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51-615: The section of South Boston north of First Street was targeted for massive redevelopment by the administration of Mayor Thomas Menino and the Boston Planning and Development Agency . Initially referred to as the Seaport District by the BRA, the area was officially restyled the "South Boston Waterfront" after virulent protest from natives and local politicians, including City Council President James M. Kelly . Despite this, it

102-631: A Juvenile Review Board (JRB) for certain juvenile cases outlined by the Fairfield Police Department. Fairfield is represented in the Connecticut General Assembly by one Republican , Sen. Tony Hwang , and three Democrats , Rep. Cristin McCarthy Vahey , Rep. Jennifer Leeper , and Rep. Sarah Keitt . The Fairfield Police Department was created in 1926, approximately 287 years after the town

153-614: A 6-acre marina. On January 13, 2016, it was announced that GE would be moving its corporate headquarters from Fairfield, Connecticut , to the South Boston Waterfront. Some of the workers were planned to arrive in the summer of 2016 and the full move to be completed by 2018. GE ranks eighth on the Fortune 500 at the time and was to become the largest publicly traded company based in Massachusetts. Subsequently,

204-486: A wealth of recreational opportunities, many of which stem from Fairfield's enviable location on the Long Island Sound. The town government consists of the three-member Board of Selectmen, a Representative Town Meeting (RTM), a Board of Finance, a Board of Education, a Town Planning and Zoning Commission (TPZ), and many other politically appointed commissions, boards, and committees. The current First Selectman

255-471: A week, from four. The aim, according to City Council President Bill Linehan was to address the scarcity of parking for residents on weekends. According to The Boston Globe , a two-bedroom apartment in the Seaport area can rent for more than $ 5,000 per month and the purchase cost would be more than $ 2 million in 2018. The Boston Convention and Exhibition Center straddles D Street. The convention center

306-511: Is Bill Gerber ( D ). As of November 27, 2023 Democrat controlled 2–1 Democratic Supermajority 31–9 Democrat Controlled 5–4 *Special Election held in 2021 to replace the seat left vacant by Ed Bateson on 5/17/21 Democrat Controlled 5–4 The town has no criminal or civil court system, and all trials are handled by the Bridgeport Superior Court system. However, the town does also offer access to

357-415: Is commonly known as the Seaport District. The name Innovation District was also proposed. Development in the Seaport has boomed during the early 21st century. It was considered "the hottest, fastest-growing real estate market in the country" in 2014. As of 2017, it was the fastest growing part of Boston and has stimulated significant economic growth in the city. The restoration of the Seaport began with

408-443: Is designed to attract. In just a few years, rents have increased 43% in the Seaport, with the average rent at $ 52.92 per square foot, approximately at the same level of Boston's affluent Back Bay neighborhood. Due to the increase in nightlife in the neighborhood, on-street parking for residents has become increasingly scarce. In response, city officials launched a 90-day pilot program that will expand resident only parking to seven days

459-902: Is on the shore of the Long Island Sound . According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 31.3 square miles (81 km ), of which 30.0 square miles (78 km ) is land and 3.4 square kilometres (1.3 sq mi), or 4.15%, is water. Rivers flowing through Fairfield include Mill River , Rooster River , Ash Creek , Sasco Brook, and Aspetuck River . Fairfield consists of many neighborhoods. The best known are wealthy Southport , where General Electric Chief Executive Officer Jack Welch lived for many years, and Greenfield Hill , with its large green areas, famous dogwood trees, and picturesque green with its white-spired Congregational church. Other neighborhoods include Stratfield, Tunxis Hill,

510-1230: Is right over the Moakley Bridge on Seaport Boulevard. A 2021 report by the First Street Foundation found that all critical infrastructure, nearly all commercial buildings, and 90% of roads in the Seaport District are at risk of becoming inoperable by mid-century due to climate -related flooding. 42°20′46″N 71°02′31″W  /  42.346°N 71.042°W  / 42.346; -71.042 List of mayors of Boston, Massachusetts One-year terms: 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 Two-year terms: 1895 1897 1899 1901 1903 1905 1907 Four-year terms: 1910 1914 1917 1921 1925 1929 1933 1937 1941 1945 1949 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 The mayor of Boston

561-657: Is the head of the municipal government in Boston , Massachusetts , United States. Boston has a mayor–council government . Boston's mayoral elections are nonpartisan (as are all municipal elections in Boston), and elect a mayor to a four-year term; there are no term limits. The mayor's office is in Boston City Hall , in Government Center . The current mayor of Boston is Michelle Wu . Prior to 1822, there

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612-470: Is to be located in an urban environment that is more desirable to millennial workers and to "clarify the roles" of United States offices. The move was completed in the fall of 2018. Soaring rent prices in the Seaport have raised concerns that the rapid real estate development in the area is pricing out entrepreneurs and startup companies – the organizations and people the Innovation District

