Group effort helps city tackle homelessness
Dina Rudick/Globe Staff
The city is ramping up efforts to help as the problem has become more prevalent in upscale and touristy neighborhoods.
HUBweek 2015
HUBweek forum taps stars across disciplines for talk
The week-long ideas festival?s marquee event, which included Yo-Yo Ma and Arianna Huffington, was a philosophical think-off.
State?s shrinking rainy day fund sparks concern
Despite an economy on the upswing, leaders have been taking money out of the state?s savings account to paper over budget holes.
Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
Parking garage operator takes on high-tech upstart
Instead of catering to a valet startup, a Boston businessman invested in an app company to fend off the threat.
Stat
Consulates open doors to Hub?s startup expertise
As the innovation economy has taken off, many countries are trying to tap into the Boston area?s biotech prestige.
Medical group says it will depart Afghan city
Doctors Without Borders said it would leave the Afghan city of Kunduz after an airstrike that killed 22.
Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff/File
Patrick Kennedy defends book about family?s problems
Kennedy?s remarks came after his brother, Ted Kennedy Jr., said the new book is an ?inaccurate and unfair portrayal of our family.?
Don Orsillo signs off final broadcast with message for fans
In his final broadcast, the popular Red Sox announcer thanked fans for their outpouring of support.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
If Red Sox start slowly in 2016, there could be trouble
The Sox have unintentionally created a potential combustible dugout situation as they prepare for 2016.
Travel
A city that has all Vermont?s best to offer
Whether you?re looking to shop, cycle, snack or sip, tap into the sweetness of Burlington.
Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff
Names
Dropkick Murphys close down the Beachcomber
The local stars sent off the Quincy establishment with a rousing bash this weekend.
Carly Fiorina attends Scott Brown house party in N.H.
Fiorina is the third presidential candidate Brown has hosted so far, following visits by John Kasich and Chris Christie.
N.H. police seize seven guns from apartment of naked man
Police said they also found 10,000 rounds of ammunition in the apartment of a naked man who had fired into the walls.
Rob Gronkowski is more than a fun-loving goof
Gronkowski wouldn?t be such a dominant football player if he were as dense as he tries to portray himself.
Fall has fallen behind, but tourists, inns will benefit
One of the warmest Septembers on record has delayed New England?s spectacular riot of fall colors ? but the show must go on.
?Jordan,? a film by Katie RussellGround Game
Evaluating campaign money reports gets more complicated
Just combining a candidate?s account and the candidate?s super PAC might not be the best way of doing things.
The Big Picture
Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
Globe photos of the month
Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers in September.
BetaBoston
BetaBoston | Innovation Economy
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Insight is failure?s silver lining
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Insight is failure?s silver liningFailure is an enormously powerful learning experience for entrepreneurs ? yet most are happy to leave it behind them, undiscussed.
Crux
JOHN L. ALLEN JR. | All Things Catholic
As synod approaches, Francis is a man in the middle
The Oct. 4 to 25 summit of prelates from around the world is a critically important moment for the pontiff.
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Sports
INDIANS 3, RED SOX 1
Once again, Red Sox end season in last place in AL East
Boston ended the season with four consecutive losses, finishing 78-84, alone in last place in their division for the second straight season.
Metro
Neighborhood activists unite to protest crisis in housing
Hundreds gathered in Dorchester as corporate landlords, they said, displace the poor and traditional communities of color.
Politics
Sanders draws big crowds in Mass. campaign swing
Bernie Sanders addressed a near-capacity crowd of 20,000 in Boston, with a few thousand more in an overflow area.
Region
Route 1 in Saugus losing landmarks
Weylu?s and the Hilltop Steak House are gone, with the miniature golf course guarded by the orange dinosaur next to be demolished.
Cars Partner Content Search This Week's Specials
Boston-based GPS company wants to give directions like a local
Mapkin is a crowdsourcing app that aims to create a ?more human? GPS experience.
Columnists
Nation & World
Survivor says gunman spared student to take package to police
As a 26-year-old killer gunned down victims inside a college classroom, he spared one student and gave him a package to deliver to authorities.
Business
Portraits of Somerville?s Union Square at work
An exhibit opening Sunday features photographs of people and places in Somerville?s changing Union Square.
Arts
ty burr
How strong films get relegated to On Demand
?Mississippi Grind,? starring Ryan Reynolds and Ben Mendelsohn, will not be coming to a Boston theater near you.
Travel
Travel
A city that has all Vermont?s best to offer
Whether you?re looking to shop, cycle, snack or sip, tap into the sweetness of Burlington.
Lifestyle
My Instagram: John Carle
Photographer John Carle found his pictorial voice while he was a photo intern in the Financial District during its off hours.
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Design New England
Deck House Redux
A new floor plan and a fresh palette prove the stalwart post-and-beam, open concept design is still relevant.
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