Special report
It is a portrait of the gangster as a grumpy old man, hunkered down in a Santa Monica flat with his girlfriend. Neighbors liked them, but no one got close — or, rather, almost no one. And that was their undoing.
The tipster
Anna Bjornsdottir called the FBI from her native Iceland on June 21, to report that the fugitive gangster and his girlfriend could be found in California, 4,300 miles away.
HOW THEY LIVED
According to property records, James “Whitey’’ Bulger and Catherine Greig moved into their two-bedroom unit in April 1998 - paying just $863 a month.
The alias
James William Lawlor was a loner, the perfect mark for a gangster looking for another identity. An Army veteran who struggled with alcoholism, he lived alone in a cheap hotel, four miles from James “Whitey’’ Bulger, who paid his rent in exchange for using Lawlor’s identity.
Globe reporters traveled repeatedly to California and Iceland to talk to as many people as possible who knew “Whitey’’ Bulger during the 13 years that he lived in Santa Monica.
Since the ban took effect on Sept. 30, 2010, police have been writing one texting ticket for every 200 speeding tickets, making it essentially an honor system.
Globe Magazine
The trail of exploding special education costs reveals that more students than ever are going to need help. Here’s how the state’s public schools are getting ready.
Boston broke a 69-year-old temperature record Sunday as the thermometer peaked at 87 degrees.
“He said, ‘I used to like weapons and I used to fight.’ I just thought that was because he was in the military.”
Enrique Sanchez, maintenance supervisor of Bulger’s building
Patrolman Andrew B. Cuneo’s family and city dignitaries gathered to honor the first Italian-born Boston police officer and the first Italian-born officer killed in the line of duty.
Reacting quickly to customer demand is nothing new to Dorice Dionne, who founded iParty with her husband, Sal Perisano, a decade ago.
The group now includes 12 Republicans and eight Democrats. Their votes say something about being a legislator in a Congress that reaches agreement only when a catastrophe looms.
Afghan-Americans who returned to their native land after the Sept. 11 attacks see a decade of mistakes, missed opportunities, and miscalculations.
Patriots rookie running back Stevan Ridley, coming off a breakout game against the Raiders, never let doubters get to him.
Writer and Austin resident Doug Warren give us an itinerary for a three-day visit to his city.
A dog’s life: This is an elegantly written and moving chronicle of an unlikely star and TV’s formative years.
Wild Flag sold out the Brighton Music Hall in March, and the band graduates to the roomier Paradise on Friday.
“Like Lester Maddox’s axe handle, the political race card ought to be by now nothing but an ugly memory.”
Jeff Jacoby
“As engineers, city planners, and ‘road ecologists’ are realizing, we do need roads. We just need better ones.”
Courtney Humphries, on roads of the future
