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ROUNDUP

TENNIS

Form held in the USTA High School State Boys Tennis Championships as the top four seeds advanced to Monday’s semifinals. Top-seed Lochlan Seth of Newton North defeated Dillon Denny-Brown of Bedford and eighth-seeded Max Ding of Weston, conceding just three games in the two wins. Seth will face third-seeded Tim Vargas of Duxbury, who beat Charles Schepens of Swampscott and sixth-seeded Declan Power of Concord-Carlisle in straight sets.

On the other side of the bracket, No. 4 Connor Liona of Westford Academy easily handled Winston Chan of Brookline and Jay Raj of Melrose in two sets. He will meet second-seeded John Dickens of Milton, who survived a 10-8 super tiebreaker against No. 14 Lachlan McCaghren of Lincoln-Sudbury to reach the quarterfinals, where he had an easier time with fifth-seeded John DeAngelis of St. John’s Prep, 6-4, 6-1.

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On the girls side, No. 1 Kyra McCandless of Lexington defeated a pair of seeded players, including her sister Mia, to advance to the semifinals. She will face Grace Zhang of Natick who survived a 10-8 third-set super tiebreaker against Suzanne Pogorelec of Winsor in the Round of 16. In the bottom half of the draw, No. 4 Maya Muhunthan of Acton-Boxboro and second-seeded Bella Gopen of Wellesley each won a pair of matches to advance to Monday’s semifinal.

BASEBALL

Greyson Baldizar went 2-for-3 and drove in three runs as Seekonk edged Somerset Berkley 4-3 in the South Coast Conference.

Tyler Nelson earned his sixth win of the season and EJ Lavalle drove in four runs as Arlington Catholic handled Cardinal Spellman 10-3 in the Catholic Central League.

William Shaheen and Christian Rosa each drove in a pair of runs as St. John’s Prep coasted to an 8-2 nonleague win over Central Catholic.

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Brendan Loewen drove in four runs as Georgetown (19-2) won the Bert Spofford Tournament for the first time since 2009, defeating Newburyport, 10-8. The 19 wins this season is also a new school record. … Jack Zimmerman struck out 13 and Nate Cutone drove in a pair of runs as St. Mary’s captured the Mullins Tournament with a 10-4 win over Lynn English. … Ben Workman earned his fourth shutout of the season as Andover blanked Wakefield 10-0 in the finals of the Geanoulis Tournament.

SOFTBALL

Lizzy Bettencourt hit a pair of home runs as Peabody rolled to a 15-3 win over Masconomet in the Northeastern Conference.

Emma Penniman had a three-run homer in the first and picked up the win as Triton (16-4) defeated Wilmington 6-2 in a nonleague contest.

SCORES

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BASEBALL

Arlington Catholic 10, Cardinal Spellman 3

Greater Lowell 10, Greater Lawrence 0

Medford 6, Newton South 5

New Bedford 7, Apponequet 1

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St. John’s Prep 8, Central Catholic 2

Seekonk 4, Somerset Berkley 3

JIMMY GEANOULIS TOURNAMENT

Ch: Andover 10, Wakefield 0

MULLINS TOURNAMENT

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Ch: St. Mary’s 10, Lynn English 4

SPOFFORD TOURNAMENT

Ch: Georgetown 10. Newburyport 8

GIRLS LACROSSE

Stoneham 17, Gloucester 5

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SOFTBALL

Marshfield 14, Cohasset 0

Peabody 15, Masconomet 3

Triton 6, Wilmington 2

BOYS TENNIS

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MIAA STATEWIDE TOURNAMENT

DIVISION 1

PRELIMINARY ROUND – Tuesday

Haverhill at Braintree, 4

Lynn English at Wachusett, 4

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PRELIMINARY ROUND – Wednesday

Chelmsford at Central Catholic, 4

Durfee at Malden, 4

FIRST ROUND – Tuesday

Cambridge at Needham, 3:15

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FIRST ROUND – Wednesday

Central Catholic at Wellesley, 4

Framingham at St. John’s, 4

Newton South at Shrewsbury, 4

FIRST ROUND – Thursday

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North Andover vs. Westford, 3 (Robinson School)

FIRST ROUND – TBA

Attleboro at Arlington

Barnstable at BC High

Bishop Feehan at Andover

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Boston Latin at Winchester

Braintree/Haverhill at Concord-Carlisle

Chelmsford/Catholic Memorial at St. John’s Prep

Franklin at Brookline

Lincoln-Sudbury at Acton-Boxboro

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Malden/Durfee at Newton North