663-576: The American Revolutionary War began in the 1770s, Fairfielders were caught in the crisis as much as, if not more than, the rest of their neighbors in Connecticut. In a predominantly Tory section of the colony, the people of Fairfield were early supporters of the cause for independence. Throughout the war, a constant battle was being fought across the Long Island Sound as Loyalists from British -controlled Long Island raided

714-667: The Gold Coast of Connecticut . As of 2020, the town had a population of 61,512. The town is part of the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region . In 1635, Puritans and Congregationalists in the Massachusetts Bay Colony , were dissatisfied with the rate of Anglican reform, and sought to establish an ecclesiastical society subject to their own rules and regulations. The Massachusetts General Court granted them permission to settle in

765-482: The census of 2010, there were 59,404 people in the town, organized into 20,457 households and 14,846 families. The population density was 1,927 inhabitants per square mile (744/km ). There were 21,648 housing units at an average density of 703 per square mile (271/km ). The racial makeup of the town was 91.6% White , 3.7% Asian , 1.8% African American , 0.06% Native American , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 1.2% from other races , and 1.6% from two or more races. 5.0% of

816-475: The 55th mayor. Use of (   ) in the below table denotes non-consecutive terms for a mayor. † died in office ‡ acting mayor only ^KN Native American Party and American Party were formal names of the " Know Nothing " movement. Boston's city charter stipulates that the City Council President serves as acting mayor whenever the mayor is absent from the city, unable to serve, or

867-593: The Assumption. A third Catholic primary school, Holy Family, was closed by the Diocese of Bridgeport at the end of the 2009–2010 academic year. Non-religious private schools include Fairfield Country Day School and the Unquowa School . Fairfield is also home to two post-secondary institutions, Fairfield University and Sacred Heart University . Fairfield is traversed by U.S. 1 , Interstate 95 , and

918-581: The Pequannocke sachems – afterwards greatly enlarged by other purchases to the westward – and recalling the attractive region beyond (Unquowa), which he had personally seen on the second Pequot expedition, he also "set down" there, having purchased the territory embraced in the present town of Fairfield, to which he gave its name. Fairfield was one of the two principal settlements of the Connecticut Colony in southwestern Connecticut (the other

969-526: The Seaport has 78 restaurants, 8 hotels, and continues to grow. The South Boston Waterfront area is part of the Port of Boston on Boston Harbor . In September 2010, the Seaport Square project was under planning. It was expected to cost $ 3 billion and replace parking lots between the federal courthouse and convention center with a 6,300,000-square-foot (590,000 m) mixed-use development. Construction

1020-623: The University area, Grasmere, Mill Plain , Knapp's Village, Melville Village, Holland Hill, Murray , and the Fairfield Beach area, which has recently undergone a renaissance with the construction of many new homes by residents wishing to live in proximity to the beach and downtown. This has resulted in steadily rising property prices. Two shopping districts in town include the Post Road ( U.S. 1 ) and Black Rock Turnpike . As of

1071-630: The area and prompting a surge of growth. The end of the Big Dig also created a completely new transportation network for the area. The Silver Line of the MBTA provides public transportation to the area (and runs along the new expressway connecting to the airport), while the Boston Harborwalk runs along the north side of the district. The Evelyn Moakley Bridge connects the Seaport to Downtown Boston . In May 2010, Menino announced plans for

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1122-554: The city to develop 1,000 acres on the South Boston Waterfront as an Innovation District. Inspired by the success of the 22@ model, the mayor's vision was to redevelop the then-mostly abandoned Seaport District into a hub for Information Age jobs and a new frontier for cutting-edge industries such as clean tech, health care information technology and mobile media. It is now home to tens of new office towers, residential buildings, and "innovation labs" either proposed or under construction. The buildings are designed with critical systems above

1173-473: The coast in whaleboats and privateers . Gold Selleck Silliman , whose home still stands on Jennings Road, was put in charge of the coastal defenses. In the spring of 1779, Silliman was kidnapped from his home by Loyalist raiders in preparation for a British raid on Fairfield County. His wife, Mary Silliman watched from their home as, on the morning of July 7, 1779, approximately 2,000 British troops landed on Fairfield Beach near Pine Creek Point and invaded

1224-514: The community since 1895. The Stratfield Volunteer Fire Department has several stations and has served the community since 1920. Fairfield has two public high schools , Fairfield Warde and Fairfield Ludlowe ; three public middle schools, Roger Ludlowe , Tomlinson, and Fairfield Woods Middle School ; and eleven public elementary schools. Fairfield has several Catholic schools, including two high schools, Fairfield Prep and Notre Dame , and two primary schools, St. Thomas Aquinas and Our Lady of

