BOSTON — Set to become the next mayor of Weymouth in a little more than a week, state Sen. Robert Hedlund on Thursday formally filed his intent to resign his seat on Jan. 4, a step required before the Senate could consider scheduling special election next year.
Hedlund, a Republican who was elected mayor of the South Shore town back in November and is due to take the oath of office a week from Monday, opted against filing the irrevocable letter sooner, which could have allowed the Senate to set a special election to coincide with the state's March 1 presidential primary as the House did to fill Fitchburg Mayor-elect Stephen DiNatale's seat.
BOSTON (AP) — The calendar says Christmas Eve but the temperatures in Massachusetts say no such thing.
With flowers still blooming around the region, records fell from Burlington, Vermont, to Providence, Rhode Island. The National Weather Service reported that Boston and Worcester both set record-high temperatures on Thursday with Boston climbing to 68 degrees at Logan International Airport just before 1 p.m., shattering the previous high for the date of 61 set in 1996.