Wachusett/Lynn English at Lexington

Xaverian at Belmont

DIVISION 2

PRELIMINARY ROUND – Tuesday

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Whitman-Hanson at Algonquin, 4

PRELIMINARY ROUND – Wednesday

Billerica vs. Somerville, 4:30 (Tufts)

FIRST ROUND – Tuesday

Worcester South at Walpole, 4:15

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FIRST ROUND – Wednesday

Amherst-Pelham at Hingham, 4:30

FIRST ROUND – Thursday

Masconomet vs. Scituate, 4 (Gates School)

Reading at Marblehead, 5

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FIRST ROUND – TBA

Dartmouth at Milton

Grafton at North Quincy

Melrose at Mansfield

Minnechaug at Duxbury

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North Attleboro at Burlington

Oliver Ames at Northampton

Plymouth North at Longmeadow

Plymouth South at Somerset Berkley

Shepherd Hill at Hopkinton

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Somerville/Billerica at Sharon

Westwood at Wayland

Whitman-Hanson/Algonquin at Westborough

DIVISION 3

PRELIMINARY ROUND – Wednesday

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Auburn at Watertown, 4

Groton-Dunstable at Pentucket, 4

Lowell Catholic at Maimonides, 4

Lynn Classical at Whitinsville Christian, 4

Norwell at Falmouth, 4

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FIRST ROUND – Wednesday

Norton at Gloucester, 1

Medway at Pioneer Valley Christian, 4

FIRST ROUND – Thursday

Dighton-Rehoboth vs. Medfield, 3 (Metacomet Park)

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FIRST ROUND – TBA

Belchertown at Old Rochester

Cape Cod Academy at North Reading

Dedham at Newburyport

East Longmeadow at Wilmington

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Falmouth/Norwell at Bedford

Foxboro at Pope Francis

Groton-Dunstable/Pentucket at Weston

Hanover at Dover-Sherborn

Latin Academy at Marlboro

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Lowell Catholic/Maimonides at Martha’s Vineyard

Lynn Classical/Whitinsville Christian at Apponequet

Nauset at Wakefield

Watertown/Auburn at Swampscott

DIVISION 4

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PRELIMINARY ROUND – Wednesday

Mashpee at Turners Falls, 4:30

FIRST ROUND – Tuesday

Monument Mountain at Sutton, 4

FIRST ROUND – Wednesday

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Rockport vs. Monomoy, 3 (Brooks Park)

Hampden Charter at Ipswich, 3:30

Stoneham vs. Hamilton-Wenham, 4:30 (Pingree)

FIRST ROUND – Thursday

Nantucket at Frontier, 1

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West Bridgewater vs. PV Chinese, 3 (Hampshire)

FIRST ROUND – Friday

Mt. Greylock vs. Lenox, 4:30 (Lenox CC)

FIRST ROUND – TBA

Amesbury at Fairhaven

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Hopedale at Bromfield

Leicester at Littleton

Mashpee/Turners Falls at Lynnfield

Mt. Everett at Lee

Quaboag at Cohasset

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Seekonk at Sturgis West

Springfield International at Manchester-Essex

Westport at Mystic Valley

USTA High School State Tennis Championships at Wayland

Third Round

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Lochlan Seth (Newton North) (1) def. Dillon Denny-Brown (Bedford), 6-1, 6-1

Max Ding (Weston) (8) def. Charlie Lankow (Cohasset), 6-3, 6-3

Tim Vargas (Duxbury) (3) def. Charles Schepens (Swampscott), 6-3. 6-0

Declan Power (Concord-Carlisle) (6) def. Krish Gupta (Shrewsbury), 6-2, 6-0

Jay Raj (Melrose) def. Jack Prokopis (St. John’s Prep), 7-5, 6-0

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Connor Liona (Westford Academy) (4) def. Winston Chan (Brookline), 6-1, 6-2

John DeAngelis (St. John’s Prep) (5) def. Luke Free (St. John’s Prep) (12), 7-5, 6-2

John Dickens (Milton) (2) def. Lachlan McCaghren (Lincoln-Sudbury) (14), 6-4, 4-6, 10-8