1275-518: The company announced plans to shrink and eventually sold their property on Fort Point Channel for $ 287 million. In November 2016, the global athletic footwear and apparel company Reebok announced they would be moving their headquarters from the Boston suburb of Canton to the Innovation and Design Building in the Seaport District of South Boston. The reasons for the move, according to the company,

1326-570: The completion of the Big Dig . This $ 14.6 billion project buried the formerly elevated Central Artery I-93 Interstate which previously cut off the waterfront from the rest of the city. Additionally, Interstate 90 was extended eastward from I-93 through the Seaport and across the Boston Harbor to Logan International Airport and East Boston to connect the SPID with downtown Boston, revitalizing

1377-515: The field to two mayoral candidates in advance of the general election, changing the Boston City Council from having 22 members (one from each city ward ) to having nine members (elected at-large ), and giving the council ability to override some mayoral vetoes. These changes went into effect in 1951, resulting in the first term of John B. Hynes being shortened to two years. From 1951 through 1991, Boston mayoral elections were held

1428-403: The first floor to avoid flooding from the tides. Between Menino's announcement of an innovation district in 2010 and 2017, 5,000 new jobs were created and over 200 new companies have formed. Forty percent of the companies located in the Innovation District share space in co-working spaces and incubators. Over 1,100 housing units were constructed, including 300 innovation micro-units. As of 2017,

1479-456: The intended effect; the first mayor elected under the new charter was Democrat John F. Fitzgerald ("Honey Fitz"), and every mayor since Republican Malcolm Nichols (1926–1930) has been known to be a Democrat. In a bid to temper the rising power of James Michael Curley , the state legislature in 1918 passed legislation barring the Mayor of Boston from serving consecutive terms in office; Curley

1530-482: The land called Unquowa (presently called Fairfield), and established the name. The name "Fairfield" is commendatory. According to historian John M. Taylor: Early in 1639, the General Court granted a commission to Ludlowe to begin a plantation at Pequannocke. He was on that errand, with a few others from Windsor, afterwards joined by immigrants from Watertown and Concord . He stole a large tract of land from

1581-524: The mayor's term was increased to two years. In 1909, the Republican -controlled state legislature enacted strong-mayor charter changes it hoped would dampen the rising power of Democratic Irish Americans . Adopted by public vote in the November 1909 general election , changes included extending the mayoral term to four years, and making the post formally non-partisan. The reforms did not have

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1632-585: The nearby Sikorsky Aircraft plant in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The opening of the Connecticut Turnpike in the 1950s brought another wave of development to Fairfield, and by the 1960s the town's residential, suburban character was firmly established. Fairfield became the home of the corporate headquarters of General Electric (GE), one of the world's largest companies, ca. 1970. On May 8, 2017, GE relocated to Boston, Massachusetts. The town

1683-542: The office is vacant. An acting mayor cannot make permanent appointments, and can only perform urgent tasks "not admitting of delay" (which is somewhat open to interpretation). The following individuals served as acting mayor during a vacancy in the office. Fairfield, Connecticut Fairfield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut , United States. It borders the city of Bridgeport and towns of Trumbull , Easton , Weston , and Westport along

1734-437: The population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 20,457 households, out of which 38.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.6% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.4% were non-families. 22.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

1785-636: The poverty line. In May 2012, Moody's Investors Service revised the Town of Fairfield's $ 192 million general obligation bond debt from negative to stable. In June 2012, Moody's awarded Fairfield with an AAA bond rating, which it maintains to this date. In 2005, the mill rate of Fairfield was 16.67. The 2012–2013 taxes in Fairfield rose 4% to a mill rate of 23.37. The 2013–2014 mill rate which went into effect on July 1 for fiscal year 2013–2014 also increased by 2.38% to 23.93. Fairfield residents enjoy

1836-637: The salary of the mayor to $ 207,000, effective after the mayoral election of November 2021 (term starting in January 2022); this increased the salary of councillors to $ 103,500, effective after the council elections of November 2019 (terms starting in January 2020). In October 2022, the Council voted to increase the salary of the mayor to $ 250,000. There is no official count of Boston's mayors. The City of Boston does not number its mayors and numbering has been inconsistent over time. For example, Thomas Menino

1887-544: The town; the force proceeded to burn Fairfield due to the town's support for Patriot cause. A decade later, President George Washington noted that after traveling through Fairfield that "the destructive evidence of British cruelty are yet visible both in Norwalk and Fairfield; as there are the chimneys of many burnt houses standing in them yet". The First World War brought Fairfield out of its agrarian past by triggering an unprecedented economic boom in Bridgeport, which

1938-536: The towns of Windsor , Wethersfield , and Hartford which is an area now known as Connecticut . On January 14, 1639, a set of legal and administrative regulations called the Fundamental Orders was adopted and established Connecticut as a self-ruling entity. By 1639, these settlers had started new towns in the surrounding areas. Roger Ludlowe , framer of the Fundamental Orders, purchased

