Cambridge City Councilor Paul Toner was back inside city hall Monday, facing his colleagues and neighbors for the first time since he was publicly accused of paying for sex at a high-end brothel. "First I am ashamed to have my name associated with this case.

Cambridge City Councilor and former president of the state’s teachers union Paul Toner said he was ashamed of his ensnarement in a massive brothel scandal and the charges pending before him for

The elephant in the room was addressed right off the top at Monday night’s city council meeting in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Cambridge City Councilor Paul Toner was named last week as one of the alleged clients of a high-end brothel run out of luxury apartments in Cambridge and Watertown.