The Roman Catholic Church does not recognize the validity of civil marriages. Last week Governor James Michael Curley of Massachusetts, super-devout Roman Catholic, ordered justices of the peace ...

In 2022, Brett Smiley, a relative moderate, became mayor of Providence after vowing to address housing and public safety. In ...

was ousted after he had refused to give jobs to friends of newly-elected Governor James Michael Curley. Governor Curley asked Louis Joseph Gallagher, president of Boston College (Roman Catholic ...

Josh Kraft — one of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s four sons — is running for mayor of Boston. Here's what to know ...

Over the past few decades, Boston and other major U.S. cities have struggled with astronomic real estate prices and budget-breaking rent hikes, both of which have created real hardship for those ...

But keep one salient fact in mind: it's been 76 years since an incumbent Boston mayor (James Michael Curley) lost a re-election bid. Hope Josh Kraft has good hiking boots; he's facing an uphill climb.

The Irish masters of Boston—including Kingmaker James Michael Curley and Martin Lomasney, boss of the Eighth Ward—recalled McCormack favorably and spread the word that he was their man.

There he lodged a loud protest with Mayor Frederick William Mansfield, a devout Catholic like Massachusetts’ new Governor James Michael Curley. Jesuit Sullivan publicly denounced Within the ...