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Republican congressional hopeful Jon Golnik's bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas got a boost yesterday as former Bay State Gov. Paul Cellucci joined the upstart campaign. Cellucci, a Republican [...]

Byline: MARGERY EAGAN I guess you didn't like it when I called Sarah Palin "a whack job," did you, Argeo Paul Cellucci? Or compared her to Ann-Margret in "Kitten with […]

Byline: HILLARY CHABOT Former Gov. Paul Cellucci yesterday pressed Republican buddy and Harvard Pilgrim CEO Charlie Baker to run for governor in 2010 - just a day after Gov. Deval […]

Byline: HILLARY CHABOT The buzz is growing around the possibility of Mitt Romney landing on the ticket with GOP presidential contender John McCain, and one of the voices backing such […]

Byline: DAVE WEDGE Former Bay State Gov. Paul Cellucci says he's sticking with Rudy Giuliani, despite the former New York mayor's dimming presidential hopes, and he isn't concerned about fallout […]

Byline: DAVE WEDGE While some Italian-Americans are blasting Rudy Giuliani for impersonating Mafia bosses and other wiseguy wisecracking, former Bay State Gov. Paul Cellucci says the ex-New York mayor is […]

Byline: HOWIE CARR They're not making campaign surrogates like they used to - at least this week. Just ask Argeo Paul Cellucci, Jane Swift and Billy Shaheen - a former […]

WITH DAVE WEDGE When the Sen. Larry Craig scandal broke, former Gov. Mitt Romney leaped into action to distance himself from the alleged bathroom toe tapper and stall stalker. Meanwhile, […]

Byline: DAVE WEDGE In a backhanded slap to his fellow ex-governor, Mitt Romney, former Gov. Paul Cellucci has thrown his support behind Rudy Giuliani, joining a growing list of powerful […]

He always liked the ponies. Even when it wasn't so convenient. Former Gov. Paul Cellucci took some heavy political hits during his days on Beacon Hill for being a self-described […]

Byline: SCOTT VAN VOORHIS Longtime Suffolk Downs horse owners and trainers, faced with what could be their last racing season, have an ear out for the sound of hooves from […]

Byline: DAVID R. GUARINO Former Gov. Paul Cellucci plans to step down as U.S. ambassador to Canada early next year, prompting speculation he'll run for Senate if John F. Kerry […]

Byline: HOWIE CARR Whatever happens at the State House over the next couple of days, it's important to keep one fact in perspective. You can't blame just the Democrats for […]

Byline: ELISABETH J. BEARDSLEY From Hudson Town Hall to the State House, political leaders and citizens are mourning the loss of former Gov. Paul Cellucci's father, Argeo R. Cellucci Jr., […]

Byline: Gayle Fee & Laura Raposa with Sean Westmoreland Hollywood he-man Val Kilmer did nothing to diminish his rep as Tinseltown's premier male prima donna during his week of filming […]

Sipping tea, pinky in the air, and discussing the fine points of Canadian lumber subsidy policy is just not Paul Cellucci's style. And, boy, are we grateful for that. The […]

The State Department's ambassador training school apparently was somewhat successful in instilling the niceties of diplomacy in U.S. Ambassador to Canada Paul Cellucci. But thankfully they didn't succeed in beating […]

Byline: JOE BATTENFELD U.S. Ambassador to Canada Paul Cellucci yesterday upbraided the Canadian government for opposing the war against Iraq - widening the diplomatic rift between the neighboring nations. The […]

Chill out, Canadians I am a Canadian living here and read about Canada's criticism of Paul Cellucci and his push for Canada to increase its military commitments ("Cellucci frosts Canada," […]

Many opinion leaders in Canada are getting fed up with the U.S. ambassador, former Massachusetts Gov. Paul Cellucci, according to Herald reporter Andrew Miga's recent look at Cellucci's performance in […]

Byline: Andrew Miga WASHINGTON - U.S. Ambassador to Canada Paul Cellucci has discovered hockey isn't the only contact sport played north of the border - diplomacy runs a pretty close […]

Byline: Joe Battenfeld Gov.-elect Mitt Romney is soliciting corporate and individual donations of up to $25,000 to pay for his inauguration, which aides say is necessary to keep taxpayers from […]

Byline: Steve Marantz Bill Weld is wearing a blue cambric shirt and denims, leaning against a tree, one hand on a hip and the other hooked into his belt. Paul […]

