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Early voting in Boston

Early voting for the November 6 election takes place from October 22 to November 2.

Friday, October 19

The tow lot is open from 7 a.m. - 11 p.m. Automated kiosks are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for vehicle releases.

Parking meters

Parking meters are running on their normal schedules today.

City building hours

All municipal buildings are open based on their normal hours.

Trash and recycling

Pickup is on a normal schedule.

Street Cleaning

Today is the third Friday of the month and street cleaning is running on a normal schedule.

Common resources

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Pay a parking ticket

Pay your motor vehicle excise tax

Get a resident parking permit

Pay your real estate taxes

Apply for a job with the City

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Transformative plan to create resilient, open Boston Harbor unveiled

Oct 17

Transformative plan to create resilient, open Boston Harbor unveiled

"Resilient Boston Harbor" lays out strategies along Boston's 47-mile shoreline that will increase access and open space along the waterfront while better protecting the City.

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Oct 18

Traffic Advisory for October 20 and 21, 2018

Transportation

Oct 18

Ground broken on Boston Arts Academy in Fenway

Mayor's Office

Oct 16

Dennis "D.J." SImmonds Playground opened at Harambee Park

Parks and Recreation

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Oct 15

Demolition Delay application: 28 Dix Street, Dorchester

Landmarks Commission

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BOS:311 service requests

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Improper storage of trash barrels

Report unshoveled sidewalk (wait until three hours after snowfall ends)

Request a bulk item pickup

Request to salt or plow a street

Report a pothole

Report a parking violation

Report a missing or damaged street sign

Report a streetlight outage

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Upcoming Events

Oct 19

2018 Frog Pond Pumpkin Float

Join us Friday, October 19, at Boston Frog Pond for the 2018 Pumpkin Float.

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Oct 19

Intergovernmental Relations meeting

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Oct 19

City on a Hill Charter School meeting

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Oct 19

South End Landmark District Commission

Oct 20

54th annual Head of the Charles Regatta

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Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh

Contact: Mayor's Office

Meet the Mayor

Mayor Martin J. Walsh, an accomplished advocate for working people and a proud product of the City of Boston, was sworn in as the City’s 54th Mayor on January 6, 2014.

Learn more about Mayor Walsh