End of the road for Boston’s longest-serving mayor

By means of Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) – The longest-serving mayor in Boston historical past told voters on Thursday that he would now not searching for a sixth term in place of work, setting the stage for the city's most competitive mayoral race in decades. Mayor Tom Menino, 70, declared his intention to not are looking for reelection to the workplace he has held for the reason that 1993 at Boston's historical Fanueil Corridor. "I by no means dreamed I’d turn out here, mayor of Boston, all the way through its highest years," mentioned Menino, who was once hospitalized for a month last year after falling in poor health while on trip in Italy. …