1989-525: The twenties. By the time of the Wall Street Crash of 1929 , the population had increased to 17,000 from the 6,000 it had been just before the war. Even during the Depression , the town kept expanding. The grounding of a barge with two crewmen on Penfield Reef in Fairfield during a gale led to the 1st civilian helicopter hoist rescue in history, on November 29, 1945. The helicopter flew from

2040-482: The year before presidential elections (e.g. mayoral election in 1951 , presidential election in 1952 ). Starting in 1993, due to the election held following Raymond Flynn 's appointment as United States Ambassador to the Holy See , Boston mayoral elections are held the year following presidential elections (e.g. presidential election in 1992 , mayoral election in 1993 ). In June 2018, the Council voted to increase

2091-546: Was Stratford ). The town line with Stratford was set in May 1661 by John Banks, an early Fairfield settler, Richard Olmstead, and Lt. Joseph Judson , who were both appointed as a committee by the Colony of Connecticut. The town line with Norwalk was not set until May 1685. Over time, it gave rise to several new towns that broke off and incorporated separately. The following is a list of towns created from parts of Fairfield. When

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2142-405: Was $ 117,705 (these figures had risen to $ 103,352 and $ 121,749 respectively as of a 2007 estimate ). Males had a median income of $ 69,525 versus $ 44,837 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 55,733. 2.9% of the population and 1.8% of families were below the poverty line . Out of the total population, 2.8% of those under the age of 18 and 3.6% of those 65 and older were living below

2193-420: Was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.19. In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.4% under the age of 18, 11.1% from 18 to 24, 21.1% from 25 to 44, 27.4% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.6 males. The median household income (in 2013 dollars)

2244-519: Was a neighborhood consisting of four commercial towers-–One Marina Park Drive, 11 Fan Pier Boulevard, 50 Northern Avenue, and 100 Northern Avenue—and a luxury condominium tower Twenty Two Liberty. A second residential building, Fifty Liberty, was under construction at that time and to more high-rise towers were planned. When complete in 2020, the $ 4 billion Fan Pier project will encompass three million square feet of commercial and residential real estate, public, civic and cultural space, including two parks and

2295-470: Was built in 2004. The Seaport Hotel and Seaport World Trade Center is located on Commonwealth Pier. A new home for the Institute of Contemporary Art hangs over Boston Harbor just north of Northern Avenue. The Society of Arts and Crafts , New England's oldest craft-focused nonprofit is situated closeby on Pier 4. The John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse is on Fan Pier . The Seaport Shrine

2346-535: Was expected to begin in 2011. In 2007, the Fallon Company was developing Boston's Fan Pier, one of the most sought-after waterfront sites in the United States, and a catalyst for the revitalization of South Boston's waterfront. Fan Pier is a nine-acre, 21 city block site which consisted largely of underutilized parking lots when the Fallon Company purchased it for $ 115 million in 2005. As of 2015, it

2397-747: Was founded. The town of Fairfield is protected by the 95 career firefighters of the Fairfield Fire Department (FFD), and volunteer firefighters of the Southport Volunteer Fire Department and Stratfield Volunteer Fire Department. The career Fairfield Fire Department operates five fire stations, located throughout the town, and uses a fire apparatus fleet of five engine companies, one ladder company, one rescue company, three fireboats, and 1 Shift Commander's Unit, as well as many special support, and reserve units. The Southport Volunteer Fire Department has served

2448-403: Was no Mayor of Boston, because Boston was incorporated as a town. In Massachusetts, a town is typically governed by a town meeting , with a board of selectmen handling regular business. Boston was the first community in Massachusetts to receive a city charter, which was granted in 1822. Under the terms of the new charter, the mayor was elected annually. In June 1895, the charter was amended, and

2499-427: Was prevented from running for re-election twice by this law ( November 1925 and November 1933 ). The law was repealed in 1939, after Curley's political career appeared to be in decline. Another charter change was enacted in 1949, partly in response to Curley's fourth term (1946–1950), during which he served prison time for crimes committed in an earlier term. Changes included adding a preliminary election to narrow

2550-537: Was referred to as the 47th mayor at the time he was sworn in, yet his successor, Marty Walsh, was identified as the 54th. The Walsh administration cited Misplaced Pages for its use of 54. That numbering scheme counted persons who served as elected mayors and counted those who served non-consecutive terms more than once; James Michael Curley served four non-consecutive terms and was counted four times. Kim Janey , who became acting mayor in March 2021, referred to herself as

2601-420: Was the center of a large munitions industry at the time. The prosperity accompanied a temporary housing shortage in the city, and many of the workers looked to Fairfield to build their homes. The trolley and later the automobile made the countryside accessible to these newly rich members of the middle class, who brought with them new habits, new attitudes, and new modes of dress. The prosperity lasted throughout

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