Quarterfinals

Seth def. Ding, 6-0, 6-1

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Vargas def. Power, 6-1, 6-2

Liona def. Raj, 6-1, 6-2

Dickens def. DeAngelis, 6-4, 6-1

GIRLS TENNIS

MIAA STATEWIDE TOURNAMENT

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DIVISION 1

PRELIMINARY ROUND – Tuesday

Diman at Hopkinton, 4

Medford at Taunton, 4

PRELIMINARY ROUND – Wednesday

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Bridgewater-Raynham at Cambridge, 4

Durfee at Franklin, 4

Everett at Central Catholic, 4

Haverhill at Natick, 4

King Philip vs. Wachusett, 4 (Marlboro)

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Revere vs. Malden, 4 (Amerige Park)

PRELIMINARY ROUND – Thursday

Peabody at North Andover, 4

FIRST ROUND – Wednesday

Algonquin at Needham, 3:15

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Shrewsbury at Bishop Feehan, 3:30

Waltham at Newton North, 3:45

Plymouth North at Arlington, 4

FIRST ROUND – Friday

Braintree at Andover, 4

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FIRST ROUND – TBA

Beverly at Lincoln-Sudbury

Bridgewater-Raynham/Cambridge at Lexington

Central Catholic/Everett at Concord-Carlisle

Franklin/Durfee at Belmont

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Hopkinton/Diman at Acton-Boxboro

Malden/Revere at Winchester

Methuen at Brookline

Natick/Haverhill at Newton South

North Andover/Peabody at Boston Latin

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Taunton/Medford at Westford Academy

Wachusett/King Philip at Wellesley

DIVISION 2

PRELIMINARY ROUND – Tuesday

West Springfield at East Longmeadow, 3

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Shepherd Hill at Nashoba, 4

PRELIMINARY ROUND – Wednesday

Somerville at South, 2:30

Archbishop Williams vs. North Quincy, 4 (Bishop Field TC)

Chicopee Comp. at Walpole, 4

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Leominster at Dartmouth, 4

PRELIMINARY ROUND – Thursday

Worcester North vs. Reading, 4 (Reading TC)

FIRST ROUND – Wednesday

Bedford vs. Scituate, 3 (Gates School)

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FIRST ROUND – Thursday

Melrose at Marblehead, 2:30

Wakefield at North Attleboro, 3:45

Amherst-Pelham at Sharon, 4

FIRST ROUND – Friday

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Ludlow at Minnechaug, 5

FIRST ROUND – TBA

Dartmouth/Leominster at Duxbury

East Longmeadow/West Springfield at Notre Dame (Hingham)

Holliston at Burlington

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Middleboro at Ursuline

Nashoba/Shepherd Hill at Masconomet

Northampton at Milton

North Quincy/Archbishop Williams at Westborough

Reading/North at Wayland

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South/Somerville at Longmeadow

Walpole/Chicopee Comp. at Hingham

Westwood at Bishop Stang

DIVISION 3

PRELIMINARY ROUND – Wednesday

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Tantasqua at Auburn, 2:30

Hudson at Triton, 4

Lowell Catholic at Foxboro, 4

Whitinsville Christian at Nauset, 4

FIRST ROUND – Wednesday

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Tewksbury at Hanover, 3:25

Groton-Dunstable at Dennis-Yarmouth, 4

Martha’s Vineyard at Danvers, 4

FIRST ROUND – Friday

Fairhaven at Medfield, 2 (Metacomet Park)

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FIRST ROUND – TBA

Apponequet at Cape Cod Academy

Auburn/Tantasqua at Pembroke

Falmouth at Norwell

Foxboro/Lowell Catholic at Weston

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Medway at Old Rochester

Notre Dame (Worcester) at Dover-Sherborn

Pentucket at Belchertown

St. Mary’s (Westfield) at Watertown

Swampscott at Latin Academy

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Triton/Hudson at Wilmington

Wareham at North Reading

Whitinsville Christian/Nauset at Newburyport

DIVISION 4

PRELIMINARY ROUND – Wednesday

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Mohawk Trail at Case, 4

Greenfield at Winthrop, 4

PRELIMINARY ROUND – Thursday

Hamden East at PV Chinese Immersion, 3

FIRST ROUND – Wednesday

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Abington at Lenox, 2:30

Leicester at Palmer, 3:30

Mashpee vs. Millis, 4 (Medway)

Randolph vs. Quabbin, 4 (Gardner)

