Residents try to brace for several days of snow

Locals are readying for another round of snowfall while still contending with the wintry detritus from previous storms.

Kevin Cullen

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Home-care professionals just get on with it, because neither they nor the people they help have the luxury of just riding out the storm.

Ricardo Hernandez removed snow from the sidewalk along Boylston Street in Boston this past week. Another storm on tap could leave Mass. with up to two feet of snow by Tuesday.

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Two feet of snow could hit region by early Tuesday

Mass. could see 6 to 12 inches by Sunday, but the hammer is expected to drop early Monday, forecasters said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Advance/Images/wiggs_Home_l250557.jpg A call to cull homes threatened by the sea

A growing movement is underway to level the homes that cost taxpayers the most to keep dry.

Yvonne Abraham

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Addicted students need more places to turn like William J. Ostiguy High School in downtown Boston.

Hyperlite Mountain Gear, where Deena Presby of Saco is a stitcher, and other businesses are helping keep the city?s textile tradition alive.

Biddeford?s mills at center of downtown revival

The town?s mill district now houses an array of startups and small businesses.

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Williams said he is temporarily stepping away amid questions about his memories of war coverage in Iraq.

Boston?s bid for 2024 Olympics

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A Globe analysis suggests a Boston Summer Games would cost $9 billion to $10 billion to build, operate and keep safe.

on the olympics

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If the past indeed is prologue, the IOC could well go for Doha, the capital of oil-drenched Qatar and past candidate.

Josh Pietrantonio said he and James ?Whitey? Bulger became good friends after the gangster strolled into the prison?s art department and admired his work. Bulger penned the signature aboveon another of Pietrantonio?s paintings.
Inmate Josh Pietrantonio said James ?Whitey? Bulger signed his portrait of Marilyn Monroe as a joke.

Even in prison, ?Whitey? Bulger is pushing boundaries

Basking in his perverse celebrity behind bars, the ancient hoodlum has been busy getting himself and others in trouble.

Gerald Voecks (left), Michael Hecht (second from left), and Jeff Hoffman (right) are working on technology to turn carbon dioxide into oxygen on Mars.

Elder scientists work to send humans to Mars

A group of retiree-aged space pros is building an early version of a technology that could enable the next generation to breathe on Mars.

Professor Ewa Lajer-Burcharth did not need her university role  to utilize the Art Study Center at the Harvard Art Museums.

Art Study Center at Harvard allows close-up access to genius

It is hard not to be spellbound by the experience of being in close, unharried proximity to great works of art, made available especially for you.

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Snow blower vs. shovel: Can we declare a winner?

How the tools compare on price, pollution, and chance they?ll land you in the ER.

Perspective

Why I have white friends

Now more than ever, as Black Lives Matter protests rage on, we need social networks filled with people who don?t look like us.

John L. Allen Jr. | all things catholic

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/08/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/John_Allen-665.png Panel members who survived abuse could shame pope to act

Plus: Why Democrats should retreat on contraception mandates, an Italian boost for the Catholic left, and the pope to Congress.

The Kingston Collection (formerly the Independence Mall) is undergoing a transformation aimed at making it a more popular family destination. Included are plans for a kiddie park  (top photo), more restaurants, and a host of new activities.

Reimagining the Kingston mall

The former Independence Mall is taking a new direction ? think go-carts, bowling, live music, and lots of food and booze.

Tom Brady has been to six Super Bowls and won three Super Bowl MVPs and two regular-season MVPs.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Is Tom Brady the best athlete in Boston history?

Brady combines individual brilliance, statistical accomplishment, championship credentials, and pop culture panache.

Opinion

You react: The tsarnaev trial

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Results of a poll sponsored by Globe Opinion show that the Marathon attacks influenced notions of justice and safety. How will this affect the trial?

The Big Picture

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Globe photos of the month for January

A look at just some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month.