Foxborough casino proposal is dealt a setback
Selectmen declared that the town is unwilling to host the resort and that the board will not enter into negotiations with Steve Wynn over terms for having a casino in Foxborough.
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Newt Gingrich hailed Mass. health law in ’06 paper
Now critical of the universal health care law, the GOP presidential candidate called it a potentially path-breaking way to extend coverage to the uninsured in an April 2006 newsletter.
South Hadley paid Prince family $225,000 in settlement
The family of the South Hadley teen who took her life allegedly in response to bullying received $225,000 and in exchange agreed not to sue the girl’s school district.
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Local theaters warming to tweeters who play by rules
Live-performance venues are starting to offer “tweet seats’’ for patrons who feel the need to tweet about what they are seeing, and these sections are gaining a fingerhold in Mass.
City supermarkets shrink to fit
The convergence of major food chains zeroing in on the urban landscape presents a host of challenges, including having to work with less real estate.
WBZ news gets new look as competitors pick up viewers
This month, WBZ-TV (Channel 4) officials unveiled a new $750,000 set, a redesigned logo, and other changes as part of an effort to make the station more distinctive.
G COVER
11 favorite dishes of 2011: the year’s best in Boston and beyond
The year began with a wave of tequila and yuppie tacos as half a dozen new upscale Mexican restaurants appeared on the scene.
“Put simply, a casino would be a permanent stain on the fabric on our town. A casino will not leave Foxborough better off for generations to come.”
Foxborough resident Greg MacKinnon
Inside The Boston Globe
Columnists
Metro
Man gets 5 years in fatal hit-and-run
Colin Ratiu admitted guilt in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Boston following a three-month period in which he married, went on a honeymoon, and betrayed no sign of trouble.
Business
Harvard economist to be nominated to Fed
President Obama will nominate Harvard economist Jeremy Stein and another former Treasury official, Jerome H. ‘‘Jay’’ Powell, to the Federal Reserve Board.
Politics
On candidates, N.H. evangelicals finding little unity
The GOP race is notable for the number of candidates appealing to fundamentalist voters — and the inability of voters to coalesce around any of them.
Nation & World
Syrian army suspends its attacks on protesters
Crowds poured into the streets in the restive city of Homs after the Syrian Army suspended its attacks and Arab League monitors arrived.
Sports
HEat 115, Celtics 107
Celtics come up short against Heat
The Celtics were in a hole in the first half and regrouped in the second, but again couldn’t come out on top.
Food and dining
The French restaurant that inspired Julia Child
La Couronne has played host to many luminaries over the years.
Arts
MUSIC REVIEW
The Roots reign supreme at House of Blues
Though ostensibly promoting the group’s acclaimed Dec. 6 release, “undun,’’ the Roots’ sold-out, one-off show spanned the decades.
Opinion
“Children learn an important lesson when they see adults treat the joy of others as a priority worth spending time, money, and thought on.”
Jeff Jacoby
Ideas
The practice of sending commercially printed cards soon became wildly popular. It reached the United States in 1875…By 1958, the average US family mailed 100 Christmas cards.
Mark Feeney on the history of Christmas cards