Rockport vs. Monomoy, 5:30 (Brooks Park)

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FIRST ROUND – Thursday

AMSA at Sutton, 3:30

Bourne at Ipswich, 4

FIRST ROUND – Friday

Hamden East/PVCI vs. Hamilton-Wenham, 4:30 (Pingree)

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FIRST ROUND – TBA

Amesbury at Cohasset

South Hadley at Hopedale

Lee at Mt. Greylock

Tyngsboro at Nantucket

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Case/Mohawk Trail at Manchester-Essex

Winthrop/Greenfield at Lynnfield

Sturgis East at Quabbin

Clinton at Bromfield

USTA High School State Tennis Championships at Wayland

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Third Round

Kyra McCandless (Lexington) (1) def. Kiera Delima (Framingham) (12), 6-1, 6-3

Mia McCandless (Lexington) (10) def. Halina Nguyen (Boston Latin) (7), 7-5, 7-6 (7-5)

Suzanne Pogorelec (Winsor) (3) def. Olivia Gilbert (Marshfield) (14), 6-4, 6-4

Grace Zhang (Natick) (8) def. Kimberly Tai (Wellesley) (9), 6-3, 6-2

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Julia Bae (Chestnut Hill) (6) def. Ananya Rao (Acton-Boxboro), 6-3, 6-2.

Maya Muhunthan (Acton-Boxboro) (4) def. Vanessa Vu (Boston Latin) (11), 6-3, 7-5

Phoebe Xiaoyao Jiang (Lexington) (5) def. Nicole Makarewicz (Pembroke) (15), 6-1, 6-2

Bella Gopen (Wellesley) (2) def. Emma Jani (Hamilton-Wenham) (13), 6-3, 6-1

Quarterfinals

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K. McCandless def. M. McCandless, 6-1, 6-0

Zhang def. Pogorelec, 1-6, 6-4, 10-8

Muhunthan def. Bae, 7-6 (7-2), 6-1

Gopen def. Jiang, 6-2, 7-5

 

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Charlotte plays Boston on 5-game win streak

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Charlotte Hornets (31-31, ninth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Boston Celtics (41-20, second in the Eastern Conference)

Boston; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Celtics -6.5; over/under is 214.5

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BOTTOM LINE: Charlotte is looking to keep its five-game win streak alive when the Hornets take on Boston.

The Celtics are 27-13 against Eastern Conference opponents. Boston is sixth in the NBA with 46.2 rebounds led by Nikola Vucevic averaging 8.8.

The Hornets are 19-21 in conference matchups. Charlotte is 7-8 when it turns the ball over less than its opponents and averages 15.0 turnovers per game.

The Celtics average 15.5 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.7 more made shots on average than the 12.8 per game the Hornets allow. The Hornets average 16.0 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.1 more made shots on average than the 13.9 per game the Celtics allow.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jaylen Brown is averaging 29 points, 7.1 rebounds and five assists for the Celtics. Payton Pritchard is averaging 17 points and 5.8 assists over the past 10 games.

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Kon Knueppel is averaging 19.2 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists for the Hornets. Brandon Miller is averaging 22.7 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.6 assists over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Celtics: 8-2, averaging 109.4 points, 50.7 rebounds, 27.1 assists, 6.1 steals and 6.4 blocks per game while shooting 45.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 98.5 points per game.

Hornets: 7-3, averaging 117.3 points, 47.8 rebounds, 27.4 assists, 8.5 steals and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 45.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 106.2 points.

INJURIES: Celtics: Jayson Tatum: out (achilles), Neemias Queta: day to day (rest).

Hornets: Coby White: day to day (injury management).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.



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First Alert: Mix of snow and rain today, then looking ahead to warmer weather

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Today is a First Alert weather day. A system to our south is pushing mix of snow and rain into southern New England through this evening and tonight. 

For us here in Greater Boston, expect snow to continue spreading over our area through the afternoon/evening commute. In fact, parts our area could see up to 1 to 2 inches of snow accumulation before the sleet and rain move in.

Much of Greater Boston will likely see snow amounts on the lower end. Higher snow amounts are expected toward southern New Hampshire and along and north of outer Route 2. Also, some ice accumulations are possible, up to a tenth of an inch, creating a thin glaze here and there.

Dozens of schools in Connecticut and Massachusetts have already announced early dismissals as a result of the storm.

