The Boston Globe - Sat Nov 21

TODAY: Joe Kahn speaks at 10:30 a.m., Jewish Community Center, North Shore, 4 Community Road, Marblehead; for tickets and information, visit jccns.org/jewishbookmonth87.html . . . Ian MacKenzie and Maureen Foley read at 2 p.m., Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut St., Newtonville.

Boston.com - Sat Nov 21

Town Meeting members passed a local-option tax on restaurant meals and an increase in the local hotel tax during Monday's session.

The Boston Globe - Fri Nov 20

LET'S HOPE Mayor Tom Menino is recovering nicely from his recent knee surgery, and using the unexpected downtime to contemplate something he said shortly after his thumping victory to an unprecedented fifth term.