Few Republican challengers in races for Legislature

Even as Beacon Hill Democrats weather a patronage scandal, nearly three-quarters of ­incumbents will face no ­Republican opposition this fall.

Romney says US doesn’t need stricter gun laws

Mitt Romney said stricter gun laws could not have stopped the killing of a dozen people by a gunman at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater last week.

Boston schools chief pares plan to extend day by 45 minutes

In an abrupt shift, Superintendent Carol Johnson retreated from a sweeping proposal to add 45 minutes to elementary, middle, and K-8 schools.

Rebecca Inver Moffa of the Rozalia Project steered Hector the Collector, an underwater robot, on Jamaica Pond.

Essdras M Suarez/ Globe Staff

Jamaica Pond trash unearthed by environmental group’s robot

The Vermont-based group unearthed all manner of trash from the bottom of Jamaica Pond, thanks to a remotely operated robot.

Children ages 10 to 12 participated in a mandatory swimming lesson at the Boys & Girls Club in Roxbury.

Tamir Kalifa for The Boston Globe

Mandatory swimming lessons a lifeline in Boston

The Boys & Girls Club of Boston is aggressively combating drowning deaths — especially among black and Hispanic children, who are at a significantly higher risk.

Yvonne Abraham

Future Boston breaks the Menino rule

The group wants to make Boston a little friendlier to its younger residents, but it doesn’t want Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s help. They say he’s part of the problem.

Amanda Palmer said her Kickstarter fund’s success will expand her tour’s ambition.

Fans kickstart Amanda Palmer’s album, tour

The Dresden Dolls singer-songwriter from Lexington is pioneering a new indie music model by raising nearly $1.2 million on Kickstarter.

Dan Shaughnessy

Patriots camp stirs Super Bowl hopes

The Patriots have the longest championship drought in Boston. We are overdue. It’s time for another Super Bowl victory. And it all starts Thursday at Gillette.

Boston Globe ePaper

ePaper

What is an ePaper?

The complete print edition, in its exact layout. Browse the print edition page by page, including stories and ads.

Globe Insiders

Globe e-book

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/07/24/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Images/book_template_BGdotcom-038.jpg Sunday Supper & More

Download 26 recipes for summer, from lemon-chicken kebabs to barbecued drumsticks.

Globe exclusives

A view of the screened porch from inside the Martha’s Vineyard home.

style

Screened and covered porches offer beauty and comfort
Emily Giffin is known for her relationship-themed novels.

Book Review

‘Where We Belong’ by Emily Giffin
Gina Gesamondo, owner of the Blo Blow Dry Bar in the South End.

How to get wavy summer curls
The offices of Back Bay Life Sciences Associates designed by Choi + Shine Architects.

style

Choi + Shine Architects find inspiration everywhere
The state’s push to withdraw funding from the Greenway creates a difficult situation, conservancy officials said.

Greenway conservancy says state funding needed
Software engineer Mike Reed stored his bicycle in a secure cage inside a Kendall Square parking garage.

Car-free commuting push pays off in Kendall Square
Nate Solder is expected to assume the left tackle position vacated after Matt Light’s retirement.

Nate Solder’s work ethic started at home
About 200 people attended the dedication ceremony of Ocean Renewable Power’s tidal generator Tuesday.

In Maine, a US first in tidal energy
British troops joined security preparations at the Olympic beach volleyball venue on Tuesday.

London Olympics push security to new levels
“85” by Mariah Robertson.

Galleries

Galleries around Boston: ‘The Space Between’ and beyond
Roast chicken with a salad of watercress and citrus.

Dining out

New Jamaica Plain restaurant Tonic serves up ambition

Frame by Frame

Smee captivated by ‘Whale and Calf’

Sports

Tags in this section:

Rangers 5, Red Sox 3

Bobby Valentine saw some things Wednesday that made him scratch his head.

Rangers do enough against Beckett, Red Sox

The Rangers, who have scored the most runs in baseball, used a squeeze bunt to score a run against the Red Sox Wednesday night. A wild pitch accounted for another.

Metro

Tags in this section:

Derek Bass was cited for fare evasion by undercover MBTA agents at the Park Street T Station recently.

Law sets $50 fine for T travelers who try to get free ride

Fare evasion accounts for just a small piece of the MBTA’s financial woes but is infuriating to those who pay, as riders made abundantly clear at public hearings.

Columnists

joan vennochi

Real Lives bill would empower people with disabilities

Tech Lab

The smartphone as a spending tool

Dan Shaughnessy

Patriots camp brings thoughts of another Super Bowl

Yvonne Abraham

Future Boston breaks the Menino rule

edward l. glaeser

Bad laws are no cure for outsourcing
Mourners embraced at the memorial built across the street from the theater where the Colorado shootings took place.

opinion | derrick z. jackson

Start the conversation on guns

Jeff Jacoby

The rush to politicize a tragedy

Brian McGrory

Silence no way to fight guns
An employee helps a customer at a gun shop in Fort Worth, Texas.

Opinion | Farah Stockman

Acceptable risk

Joanna Weiss

In dieting study, human guinea pigs carry a lot of weight

Boston Capital

Bank of America still paying for Countrywide
New coach Bill O’Brien’s team is on life support.

Christopher L. Gasper

NCAA did the right thing on Penn State

Business

Tags in this section:

Liberty Wharf’s restaurants have been drawing crowds since the harborside complex opened in South Boston in spring 2011.

Liberty Wharf for sale after quick success

The owner of the Seaport District complex that includes Legal Harborside is putting the property up for sale, seeking to cash in on a surging market for waterfront real estate.

Politics

Barack Obama at the University of Colorado Hospital July 22.

Pro-Obama super PAC finally gains traction with billionaires

Last month was the first that a super PAC supporting the president attracted multiple big-money contributors, records show.

Nation & World

Tags in this section:

Residents assembled a memorial for victims across the street from the movie theater where the shootings took place.

As funerals begin for Colo. shooting victims, details emerge

The former graduate student accused of killing 12 people sent a package to his university before the attack describing a violent assault, multiple news outlets reported Wednesday.

Arts

Tags in this section:

Leon Botstein is pictured leading the American Symphony Orchestra earlier this year.

Bard’s Botstein talks of comic kings, education priorities

Every summer, New Yorkers head up the Hudson River to Bard College and its annual festival at Annandale-on-Hudson.

Style

Laura Watson (left) and Brooke Richard with their first piece, a highboy with a stool.

Richard Watson incorporates modern design, antique sensibility

Brooke Richard and Laura Watson make furniture with attention to craft.

“Every summer, you hear these horrendous stories about kids drowning, and it always tore at my heart.”

Jerry Steimel,  Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston

Magazine

The cover for the July 22 2012 issue

25 best burgers around Boston
The cover for the July 15 2012 issue

12 Bostonians Changing the World
The cover for the July 8 2012 issue

N.Y. vs. Boston: The endgame
The cover for the June 24 2012 issue

A West Falmouth home where sea meets sunset

Opinion

“Getting the bill passed won’t be easy. It requires a commitment to deliver on behalf of Massachusetts citizens who are easily forgotten and often ignored.”

Joan Vennochi 

Ideas

“On the fringes of American politics, on conservative radio, and even on the campaign trail, a whole parallel Obama has emerged over the course of the 2012 race—a shadowy figure who has craftily concealed his ideological extremism and is merely awaiting his second term to unleash it.”

Leon Neyfakh