While this system won’t cripple our area, conditions could still create a mess on the roads during the evening commute through tonight. Be careful while driving. A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect for parts of our area through early Wednesday morning. High temperatures will be in the mid to upper 30s today. Overnight lows will drop into the low 30s.

We’ll wake up to patchy fog Wednesday morning before the sun returns. High temperatures will be in the upper 40s. We’ll stay in the 40s on Thursday with increasing clouds. But by late Thursday night into Friday, wet weather returns. Some snow could mix with the rain into Friday morning. Highs will be in the upper 30s Friday.

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Warmer weather is expected this weekend. Highs will be in the 50s Saturday and possibly near 60 on Sunday.



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Boston police officials dominate the list of highest-paid city workers in 2025 – The Boston Globe

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That was more than what every other city department spent on overtime combined, though it was a slight drop from the $103 million the police department spent on overtime in 2024.

High overtime spending inside the police department has long been controversial and a source of frustration for police-reform advocates. Last year’s nine-figure total comes as Mayor Michelle Wu warns of a challenging budget season to come for the city, which is grappling with inflation and the possibility of more federal funding cuts.

In a December letter, Wu told the city council that she instructed city department heads to find ways to cut 2 percent of their budgets in the next fiscal year. She also imposed a delay on new hires. Boston Public Schools Superintendent Mary Skipper has also proposed cutting somewhere between 300 and 400 positions next fiscal year due to budget constraints.

Overall, the city spent about $2.5 billion on employee salaries in 2025, up around 1.5 percent from $2.4 billion in 2024. The city employs roughly 21,000 workers, according to a public dashboard.

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In a statement, Emma Pettit, a spokesperson for Wu’s office, attributed the payroll increase to raises, and in some cases, employees receiving retroactive pay, that were part of contracts the city negotiated with its various labor unions.

“We’re grateful to our city employees for their hard work to hold Boston to the highest standard for delivering city services,” Pettit said.

When Wu won her first mayoral race in November 2021, all of the city’s 44 union contracts had expired. Since then, Wu’s office has negotiated new agreements with all of them, and last year, agreed to a one-year contract extension with the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, the city’s largest police union.

But as the city heads back to the bargaining table to negotiate extensions or new contracts with others, city leaders should keep cost at the forefront of those conversations, said Steve Poftak, president of the Boston Municipal Research Bureau, a business-backed budget watchdog group.

“As budgets tighten, I’m hopeful that it increases the scrutiny on these collective bargaining agreements,” Poftak said.

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The top earner on the city’s payroll last year was Boston Police Captain Timothy Connolly. In addition to his $194,000 base salary, Connolly took home nearly $230,000 in overtime, about $26,000 in undefined “other pay,” and roughly $49,000 as part of a higher-education bonus, for a total of $498,145 in compensation.

Skipper, as BPS superintendent, was the 55th-highest earner among city workers, coming behind 54 members of the police department. She made a total of $378,000 in 2025.

Nearly 300 city employees made more than $300,000 last year. In contrast, Wu made $207,000, though her salary increased to $250,000 this year. More than 1,700 city employees made more than the mayor in 2025.

Larry Calderone, president of the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, argued that the high overtime costs in the police department are, in part, a result of understaffing.

The department is short roughly 400 rank-and-file police officers, Calderone said, meaning the department has to pay its staff to work overtime and fill vacant shifts. The average salary for an officer in the BPPA is roughly $195,000, Calderone said.

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With several large events approaching, including a Boston-based fan fest around this summer’s World Cup matches and the return of a fleet of tall ships to Boston Harbor, Calderone said most of the members of his union are likely to be working the maximum allowable 90 hours a week.

“We just don’t have the bodies on the street,” he said.

The Boston Police Department and the Boston Police Superior Officers Federation — the union that represents the department’s sergeants, captains, and lieutenants — did not immediately return requests for comment Monday.

Jamarhl Crawford, an activist and former member of the Boston Police Reform Task Force, said while high spending on overtime is not new for the police department, it’s a pressing problem the city should tackle.

The police and fire departments are “essential components of the city and society in general … [and] folks should be getting a fair wage. But it also has to be within fiscal responsibility,” Crawford said.

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“In another 10 years,” he continued, “with pensions and everything else, this type of thing can bankrupt the city.”


Niki Griswold can be reached at niki.griswold@globe.com. Follow her @nikigriswold. Yoohyun Jung can be reached at y.jung@globe.com.





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