Barney Frank On Boston City Councilor’s Bid To Primary Capuano for Congress: ‘Politics At Its Most Egotistical’

Barney Frank On Boston City Councilor’s Bid To Primary Capuano for Congress:  ‘Politics At Its Most Egotistical’

Former Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank is no fan of Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley's upstart bid to unseat longtime U.S. Representative Mike Capuano.

In an interview with Bloomberg Radio, the 77-year old Newton Democrat Frank tore in to the city councilor-at-large from Dorchester, describing her decision to primary another Democrat as a "fight that is being generated by personality and ego, with zero issues."

New Hartford NHL Team Unlikely But Possible Under One Scenario, UConn Hockey Coach Says
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New Hartford NHL Team Unlikely But Possible Under One Scenario, UConn Hockey Coach Says

John Cronin

Hartford is unlikely to get an expansion National Hockey League team, but if one of the New York teams ever moves it's possible it could come to Connecticut, UConn's hockey coach said.

Mike Cavanaugh, asked whether a successor to the old Hartford Whalers could ever come to the state's capital city, noted that there are four current NHL teams within about a two-hour drive of Hartford. (Those are the Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, New York Islanders, and New Jersey Devils.)

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