Across Maine?s vast network of trails, adrenaline and solitude collide

Xavier Belanger, 11, rode on Wyman Lake in Moscow, Maine. 
Snowmobilers rode over a bridge to pass back into The Forks in Maine. Maine has no speed limit on its snowmobile trails.

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Ten people, including four from Massachusetts, have died this winter in snowmobile crashes, matching Maine's highest fatality total in 16 years.

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The Massachusetts Democrat?s trip to the Deep South is one in a series of unorthodox campaign moves that have struck some as risky, and others as refreshing.

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James Eckert was pronounced dead late Friday, hours after he and his wife, Lizette, were found shot. Lizette Eckert was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Yvonne Abraham

Leaving Harry Potter behind

Why did nobody prepare me for the heartbreak of my son finishing the books?

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The cities? mayors say the fund is critical to meet an ??urgent and growing need.??

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Three bridges are set to close in Somerville in the coming months as the next phase of the Green Line Extension swings into gear.

Matt Casey, who goes by Casey the Leprechaun, high fived people along the annual St. Patrick's Day parade route in 2018.

Here?s what you need to know about this year?s St. Patrick?s Day parade

Check out these tips for enjoying one of Boston?s biggest (and greenest) events of the year.

Nicla Marabito, 12, got a kiss from her dad, Joe, after her victory.

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Last year?s Boston spelling bee runner-up takes the trophy

For the second year in a row, the previous year?s second-place finisher claimed the city spelling trophy.

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Every weekend, some 1,000 congregants gather for the idiosyncratic teachings of doomsday prophet Jonathan Cahn, who claims the president?s rise was foretold in the Bible.

Man struck and killed by commuter rail train in Beverly

The victim was struck near the Montserrat Station at about 5:30 p.m., Transit Police said.

Marycatherin DeFazio takes comfort being close to water. She often sits on the benches at Salmon Falls in Shelburne Falls.

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?I?m a shell of who I used to be.? A female prison guard?s tale of torment

First she was assaulted by her husband, then bullied by colleagues at work. A female prison guard found that the system put her on trial, not her tormentors.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_16Nonivy5_MET.jpg Can you ever hope to find success and happiness if you don?t go to an elite college?

Hint: Yes.

Opinion | Aimee Ortiz

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As one of the ?poor kids? who walked Boston University?s campus not too long ago, I can tell you that the wealthy?s gaming of the system does not stop at admissions.

bruins 2, Blue jackets 1

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Boston beat the Blue Jackets and ended its three-game losing streak.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/16/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin031619BruinsBlueJackets_Spt3(3).jpg Conor McGregor drops first puck at Bruins game

The MMA star waved a green Bruins warmup jersey as he pumped up the crowd.

Boston MA 3/16/19 Boston Celtics Kyrie Irving making a layup after beating Atlanta Hawks Trae Young off the dribble during first quarter NBA action at TD Garden. (photo by Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff) topic: reporter:

Celtics 129, Hawks 120

Thanks to Kyrie Irving, Celtics hold off Hawks in Garden matinee

Irving had 30 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists, but the Celtics almost blew a seemingly insurmountable lead.

A rainbow was present as firefighters poured water on the remains of the New England Casket Co. facility.

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

After massive East Boston fire, a company plots its recovery

A nine-alarm blaze Friday destroyed New England Casket Co.?s headquarters. On Saturday, the company?s owner vowed to take care of his 100 employees ?as much as we can.?

Residents pay their respects by placing flowers for the victims of the mosques attacks in Christchurch on March 16, 2019.

Stories of the victims of the New Zealand mosque attack

Here are the stories of the lives lost and those who were wounded when a white supremacist opened fire at a New Zealand mosque.

Opinion

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The real story is all of you who think it is acceptable to buy someone.

Ideas | Amitha Kalaichandran

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/13/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/humansofny.jpg In America, becoming a doctor can prove fatal

Bullied and abused, medical residents are taking their own lives at an astounding rate.

Wake Forest University is among those institutions named in the admissions scandal.

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Renée Graham

America?s real affirmative action program

There?s no greater system of affirmative action in America than the one designed to benefit the wealthy and well-connected, especially if they?re white.

Opinion | Christopher Weyant

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/14/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/WeyantTease-5348.jpg When you know your child will need help getting into college

When you know your kid needs help, how early is too early to start the college admissions process?

Opinion | Luke O?Neil

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You can make a lot of money selling the most vile opinions imaginable in America.

Newsletters

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Opinion columnist Michael Cohen takes a candid and no-holds-barred look at the current political moment. Sign up now.

Munch Madness

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/chalk%20BAT%20image.jpg Munch Madness 2019: The top restaurants in Boston

If it?s March, it must be time for the tournament everyone awaits all year: Munch Madness.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Season Two: How do you meet someone?

Dating in 2019 is?complicated. Frustrating. Sometimes completely exhilarating. In Season 2 of the podcast, Meredith Goldstein goes deep on one of her most-asked questions.

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Special reports

They were the top of their class at Boston public schools. Then life happened

Read a multi-part investigation into how and why the lives of promising Boston valedictorians didn?t quite turn out the way they expected.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Students stage global protest to speak out on climate change inaction

Students worldwide skipped classes Friday to protest their governments? failure to act against global warming as part of the ?Fridays for Future? movement.

Real Estate

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Mobile homes may be the least expensive and most effective means of addressing the region?s housing shortage.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/15/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/VASOSTRICT-1024x576.jpg Can compounding make an ICU staple affordable again? It?s up to the courts

The price of vasopressin spiked in 2015. Now federal judges will decide if a cheaper, compounded alternative is worth the risk.

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