Government watchdogs say fees and delays can dissuade the public from requesting information that should be available.
Former dean was accused of drug talk at school Shaun Harrison, charged with shooting a student, was said to have talked about drug use while working at Boston Green Academy.
The move comes after months of advocacy from bicyclists who have pointed out the dangers of the busy thoroughfare.
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More tickets were issued to shoveling scofflaws this year than in at least any of the past nine years.
With referendum, Bostonians to have say on OlympicsJohn Fish, chairman of Boston 2024, said that the group would be ?putting everything on the line? in seeking the referendum.
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Families and officials across Europe were stunned by the crash of an Airbus A320 in France that left 150 presumed dead.
High school students, opera singers among crash victimsGermanwings said Flight 9525 carried 144 passengers, including two babies, and six crew members.
N.H. man is fourth to die on region?s slopes this winterSean Paradis, 23, was laid to rest this week after suffering fatal injuries at Bretton Woods Ski Resort.
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A transportation nonprofit is conducting the first comprehensive tally of parking spaces in Boston?s major business districts in 17 years.
Jets file tampering charges against PatriotsThe charges seem to be retaliation by the Jets in response to the Patriots? charges in December.
The new player safety rule would allow concussion spotters at each game to contact officials on the field and call for a medical timeout.
Robert Durst owned a store in Middlebury, Vt., where a student shopped before she disappeared in 1971, police said.
Shirley Leung
Webb, a finalist to be the next head of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, says she wants to help write the city?s next chapter.
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In the 8th annual ?Cuts For A Cause,? Bruins players had their hair cut to raise money for charity.
Tsarnaev complained of relatives falsely accused of terrorismIn a letter to UMass Dartmouth officials, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev claimed he was distracted in school by family members being falsely accused in Russia.
KEVIN CULLEN
Outgunned and out of his depthDzhokhar Tsarnaev had a BB gun at the Watertown firefight, yet a month earlier he had been at an N.H. gun range with his brother.
Munch Madness 2015
See which restaurants advanced ? and which were bounced ? before casting your vote in the next round.
Episode 10: Global jihad and the radicalization of TsarnaevThis interactive timeline highlights trial coverage and a podcast featuring Globe columnist Kevin Cullen and WBUR reporter David Boeri.
SCOT LEHIGH
The artifice and artificiality of Ted CruzThe Texas Republican is the kind of candidate who usually falls flat when the campaign moves to New Hampshire.
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The big picture
On Sunday, the coffin of King Richard III made its way to Leicester Cathedral.
At a league-mandated media session Tuesday, the Patriots coach rebuffed his inquisitors.
A cousin of Hernandez testified about a jailhouse conversation she had with him on the Odin Lloyd murder.
The president rejected his younger brother?s requests as Florida governor at a greater rate than the national average.
The White House says the US will keep its current level of 9,800 troops in Afghanistan through the end of 2015.
The average single family tax bill in Massachusetts grew 3.6 percent from the previous fiscal year, according to the state Department of Revenue.
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Stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson will reprise their roles as FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully this summer.
At the Davis Square restaurant, the food is so purely craveable it seems it must contain something illicit and addictive.
ideas
Not even Paul Krugman is a real KeynesianLance Taylor and Duncan Foley of the New School argue that John Maynard Keynes?s insights have yet to go mainstream.
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