Cambridge City Council,after serving in the body for three years. She succeeded Marc C. McGovern in January 2020,becoming the first Muslim mayor in Massachusetts history.
Marc C. McGovern is a Cambridge (Massachusetts) City Council member and was the 78th mayor from 2018 until 2020.
James H. "Sonny" Foley was an American athlete,coach,and official.
