Children?s Hospital opens new rooftop oasis

More than a year after demolishing the beloved Prouty Garden to make room for a new tower, Boston Children?s Hospital is opening a new green space.

04/13/2018 East Boston Ma -Orient Heights Housing Development in East Boston. is seeing a major overhaul. Jonathan Wiggs /Globe Staff Reporter:Topic.

Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff

With or without Amazon, Orient Heights development has some residents worried

The historically Italian East Boston neighborhood on the city?s northern edge is beginning to feel the effects of the region?s building boom.

?Everyone should feel safe coming to work,?? Mayor Martin J. Walsh said in a statement released Sunday.

City launches external probe in wake of female firefighters? concerns

?Everyone should feel safe coming to work,?? Mayor Martin Walsh said in a statement announcing the review.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/endicott-439548.jpg Longtime Endicott College president dies

Dr. Richard Wylie, president of the college for 31 years, is credited with transforming it and boosting its enrollment and its endowment. He was 77.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/image003.jpg Mass. Ave. bridge over Comm. Ave. reopens early, but work remains

MassDOT said that the Commonwealth Avenue bypass beneath the bridge will remain closed until Wednesday.

?60 Minutes? focuses on lawsuits filed vs. Boston Scientific

Many women say that a mesh implant made by the Marlborough-based company can cause an inflammatory reaction, according to the report.

ADRIAN WALKER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walkera-15861.jpg The latest evidence the Seaport isn?t getting diversity right

A Venezuelan restaurant in the Seaport faces an uncertain future, raising anew the question of why the city?s newest and glitziest neighborhood has so little diversity.

PHOTO ESSAY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/09/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_seaportblock1_biz.jpg Another look at the evolution of the Seaport District

Piece by piece, Boston?s newest neighborhood continues to grow.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/13/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AFP_14I38E.jpg Trump pledges to help Chinese phone maker hurt by sanctions

President Trump said Sunday he would help the Chinese phone maker ZTE. The US had earlier barred it from receiving US-made parts because of its dealings with North Korea and Iran.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/13/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/DEMS_MODERATES_2.JPG Trying for House gains, Dems favor moderates and not liberals

The party?s liberal supporters worry about crowding their House caucus with members who may buck the leadership.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/14gloucester.jpeg 6 displaced, firefighter hurt in 2-alarm Gloucester blaze

The fire, in a three-family home, broke out shortly after 5 p.m.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/anderson.jpg N.H. man charged with manslaughter after accidentally shooting housemate

A Keene resident has been charged with manslaughter after he accidentally shot and killed a man he lived with on Sunday afternoon, police said.

NBA East Finals | Game 1: Celtics 108, Cavaliers 83

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Celtics deliver early and emphatic message

Dominated at the Garden in last year?s conference finals, the Celtics let Cleveland know things have changed.

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/13/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_cb20_spts.jpg Marcus Morris talked the talk, then walked the walk

After claiming he was one of the best at guarding LeBron James, the Celtics forward backed it up and held James to a pedestrian 15 points.

CELTICS NOTEBOOK

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/30/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/8bdf3dc5201c4af0b414f0dbeef78096-8bdf3dc5201c4af0b414f0dbeef78096-0.jpg ?Hopefully we get very lucky?: Celtics choose draft lottery representatives

Boston is in line to receive the Lakers? first-round pick if it lands in the No. 2 or No. 3 slot. There is just a 2.9 percent chance of that happening.

NICK CAFARDO | ON BASEBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/13/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/958179638.jpg Short start and short bullpen? Red Sox made it work

Drew Pomeranz was ineffective over four-plus innings, and Carson Smith and Craig Kimbrel were unavailable. But the Sox got a win.

?Saturday Night Live? moms to their kids: Quit it with the Trump jokes already!

?SNL? allowed cast members to invite their mothers on stage, in honor of Mother?s Day. And they had something to say.

Connections | Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/01/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/Boston_allfamilyFinal02.jpg A mother discovers she may be related to her adopted son

Years after adopting a baby boy in Lithuania, I discovered my ancestors may have walked the same cobblestone streets as his.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/19/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/postnataldepression.jpg These were the top baby names in the US for 2017

The annual list of the most popular baby names was released by the Social Security Administration on Friday.

Pan-Roasted Icelandic Cod At Il Capriccio.

Anthony Tieuli for the BOSTON globe

Globe Magazine

How does a restaurant survive for decades? These 10 have a winning formula

With new spots opening all the time, it?s not easy to keep a restaurant going for decades.

BOTTLES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/20/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/ecc2aee9-1e80-47b2-8e27-95a2c2192b8c.jpg Nine Boston-area beer gardens to visit in 2018

If there?s green space in Boston, chances are someone is trying to figure out a way to drink beer on it. We decided to round them up for your sipping enjoyment.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/27/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Boghosian_wegmans31_BIZ.jpg Millennials are helping frozen food make an unlikely comeback

Frozen food brands are rising in popularity despite appearing out of step with food trends such as quinoa, kale, and farm-to-table.

Stat

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/11/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Amish-Clinic-23725.jpg Pennsylvania?s Amish community is caught in a bind

The Amish pool resources for their medical care. A budget-busting gene therapy is taxing the community?s resources.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Love Letters Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/08/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/17321_LL_Podcast_Episode_8_Tease.png Why can?t we be friends?

It?s easy to say you?ll remain chummy with your ex. It?s much harder to actually do.

Listen:   Apple Podcasts   |   Stitcher   |   RadioPublic

 

Opinion & Ideas

JEFF JACOBY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/20/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/jacoby_20131020.jpg The Palestinians? real ?nakba?

In the months that followed the birth of Israel, hundreds of thousands of Jews became refugees. Palestinians can learn from their example.

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