Political leaders paid splendid tribute to Ted Williams yesterday, remembering him as an American hero in war and peace. Williams' legend as a fighter pilot and Hall of Fame slugger […]

State Democratic officials are taking the unusual step of investigating whether one of their own is guilty of the political equivalent of treason: supporting a Republican. Democratic Party chairman Phil […]

Mitt Romney's refusal to sign a no-new-tax pledge aside, there's one promise he surely should make - early, often, loudly and even in writing: That he'll serve a full four-year […]

Bill Weld's fortune was Jane Swift's misfortune - a political era that began in the recession of 1990 is ending in the recession of 2002. Between those two Republican governors […]

Federal prosecutors blocked the firing of a top state official yesterday for padding her expenses by up to $9,000 because she is a witness in the ongoing Teamsters racketeering probe, […]

In the afterglow of the Super Bowl, we're entranced with teamwork. Independence is out; cooperation is in. That may make sense on the playing field. Politics is different. A few […]

State Democratic officials, taking a hard line against perceived turncoats, are weighing whether to ban two elected officials as convention delegates because they backed Republicans. Standing accused before the party […]

A decade of cozy ties with Bay State governors will come to an abrupt end Tuesday for indicted Teamsters boss George W. Cashman, who traded union muscle for the inner […]

Distancing herself from a crony both she and her two previous GOP predecessors had backed, acting Gov. Jane M. Swift yesterday vowed to quickly boot indicted union boss George W. […]

The troubles that Teamsters boss George Cashman and his union cronies have been running from may have caught up with them yesterday, but not before there were alleged outbursts of […]

Canadian authorities considered tough criminal charges in the bus crash that killed four Newton children last year but decided not to pursue them because there was little chance of convicting […]

Christy Mihos knows what it means to ignore his oath of office and disregard his fiduciary responsibility as a Turnpike Authority board member. He confessed to just that about 18 […]

Embattled Turnpike Authority board members Christy Mihos and Jordan Levy were almost axed two years ago in the same bloodbath that claimed Big Dig czar Jim Kerasiotes, but were allowed […]

Symbolism, truth telling, personal and political courage, belonging to something bigger than ourselves - all these things, we tell ourselves at least, mean more in our world today. It's why […]

Acting Gov. Jane Swift must have some weird kind of phone phobia. Why else would she keep refusing to make calls that might have saved her from making some political […]

Virginia Buckingham's rise from low level staffer to the inner circles of two governors had pundits predicting that she could be gubernatorial timber herself - until Sept. 11. 1987 - […]

Newton parents outraged by the minor motor vehicle charge issued by Canadian officials against a tour bus driver who crashed, killing four middle-school students, are preparing to bring a formal […]

WASHINGTON - Former Gov. Paul Cellucci defended embattled Massport chief Virginia Buckingham yesterday, contending that the security lapses plaguing Logan airport are due to "systemic" problems nationwide rather than Buckingham's […]

A slew of politically wired Massport staffers are slated to get pink slips today, sacrificed in a $5 million cost-cutting scheme to keep Logan International Airport afloat after the Sept. […]

Generous raises were doled out to Massport executives just weeks before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, swelling the ranks of six-figure earners to more than 40 at the cash-strapped airport […]

Former Gov. Paul Cellucci yesterday defended his former bodyguard Anthony Dichio as the right choice for new U.S. Marshal, challenging critics who argue war time is the wrong time to […]

The politically wired board that oversees Logan International Airport could be an early target of shakeups after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Swift administration sources said yesterday. The seven-member Massachusetts […]

We are woefully short one Rudy Giuliani around these parts. We have Tom Menino, whose previous public safety priority was assigning a security guard to the City Hall Plaza restroom, […]

Tom Birmingham is safely back in his fireplaced State House office with its stained glass windows and imported English carpet, thinking gubernatorial strategy. It's really quite simple: Even though you […]

THE BUZZ; Cellucci shoots mouth, scores U.S. Ambassador Paul Cellucci recently won his first significant victory in the arena of Canadian diplomacy. The former Bay State governor criticized Canada in […]

Allowing former Gov. Paul Cellucci's father free state office space for personal use shows "abysmal judgment" by acting Gov. Jane Swift, one of her potential gubernatorial rivals charged yesterday. Turning […]

Acting Gov. Jane Swift said yesterday she will allow the father of former Gov. Paul Cellucci to keep a free state office even though she found the arrangement "unusual." The […]