Boston doesn?t keep track of many property tax breaks

The city has granted some 140 tax breaks for about 600 parcels of land over the past several decades, a Globe review found.

A rendering of the Circle Cinema project shows the senior housing building (front) and hotel.

Brookline approves hotel, senior housing at Circle Cinema site

The $85 million project straddling Brookline and Boston includes a 162-room hotel, 92 units of senior housing, and stores.

Strangers revive girl pulled from pond in Milton

A 7-year-old girl was revived by strangers after being pulled unconscious from Houghton?s Pond Recreation Area in Milton.

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Joan_Vennochi_150px-1283.jpg Say farewell to old Boston

Power shifted from old Boston to new, the day a band of insurgents blocked the Olympic dreams of the city?s elite. It?s about time.

Donald Trump spoke to the media during on the first day of the Women's British Open golf championship on the Turnberry golf course in Turnberry, Scotland, on Thursday.

Trump fires aide over racist online postings

Donald Trump?s presidential campaign fired the aide on Sunday amid accusations of racist writings on Facebook.

Some believe Tom Brady has a compelling argument and a chance to have his suspension vacated; others believe he has no shot.

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

Legal specialists can?t pick winner in Brady lawsuit

Few, if any, experts consider this a slam-dunk case for No. 12.

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The mayor and the governor took to the roads in the bicycle event that raises money for cancer care and research.

Dorothy Fisher has lived across the street from Puddingstone Park, the site of last week?s deadly shooting, for 60 years.

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

Residents cower in a neighborhood beset by violence

Shootings are all too common in one Boston area, even as the city sees an overall drop in homicides.

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

Location, Location, Location

What is it like to live in Holbrook?

Its location south of Boston, proximity to highways, and varied public transportation options ?would interest anyone,? one resident said.

Foxboro, Massachusetts - 8/2/2015 - New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady(R) passes during training camps at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts, August 2, 2015. (Keith Bedford/Globe Staff)

Patriots practice report

Playful Tom Brady-Malcolm Butler smack talk a highlight

Late in the Patriots? fourth day of workouts, cornerback Butler dared Brady to throw his way.

02/21/14: Ft. Myers, FL: Red Sox DH David Ortiz is signing an autograph as team CEO Larry Lucchino is pictured at right. Whether Lucchino and the Red Sox offer something else for Ortiz to sign this spring, namely a contract extension, remains to be seen. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff) section:sports topic:Red Sox Spring Training

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox will miss Larry Lucchino

Lucchino?s style made plenty of enemies, but he was good for the Red Sox.

Boston MA 8/2/15 Boston Red Sox Hanley Rameriz high fives fans after scoring on teammate Mike Napoli's RBI base hit against the Tampa Bay Rays during first inning action at Fenway Park on Sunday August 2, 2015. .(photo by Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff) Topic: Red Sox-Rays Reporter: Peter Abraham

Rays 4, Red Sox 3

Rays rally past Red Sox for win, 4-3

The Red Sox squandered a 3-2 lead in the eighth inning and lost to Tampa Bay.

?Ghostbusters? stars make surprise visit at Tufts children?s hospital

The stars of ?Ghostbusters? ? which is filming around Boston this summer ? visited with patients at the Tufts Floating Hospital for Children.

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Joseph and Anna Trustey, both of Wenham, died Wednesday evening when the plane he was piloting crashed in Milwaukee.

Travis Roy counts being on this deck overlooking Malletts Bay as one of his joys.

Kevin Cullen/Globe Staff

KEVIN CULLEN

Leading a purposeful life, chosen by challenges

Travis Roy has good genes, the passion and idealism of his great-grandfather, the unassuming wisdom of his great-grandmother.

BLOTTER TALES

Weston police rescue owl from clutches of soccer net

The bird is recovering at Tufts Wildlife Clinic in North Grafton, where she?ll do ?a little PT? before taking flight.

Cast iron duck confit crispy rice, corn relish, gochujang ketchup, and a poached egg.

Quick Bite

The Gallows team branches out at Banyan in the South End

Banyan Bar + Refuge, a ?modern Asian gastropub,? takes over the former Hamersley?s Bistro space in the South End.

My First Home

In the basement, a race against the clock

A look at someone else?s life when you?re house-shopping can be a moment of reflection about your own.

The Big Picture

A cyclist crossed a bridge in Christian A. Herter Park on the Charles River.

Lane Turner/Globe Staff

Globe photos of the month: July, 2015

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month including the Fourth of July celebration.

BetaBoston

BetaBoston

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The ?1-Hour Photo? signs have come down outside CVS Pharmacy stores in Boston and throughout the US.

Crux

John L. Allen Jr. | All things Catholic

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/02/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/allen-886.jpg Sainthood cause for victims of anti-Christian pogroms in India stalls

Seeing the martyrs of Kandhamal declared saints is ?my wish and my people?s wish,? said Archbishop John Barwa.