Mayor Menino won’t seek sixth term

Mayor Thomas M. Menino will announce at a Faneuil Hall event Thursday afternoon that he will not seek a sixth term in office, according to officials familiar with his decision.

Mayor Thomas M. Menino atop the Macallen Building in South Boston in 2009.

Acting Mayor Thomas Menino in a portrait July 2, 1993.

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Acting Mayor Thomas Menino in a portrait July 2, 1993.

Thomas M. Menino, then City Council president-turned-acting mayor, greeted supporters in the North End during a parade Oct. 10, 1993.

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Thomas M. Menino, then City Council president-turned-acting mayor, greeted supporters in the North End during a parade Oct. 10, 1993.

Mayor Thomas M. Menino gave his first state of the city address Jan. 18, 1994.

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Mayor Thomas M. Menino gave his first state of the city address Jan. 18, 1994.

Menino and officials from other local communities held hands on the Massachusetts Avenue bridge Aug. 6, 1996 as part of National Night Out.

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Menino and officials from other local communities held hands on the Massachusetts Avenue bridge Aug. 6, 1996 as part of National Night Out.

Menino in 2006 with former Boston mayors Kevin White and Raymond Flynn.

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Menino in 2006 with former Boston mayors Kevin White and Raymond Flynn.

Menino during a Dec. 5, 2008 stop in Readville on his annual trolley tour, one of many holiday tree lightings he has attended.

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Menino during a Dec. 5, 2008 stop in Readville on his annual trolley tour, one of many holiday tree lightings he has attended.

Menino and UMass Boston student Yorling Valdez, 18, of Dorchester, during a Massachusetts Recovery Plan press conference March 27, 2009.

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Menino and UMass Boston student Yorling Valdez, 18, of Dorchester, during a Massachusetts Recovery Plan press conference March 27, 2009.

Menino, far right, at a ceremonial groundbreaking for the Edward M. Kennedy Institute in Dorchester April 8, 2011.

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Menino, far right, at a ceremonial groundbreaking for the Edward M. Kennedy Institute in Dorchester April 8, 2011.

Menino, after eight weeks of hospitalization, entered his annual State of the City address at Faneuil Hall Jan. 29, 2013.

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Menino, after eight weeks of hospitalization, entered his annual State of the City address at Faneuil Hall Jan. 29, 2013.

Stephen Lynch, left, and Edward Markey appeared in a televised debate that also featured the three GOP hopefuls earlier. The event was moderated by R.D. Sahl, right.

Markey, Lynch tangle in first televised debate

US Representatives Edward J. Markey and Stephen F. Lynch disagreed about Obamacare, in a debate that earlier featured the three Republican candidates.

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Roxbury Community College released a troubling report today chronicling systemic lapses that caused the school to violate federal campus safety laws.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/11/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Brian_McGrory_150px-3710--150x150.jpg For Menino, it’s been a journey like no other

After 20 years and a record-setting five mayoral terms, Mayor Menino will stand at a podium in Faneuil Hall Thursday and announce he will not run again.

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Celtics win at the buzzer

Jeff Green helped steal the win in Cleveland with a layup with less than one second to play, breaking the Celtics’ five-game losing streak.

Brendan Gallagher, right, celebrated with his Montreal teammates after his second goal in the third period. He won the game in the shootout.

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Bruins lose Montreal shootout

The Canadiens tied the game with 8 seconds to play in regulation and then scored the only shootout goal in the sixth round.

Child care centers will be checked for sex offenders

The state’s move comes after an audit showed 119 matches between the address of sex offenders and child care centers.

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The twice-a-day capsules, called Tecfidera, offer a new option for treating multiple sclerosis.

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Barry Wood, president of Kitchen Sales, said business has been on the rise in the first quarter.

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Medical Marijuana Business Daily founder Anne Holland and Ron Perry filled factbook orders at their office in Providence. MMJ Business Daily, which has seven employees, launched two years ago.

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The mixed grill Barcelona dish.

Dining out

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JP Morgan headquarters in New York.

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With the help of Sarah Habeck of Middletown, N.J., Andrew Harrington of Barrington, R.I. worked to shear a lamb.

Letter from farm school

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Jon Lester has earned his third straight Opening Day start for the Red Sox.

Jon Lester named Red Sox Opening Day starter

For Lester, it will be his third straight Opening Day assignment when he pitches against the Yankees on Monday.

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A $1.2 billion casino hotel is proposed on the Mystic River waterfront.

Steve Wynn reveals first rendering of Everett casino

Las Vegas developer Steve Wynn is seeking to build a $1.2 billion casino hotel on the Mystic River waterfront.

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Frank Morse, left, 72, and Dr. Richard Culliton, 77, are members of the Hickory Dickory Docs Ski Club, a Boston-are ski club for seniors.

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Samantha Stendal made a video called “A Needed Response” after the Steubenville assault.

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Steubenville response short and sweet
Florida Gulf Coast’s Dajuan Graf (left) and Bernard Thompson use their “Eagle Eyes” to view a pep rally crowd.

Dan Shaughnessy

FGCU is the nation’s hottest sports story

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A bean of a dream

JULIETTE KAYYEM

America’s security, under the weather

Adrian Walker

Roxbury health center closes
A US Air Force B-52 delivers a bomb load of more than 38,000 pounds in South Vietnam in March, 1966.

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B-52s should remain strategy relics

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Boston Cab vs. Uber: an app contest

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Wilt Chamberlain and the 1971-72 Lakers won 69 games, including 33 straight.

Bob Ryan

Lakers’ standard is what Heat are chasing
John Connolly’s kickoff rally campaign for mayor was at the Boston Omni Parker House.

JOAN VENNOCHI

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South Korean army tanks participated in a military exercise at the Seungjin Fire Training Field in Pocheon, South Korea, on Wednesday.

Amid tensions, North Korea shuts hotline to South Korea

The North’s action came a day after its top military command ordered all its missile and artillery units to be on ‘‘the highest alert.’’

Politics

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Secret Service veteran first woman to lead it

President Obama named veteran Secret Service agent Julia Pierson as the agency’s first female director.

Business

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Eric Rosengren

Rosengren sees more need for Fed stimulus

Boston Federal Reserve chief Eric Rosengren said the economy will improve at a “painfully slow pace.”

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Book Review

Sonali Deraniyagala.

‘Wave’ by Sonali Deraniyagala

“Wave” is life’s waking nightmare as it transpired for Deraniyagala in 2004.

Food & dining

Cheap Eats

Spinach salad with grilled salmon at Beat Da’ Wrap Pizza & Grill in Waltham.

New management at Beat Da’ Wrap Pizza & Grill

The new owners will keep the name — they think it’s catchy — but remove the gangster movie posters.

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