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?Governor Fix-It? faces a new management challenge

Governor Charlie Baker has boasted about improvements at the MBTA and the RMV. But those public-facing agencies that helped buttress Baker?s reputation as a governmental manager are now hampered by something else, experts say: management problems.

A big stage for Concord in ?Little Women?
Greta Gerwig?s ?Little Women,? which opens Christmas Day, is a piece of local history. Not only is it more biographical than other interpretations of the book, it?s also more Massachusetts: This is the first adaptation to base production around Concord. 2 hours ago

?Little Women? was filmed entirely in Mass. Here?s where pivotal scenes were shot

Starts & Stops
Lechmere Station closure looming as Green Line extension moves forward
The MBTA is closing the decrepit Lechmere station next spring while it builds a new station across Monsignor O?Brien Highway, meaning for the better part of a year, the trolleys will end their run at North Station.

Australia battles ?catastrophic? wildfires

Jeneé Osterheldt
When Eddie Murphy returns to SNL tonight, will he be raw?
It?s been 35 years since the comedian has really rocked the SNL stage, but he?s hype to revive Buckwheat, Gumby, and take a few shots at Bill Cosby, too.

?I?m amazed that anyone survived?: Small planes crash in Western Mass. and in Halifax

A small plane split in half when it crashed Friday night in the Western Massachusetts town of Florida, but the pilot and two passengers are expected to survive. In a separate incident, a small plane crashed into East Monponsett Lake in Halifax at about noon Saturday, but the pilot was uninjured. 2 hours ago

Somerset woman is fatally mauled by family dog while she experienced a seizure

A 44-year-old Somerset woman was mauled to death by the family dog while she suffered from a seizure Friday night.

opinion

OPINION | JEFF JACOBY

To make Congress better, make it (a lot) bigger
OPINION | MICHAEL A. COHEN

The triumph ? and folly ? of a year in politics
IDEAS | ALEX KRIEGER & MATTHEW KIEFER

Boston?s new gilded age
EDITORIAL

Newton takes a step to solve housing crisis

Old allies come out to help Deval Patrick in N.H.
As Patrick met with voters in New Hampshire Saturday, his former lieutenant governor, Timothy Murray, was among those canvassing in Manchester.

Delaware Tribe of Indians to skip meeting with Elizabeth Warren
A representative from the Delaware Tribe of Indians said its tribal council had decided not to attend a meeting with Senator Elizabeth Warren in her home state of Oklahoma on Sunday and cited her past claims of Delaware heritage as part of their reasoning. 8:33 p.m.

Fear and loyalty: How Donald Trump took over the Republican Party
To defy the president is to invite his wrath, ostracism within the party, and a premature end to a career in Republican politics.

Trump slams ?unfair? Pelosi delay, rallies conservatives

Yvonne Abraham
Australia right now offers a sense of how bad climate change can be
The consequences of a warming planet are unfolding in Australia: killing droughts, dying reefs, and the growing likelihood of climate refugees displaced from the country?s inhospitable center.

Australia battles ?catastrophic? wildfires

UMass Amherst professor on Hitler video parody controversy: ?I was crushed?
The UMass Amherst professor who was pulled from teaching an accounting class after a student parody video involving Adolf Hitler was shown in the class has said she was ?crushed? to learn someone was offended by the video.

We tried Tom Brady?s TB12 workout. Here?s what it was like
We went to a class at the TB12 Performance & Recovery Center in Back Bay to see if the workout lives up to the Tom Brady hype.

8 tips on holiday eating from a TB12 nutritionist
More recent headlines

Walsh announces plan to build more affordable housing and reduce evictions in Boston

Man shot Friday night on North Beacon Street in Brighton

Colleges agree to allow increased competition for applicants
Ask the Globe

What do you wonder about Boston or Massachusetts? We want to hear your questions

Commentary
13 of Boston?s best holiday decorations, ranked
From dazzling Christmas trees to romantic sparkling pathways, here's a list of Boston's merriest and brightest holiday decorations.

Brad Stevens gave the people what they wanted: Tacko Fall
Once the chants started, they didn?t stop. ?We want Tacko!? shouted the sellout crowd at TD Garden, its volume increasing with each subsequent request. ?We want Tacko!?

Shaped by Vietnam War reporting, Ward Just, who died at 84, became a deft political novelist
Ward Just, 84, a longtime Martha?s Vineyard resident who died Dec. 19, was a former Washington Post war correspondent in Vietnam who wrote numerous novels set in the nation?s capital.

globe santa
Single mother seeks a special Christmas for her children
Globe Santa?s mailbox is stuffed with letters from parents, grandparents, guardians and siblings. They all have the same goal: they want the children they love to wake up on Christmas morning and find presents from Santa Claus.

