Broad base carries Martin Walsh to win

The legislator and longtime labor leader ground out a tight victory over John Connolly to become Boston’s 48th mayor.

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Martin Walsh celebrated with supporters at his election night party.

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Martin Walsh supporters reacted as John Connolly conceded the race.

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The Dropkick Murphys performed at Martin Walsh's Election night party at the Park Plaza hotel.

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Mayoral candidate John Connolly gave his concession speech before supporters.

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Connolly embraced his wife, Meg, following his concession speech.

Martin Walsh (center) voted with girlfriend Lorrie Higgins (left) and Huggins' daughter, Lauren Campbell.

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Martin Walsh (center) voted with girlfriend Lorrie Higgins (left) and Higgins' daughter, Lauren Campbell.

Martin Walsh’s battles with adversity struck a chord

The mayor-elect bonded with a diverse array of voters in a city that prizes resiliency.

ANALYSIS

Martin Walsh’s union ties only part of picture

Walsh swept to victory Tuesday on his ability to expand past his obvious constituencies.

Adrian Walker

A mayoral election is also an opportunity

Taking back City Hall may be a cliche, but the chance for the residents to speak with a louder voice is real.

Shirley Leung

Boston after Menino: losers and winners

For those of you who do business in the city, you’ve got a lot of homework — namely memorizing a new political playbook.

East Boston rejects casino at Suffolk Downs

It was a difficult day across the state for supporters of Massachusetts’ emerging casino industry.

Women top ticket in race for at-large council

Bostonians elected an African-American woman and an Asian-American woman to two of four at-large City Council seats in a dramatic leadership change.

Plummeting gas prices giving consumers a lift

Gasoline prices seem headed to below $3 a gallon for the first time in nearly three years.

Prosecutors say Dorchester’s Yongda Huang Harris was essentially traveling with items in a rape and murder kit.

LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT

Probation case a challenge for prosecutors, judges

Prosecutors say Yongda Huang Harris was essentially traveling with items in a rape and murder kit, but he was only charged with filing a false custom report.

Opinion

SCOT LEHIGH

The Walsh Era begins

Martin Walsh’s personal qualities were a key to his victory, and they may be put to the test after he moves into the mayor’s office.

Globe exclusives

Brandon Sheard with a freshly slaughtered pig at Farmstead Meatsmith on Vashon Island, Wash.

Road trip explores ground-level food making

A 100-day aged rib eye at Grill 23 & Bar.

DINING OUT

Grill 23 & Bar is tried and true

Chicken sausage with cranberry relish and a chili dog at Snappy Dogs.

Snappy Dogs in Hopkinton worth the drive

Kimchi dumplings (above) are a staple at Patty Chen’s Dumpling Room.

Cheap Eats

Chen makes room for her dumplings

SWAT officers rushed toward a Watertown house in the search for alleged Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in April.

Police planning to add to arsenal

In Week 8 against the Dolphins, Kenbrell Thompkins’s reps were limited — he played just 14 of 68 snaps — and then came Sunday’s scratch.

Patriots still committed to Kenbrell Thompkins

Willie Soon’s work is funded by energy industry grants.

Broken City

Researcher helps sow climate-change doubt

Rocco Rossi, 76, tried out a seat-e on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway. “I’ve never seen anything like it in my life,’’ he said.

A high-tech twist on rest, recharge

A wedding at Allen Sheep Farm in Chilmark.

Vineyard now a wedding destination

Gerry Elovitz, a.k.a. Jerry Ellis, brought his sense of humor to marketing Building #19, but the odds-and-ends inventory made it difficult to transition to the digital era.

The fun runs out at Building #19

A crew worked on a drilling rig at a well site for shale-based natural gas in Zelienople, Pa.

Utilities seek boost in region’s natural gas

“We’re trying to transform the theater into a place where everyone can make music and perform together,’’ says C. Brian Williams, who founded Step Afrika! in 1994.

dance review

Stepping leaps forward in popularity

Sports

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The Stars’ Rich Peverley, never known asamarksman with the Bruins, scored the winning goal — in the shootout — to the chagrin of the Boston bench.

Tyler Seguin, Rich Peverley strikes wreck Bruins

The former Bruins both scored in the shootout, getting the Dallas Stars the win while giving Boston their fourth loss in five games.

World Series

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Red Sox fixed what was broken in a magical season

Even in the year 2101, fans in Boston will look back fondly on what the Red Sox did for the franchise and the city this year.

Metro

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Daniel Rivera came out at about 9 p.m. and announced that he had won the election to lead Lawrence.

Underdog Daniel Rivera declares victory in Lawrence

Ballots were sealed with preliminary results showing the controversial mayor, William Lantigua, trailing Rivera by 60 votes.

Columnists

Kevin Cullen

We are our parents’ children

JEFF JACOBY

The bitter pill of failed state tax incentives

JOAN VENNOCHI

Walsh shows he’s more than just the ‘labor guy’

Adrian Walker

It’s the dawn of a new day

Shirley Leung

Boston after Menino: losers and winners

Farah Stockman

Lessons from the Menino era

Julian Edelman (left) and Danny Amendola took flight to celebrate Amendola’s 34-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter.