Are bombs lurking under the sand on Nantucket?

Nantucket?s Madaket section was not previously warned by the US Army Corps of Engineers about discarded munitions.

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The US Army Corps of Engineers alerted some residents last month that their property could contain World War II-era munitions.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/25/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/BEDFORD_20180325_MARIJUANA_CONVENTION_014.jpg It will be a ?few weeks? before first recreational pot sales are made

Recreational marijuana sales were legal as of July 1, but no businesses had won a sales permit ? until Monday.

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The school committee approved Laura Perille?s appointment Monday, but not before hearing from those critical of Perille.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/22/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/GettyImages-153433784.jpg SJC: Voter registration deadline isn?t unconstitutional

It?s a victory for Secretary of State William Galvin, who had fought eliminating the 20-day deadline.

Two boys cooled off Monday in the water at Haigus Beach in Dennis.

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Dave Epstein

Steamy conditions will continue through Friday

There is some relief in sight on Saturday, but expect a wicked hot Independence Day.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/02/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/Rex_Missing_members_of_youth_footbal_9732896A.jpg How did 12 boys, coach survive in a Thai cave for more than a week?

Caving rescue experts say the conditions may have helped the group.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/02/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/AdobeStock_190259440.jpeg Will N.E. become the Cape Canaveral of the North?

Space exploration is enjoying a new kind of glamour these days, and companies across the region are basking in the glow.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/2358c7d04b0a40c5836ffe8f26413e64-2358c7d04b0a40c5836ffe8f26413e64-0.jpg R.I. becomes first state to sue oil companies over climate change

The state?s attorney general said the case was comparable to previous lawsuits against tobacco giants.

She didn?t want to go to the ER. ?Do you know how much an ambulance costs??

When a woman got her leg caught between an Orange Line train and the platform, she was cut to the bone. Yet she worried about the cost of a hospital trip.

DA: Framingham teen held man captive for 4 days

Jackson Sugrue, 19, also used anti-gay slurs against the man, according to the Middlesex DA?s office.

Former editor meets with Globe investigator

Hilary Sargent, a former Boston.com editor, met Monday with an investigator hired by The Boston Globe following her allegations that the newspaper?s editor, Brian McGrory, sent her inappropriate text messages.

Skating was part of the Boston Winter at City Hall Plaza.

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Boston Winter is frozen out of City Hall Plaza

A $60 million overhaul of the plaza forced the end of the popular, yet logistically challenging festival.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_thedoor3_met.jpg When telling your neighbors to keep quiet just won?t do

Those splurging for expensive condos don?t want to deal with their neighbors? racket. That?s where the soundproofers come in.

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Rick Porcello (22), right, celebrates with Boston Red Sox third base coach Carlos Febles after hitting a three run double during the second inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park, Monday, July 2, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Red Sox 4, Nationals 3

Red Sox rebound from N.Y. trip, and Rick Porcello was a big reason why

The righty outdueled one of the best in the game, Max Scherzer, and also had a three-run double.

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Instead, the big man agreed to a one-year, $5.3 million deal with the defending champion Warriors.

gary Washburn | On basketball

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/03/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/a3bf96591f2945c098dLeBron%20Magic%20bf96591f2-0.jpg Celtics have LeBron to thank

The Eastern Conference just lost its biggest roadblock to the NBA Finals for the Celtics.

Names

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/2015-01-05T193002Z_795546465_GM1EB1609MM01_RTRMADP_3_USA-LAWSUIT-BRITAIN-ROYALS-15614.jpg Alan Dershowitz says he?s been ?shunned? on Vineyard because of support for Trump

?I will not change my views as a result of these attempts to ostracize me. . . . Silence is not my style,? he said.

Fourth of July

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/lee_fireworks2_met-11947.jpg A guide to the festivities: Plan your Fourth of July on the Esplanade

With the Fourth of July right around the corner, it?s time to start planning your own local celebrations.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/singing_cops_teze.jpg Two Boston officers sing in the Fourth of July

Stephen McNulty and Kim Tavares turned their cruiser into a concert hall on wheels.

FreshBox Farms grows its leafy greens vertically in a hydroponic system indoors. The company says it does not use pesticides or herbicides.

Salad days: Millis indoor farm company will help Emirates airline see green

FreshBox Farms says it will build an indoor farm for Emirates airlines that could yield 6,000 pounds of greens a day.

Names

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/09/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/mwbw-robdelaney.jpg Five months after young son?s death, Marblehead native Rob Delaney reveals his wife is pregnant

Delaney, who now lives in London, stars in and co-writes the Amazon comedy ?Catastrophe.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/turner061418METRObluebikes.jpg Boston?s bike share service has a new owner, and it?s Lyft

The ride-hailing company bought the parent company for the Blue Bikes system, formerly known as Hubway.

Here?s a cool thought: There?s still snow on Mount Washington

Much of New England may be dealing with sauna-like heat and humidity, but snow still lies on top of New Hampshire?s White Mountains.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/03/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/4b0134c8fb9840e59feb2a412f4e6b8d-701801111c3f460db789261188145a8b-0.jpg FBI, SEC also investigating Facebook and Cambridge Analytica

The Justice Department has been looking into what Facebook knew, and when.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/27/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/4a2aa964-4f8d-4f75-9a4a-427465807894.jpg The administration says North Korea is giving up its nukes as a result of Trump?s dealmaking. It?s not.

This is what the end of President Trump?s vaunted ?maximum pressure? sanctions regime looks like.

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/02/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/kudlow-7f4138ea-7bd9-11e8-93cc-6d3beccdd7a3.jpg Larry Kudlow?s specious supply-side tax cut claim

Kudlow?s false claim that the budget deficit is coming down is mere balderdash.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/RinaldiCoventry04.jpg A night of horror, heroism, and tragedy in Coventry

Six months after a fire killed a father and his little son, questions still outrun an answer to the biggest lingering question: Why couldn?t they get out?

STAT

Stat

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/unnamedpi%20c.jpg Watch ?Runnin??: The opioid crisis hits Somerville

?Runnin?,? now available for purchase on Vimeo, takes an intimate look at a group of friends in Somerville who came of age as the opioid epidemic took hold and morphed into a national nightmare. It retraces the lives of friends lost, and one last member of the group struggling to avoid the same fate.

Globe event

Seattle?s mayor talks growing pains that offer some lessons for Boston

Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she?s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Love Letters Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/16/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/lovelettersalbum.jpg Getting over a breakup

Meredith Goldstein explores how to move on when a relationship ends.

Listen:   Apple Podcasts   |   Stitcher   |   RadioPublic

 

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