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Year in arts 2019
TELEVISION

Six things television taught us this year

Among the lessons: Second seasons are a bad idea ("Big Little Lies"), except when they're a good idea ("Fleabag").
10 best TV shows of 2019
MOVIES

Ty Burr?s best movies of 2019

It was a good year for the movies and maybe a better year for moviegoers.
VISUAL ARTS

In 2019, New England museums upended ?dominant? narratives, and almost everything was political

Narrow histories were being broadened, often uncomfortably; conventional wisdom was being pushed aside. Things were getting messy. It was time to choose a side.

Books

BEST FICTION BOOKS OF 2019

In fiction, an all-too familiar struggle with the facts
BEST nonfiction BOOKS OF 2019

In nonfiction, a moment defined by the #MeToo movement
BEST young adults BOOKS OF 2019

As YA fiction grapples with gender and sexuality, the coming of age tale comes of age

Recommended Reads

It's a thing

Wrapping hacks, ugly sweaters, lonely grandmas, and rolling disasters

This week, the Internet was full of gifts.

ARTS
2019: A year of unstable memes for unstable times
It was the year memes stopped helping.

Jeneé Osterheldt
Dudley Square is Nubian Square now. Will the neighborhood keep reflecting the name?
Sometimes, changing a name doesn?t do enough because history and racism are powerful and people will cling to their chosen titles. But other times, a name change is exactly what a community needs.

Rhode Island

Providence bishop deflects questions about administrator accused of abuse at Bristol church

In his first public remarks about a Globe investigation into a Bristol church administrator accused of sexually abusing boys, Bishop Thomas Tobin said repeatedly that he couldn?t ?remember all the details? about the investigation his own office conducted.

Westerly shooting suspect was once deemed ?homicidal and suicidal,? records indicate

We played word games with Governor Raimondo. The race for president was the topic
Newton

Newton artist?s ?universal? menorah is featured at Museum of Fine Arts

Teachers? contract settled in Newton

Special Projects

Back to the battleground

What we learned from each of the battleground states we visited ahead of the 2020 election
Who will win in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin next year? The Globe?s D.C. bureau spent time reporting in these crucial battleground states. This is what they found.

Trump?s evangelical support mystifies his critics, but in Wisconsin, it looks stronger than ever
The president?s personal behavior and some of his core political beliefs, including his hostility toward refugees, seem at odds with the major tenets of Christianity. But Trump?s bond with evangelicals has proven to be remarkably resilient.

More from the Battleground project

Trump promised Wisconsin?s farmers his trade wars would pay off. They?re still waiting

A Pennsylvania roofer loved Bill Clinton and voted for Obama. Here?s how Trump lured him from the Democrats
Boston Globe Spotlight Team

Seeing Red: A Globe Spotlight report on Boston?s crippling traffic

We endure some of the nation?s worst rush hour traffic. Our aging transit system is maddeningly unreliable. It is a crisis ? a very slow moving crisis ? that puts our region?s economic prosperity at risk. Who is to blame? Can anything be done? The Globe Spotlight Team investigates.
Education

The Great Divide

A new Globe initiative exploring the deep inequalities in our public education system, examining both the challenges and possible solutions to creating equal opportunity for all students.
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spotlight fellow report

The federal government has one main law to prevent child abuse. No state follows all of it

Hundreds of thousands of children face abuse every year, but there is only one federal law that directly addresses this national tragedy.
At the edge of a warming world

On Cape Cod, climate change is already terrifyingly real

Come with us as we explore the Cape to better understand what climate change is doing here, what it means for the future of this beloved place, and what the cost of inaction might be.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

OPINION | SCOT LEHIGH

The incredible shrinking House Republicans

OPINION | RENÉE LOTH

No room at Trump?s inn
OPINION | Josephine Wolff

Mass. tax agency has failed to make your security and privacy a priority
OPINION | MICHAEL A. COHEN

Impeaching Trump is a celebration and national renewal
OPINION | JOAN VENNOCHI

Impeachment is forever
EDITORIAL

Impeach the president

VISUAL STORIES

Photos: Patriots defeat Bills in a thrilling AFC East showdown

Photos: Mourners remember Pete Frates at funeral

Photos: Santa Speedo Run through the years

Fitting 7-foot-5-inch Tacko Fall for a tuxedo is no small feat

metro

?I?m amazed that anyone survived?: Small planes crash in Western Mass. and in Halifax
A small plane split in half when it crashed Friday night in the Western Massachusetts town of Florida, but the pilot and two passengers are expected to survive. In a separate incident, a small plane crashed into East Monponsett Lake in Halifax at about noon Saturday, but the pilot was uninjured.

Delaware Tribe of Indians to skip meeting with Elizabeth Warren

A representative from the Delaware Tribe of Indians said its tribal council had decided not to attend a meeting with Senator Elizabeth Warren in her home state of Oklahoma on Sunday and cited her past claims of Delaware heritage as part of their reasoning.

MassWildlife bans predator hunting contests, wanton waste of game

The regulations are expected to take effect sometime before the fall hunting season, officials said.

