Bite Size News, January 1: 2010 Edition

Image by EandJsFilmCrew from photos tagged “Bostonist” on Flickr . The city of Newton inaugurated Setti Warren as Mayor on Friday. Warren is the first black man to be elected mayor in Massachusetts. [ WCVB ] Approximately 600 swimmers plunged into South Boston’s frigid waters today for the L Street Brownies annual New Year’s Day swim. [ Boston Herald ] In life, Roger DiPesa of Revere was known as The Homeless Guy. Since his death on Christmas Eve, thousands of people have honored him on a Facebook page dedicated to his memory. [ Boston Herald ] Matt

Dunne is a candidate for governor of Vermont and the head of community affairs for Google. [ Forbes ] No new year can begin without asinine predictions from a media personality who isn’t as funny as he thinks he is. [ MyFoxBoston.com ] Mayor Thomas M. Menino wants to stop Yemeni tankers from delivering liquefied natural gas into Boston Harbor. [ Boston Globe ] Martha Coakley is raising a lot of money for the special election campaign. [ Boston Globe ]

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Bite Size News, January 1: 2010 Edition