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It’s a new day in our city. I joined my Boston City Council colleagues today in voting to approve the Boston Fire Fighter’s contract. It was one of my proudest moments in my nine years as a Boston City Councillor.

This 12-1 vote ends a long and divisive battle between ...   more »

Read today's Boston Globe article by James Vaznis on a proposed new policy to enforce residency for the city's exam schools.   more »

Read today's Boston Globe front page story on Boston Public School's Exam School residency policy. Read what John Tobin and the Boston Globe think and then tell us what you think.   more »

Boston Globe editorial on the Boston Public School's Student assignment plan.   more »

Top choice: Fix schools    more »

The following was posted by BPDnews.com
Posted by MediaRelations on April 13, 2010

On Sunday, April 3, 2010, detectives from District E-5 (West Roxbury) responded to the Brookline Police Department as part of a joint effort to interview two male suspects who had just been arrested for breaking and entering ...   more »

Read the story in today's Boston Herald.   more »

The next meeting of the Trustees of the Boston Public Library
will be held at 3pm on Wednesday, March 24, at the Central Library in Copley Square. This meeting is open to the public; community members are encouraged to attend. A complete list of regularly scheduled Trustee meetings is available ...   more »

BOSTON (WBZ) ―


Tickets issued for snow violations for Boston on Feb. 10 will be forgiven, Mayor Tom Menino announced Wednesday evening.

The City of Boston declared a snow emergency at 8 a.m. and it was lifted at 6 p.m. for a huge snowstorm that was supposed to hit us.

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Boston City Councillor John M. Tobin, Jr. today refiled an ordinance that would create replacement standards for Boston Fire Department frontline and reserve fire apparatus.

Councillor Tobin filed the legislation at the City Council’s weekly meeting today, Wednesday, February 3.

The legislation would require that all frontline fire apparatus, which ...   more »

Boston City Councillor John M. Tobin, Jr. this week was named Chair of a new City Council Committee formed to examine the City Charter, which has not undergone a significant public review in decades.

The 2010 committee assignments were announced by City Council President Michael Ross at the Council’s weekly ...   more »

The following was released by Kyle Cheney of the STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE on January 28, 2010.

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JAN. 28. 2010…..Texting while driving would be banned for all Massachusetts motorists and junior operators would also be banned from talking on cell phones while driving, under legislation backed by ...   more »

Boston City Councillor John M. Tobin, Jr. this week called on the city to increase the penalty for defacing historic landmarks in Boston.

Councillor Tobin, who is chair of the Council’s Committee on Arts, Film, Travel and Tourism, filed an order for a hearing at the Council’s weekly meeting on ...   more »

City Councillor John M. Tobin, Jr. holds district office hours in different locations each month.

Councillor Tobin’s October district office hours will be held on:

•Thursday, October 22 from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. at Ula’s Café, 284 Amory Street in the Brewery Complex in Jamaica Plain. Jamaica Plain liaison Anna ...   more »

City Councillor John M. Tobin, Jr. holds district office hours in different locations each month.

Councillor Tobin’s September district office hours will be held on:

•Thursday, September 24 from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. at Ula’s Café, 284 Amory Street in the Brewery Complex in Jamaica Plain. Jamaica Plain liaison Anna ...   more »

Last fall City Councillor John M. Tobin, Jr. held a public hearing to review the city's policy on parking motorized scooters on public streets and sidewalks. The scooter order was filed in response to the rising scooter sales and the confusion about the city's parking policy. Today's Boston Globe reports ...   more »

Members of the 18 and under Irish National Basketball Team took on some of West Roxbury’s best basketball players on Thursday, July 2 at West Roxbury High School in two exhibition games.


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The event was organized by Joe Walsh, from Boston University’s Government Relations Department, in cooperation with Boston City Councillor John M. Tobin, Jr. and the West Roxbury Community Center. The Irish team will face off against some of West Roxbury’s most talented players. One of the local teams is sponsored by Councillor Tobin’s summer league and represents the youngest players in the league.   more »

Councillor Tobin introduced an order for a hearing at today's weekly City Council meeting on how the city should handle a vacany in the Mayor's Office. Read about it in today's Boston Herald.

City Councillor John M. Tobin, Jr. holds district office hours in different locations each month.

Councillor Tobin’s April district office hours will be held on:

•Monday, April 13 from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. at JP Licks, 659 Centre St. in Jamaica Plain. Jamaica Plain liaison Anna Sylvester will also attend.

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