Randy Suess, computer bulletin board inventor, dies at 74

Junior Johnson, 88, good-old-boy auto racing star and member of NASCAR Hall of Fame

STAT

Surgeons test-drive the amputation of the future

Huntington?s clinical trial opens a door to hope ? but only if patients get in

Families reeling after FDA rejects therapy for kids without a thymus

Richard Sackler proposed plan to play down OxyContin risks

sports

Predators 4, Bruins 3

Predators rally past Bruins, win in overtime

The Bruins? eighth loss in the last 11 games came after they carried a 2-1 lead into the third.
Bruins notebook

A change in net might be in order for Bruins

With his team struggling, Bruce Cassidy is considering starting Jaroslav Halak against the Capitals on Monday instead of Tuukka Rask.

Elandon Roberts puts in a full day vs. Buffalo
CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Just call Tom Brady the answer man after this win

Politics

Trump slams ?unfair? Pelosi delay, rallies conservatives

Business

The week in business

Marijuana

Montana vape shop turns to home kits avoiding flavored ban

magazine
cover story

Meet the 2019 Bostonians of the Year: Andrew Lelling and Rachael Rollins

Honorable Mention

The Celtics? Enes Kanter stands tall for human rights
Honorable Mention

To make a deaf child feel welcome, this neighborhood learned sign language
Honorable Mention

The Harvard and MIT economists finding new ways to fight global poverty

sports

Forget the aches and pains, Julian Edelman is determined to deliver

Watch Bill Belichick?s reaction to Lawrence Guy planting elves around his press podium

Austin Prep ties Xaverian on Max Lockwood?s goal

metro

?I?m amazed that anyone survived?: Small planes crash in Western Mass. and in Halifax

Delaware Tribe of Indians to skip meeting with Elizabeth Warren

MassWildlife bans predator hunting contests, wanton waste of game

Nation

US braces for major North Korean weapons test as Trump?s diplomacy fizzles

DHS watchdog finds no wrongdoing in deaths of 2 migrant kids

Impeachment trial plans are uncertain amid impasse among Senate leaders

World

Palace: Prince Philip in hospital as ?precautionary measure?

Parliament advances Brexit bill, all but assuring January exit

Prince Philip is admitted to hospital for ?precautionary measures?

politics

Impeachment trial plans are uncertain amid impasse among Senate leaders

Buttigieg backers defend ?wine cave? fundraiser

Trump administration demanded Democrats strip Ukraine aid language from spending package

business

Trump signs $1.4 trillion in spending, avoids shutdown

United pulls 737 Max until June, adding to Boeing woes

Walsh administration aims to cut evictions by 25 percent over next five years

lifestyle

Pistons player, Boston native Bruce Brown Jr. surprises Wakefield METCO students with shopping spree

Netflix debuts trailer for Aaron Hernandez documentary coming Jan. 15

?A viable career option? tied to Charlestown and French bulldogs

marijuana

Montana vape shop turns to home kits avoiding flavored ban

?Vast majority? of vaping illnesses blamed on vitamin E

Wisconsin Assembly leader says medical marijuana will pass someday

opinion

To make Congress better, make it (a lot) bigger

The triumph ? and folly ? of a year in politics

Newton takes a step to solve housing crisis

food & dining

High Street Place announces new vendors, and Lion?s Tail goes out with a roar

At Backbar, a not-so-dry January

Longtime Chinatown favorite BLR by Shojo to close this week

travel

Shayna Smith put college on ice to travel with Disney on Ice

Japan?s top ski gems, and the guys who can guide you there

A visit to a German Christmas market is a gift in itself

Books

Local bestsellers for the week ending 12/15

Paper cuts J.P. gets an upgrade, Josh Cook gets a tattoo, and a ?Cub? reporter gets the story

In fiction, an all-too familiar struggle with the facts

Movies

?Little Women? was filmed entirely in Mass. Here?s where pivotal scenes were shot

A big stage for Concord in ?Little Women?

?Who let the ?Cats? out? Oof. Oof, oof?: Here?s what flabbergasted critics have to say about ?Cats?

Television

Netflix to revisit Aaron Hernandez story in ?The Killer Inside?

Six things television taught us this year

Matthew Gilbert?s 10 best TV shows of 2019

music

Holiday cheer and grownup pop from Hanson at the House of Blues

Handel and Haydn Society offers an intimate Christmas feast at Jordan Hall

At the Sinclair, Lucero chases the regrets away

Theater/Dance

Last chances, unexpected gems, and a Boston flavor in New York theater

Merrimack Rep picks the leader of a Seattle children?s theater as its new artistic director

For new faces, a key role in 2019

globe local

Get crafty with your holiday shopping at local fairs

Hardiest hikers, campers don?t come in from the cold

Should Massachusetts exempt police body camera footage from state public records law?

Obituaries

Randy Suess, computer bulletin board inventor, dies at 74

Junior Johnson, 88, good-old-boy auto racing star and member of NASCAR Hall of Fame

England?s 1966 World Cup winner Martin Peters dies at age 76