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CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Can Norman Rockwell and fly fishing revive tourism in this tiny Vermont town?

A small, dedicated group of volunteers is trying to change the fortunes of Arlington — and it seems to be working.
GAME 3: BRUINS 4, PANTHERS 2
kevin paul dupont | instant analysis

With Bruins’ top two centers injured, Jim Montgomery put Game 3 lineup in blender and the moves paid off

With Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci out, the revamped lineup, its emphasis on a stiffer, more defensive game, allowed the Panthers a meager 30 shots on net.
Tara Sullivan: With Patrice Bergeron sidelined, the Bruins followed the lead of their captain and won Game 3
GAME 3: HAWKS 130, CELTICS 122
Dan Shaughnessy

While you weren’t watching, Celtics get stunned by Hawks in Game 3, and they deserved to lose

There was not much chatter, nationally or locally, about this series but the Hawks came to play Friday night.
Instant analysis: How the Hawks rebounded to turn back the Celtics in Game 3 Gary Washburn: Celtics came to play against the Hawks in Game 3, they just didn’t come to rebound
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

The top story lines and latest news and nuggets about this year’s NFL Draft

The quarterback market always drives the conversation, and this year is no exception.

Corean Reynolds is on a mission: Make Boston vibrant after hours

The “nightlife czar,” whose role is to repair Boston’s reputation for being dull after dark, is charged with a lot more than schmoozing all night.
Analysis | James Pindell

Abortion emerging as single most important issue of 2024

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer, reversing 50 years of precedent, abortion rights have clearly been the biggest driving factor in American politics.
What is mifepristone and how is it used?

Supreme Court blocks enactment of abortion pill restrictions

Gen Z and millennial lawmakers want to end gun violence. But they disagree on how to get there.
As the younger generations that have grown up with active shooter drills in schools increase their numbers in the halls of power, where gun debates increasingly take center stage, they are hardly unified on the issue.

After shootings of young people spark outrage, gun violence experts decry self-defense laws

‘It’s now on their plate’: With Healey’s new hires comes new responsibility for the MBTA’s problems

Transit advocates and politicos applauded her appointments Friday, with many especially heaping high praise on her decision to make Thomas P. Glynn chairman of the MBTA board.

Mass. Guardsman shared sensitive intelligence more widely and for longer than previously known

The Air National Guardsman accused of leaking classified documents to a small group of gamers had been posting sensitive information months earlier than previously known and to a much larger chat group, according to online postings reviewed by The New York Times.

Coast Guard suspends search for fourth missing fisherman; identifies three other men recovered at sea

Violent disturbance at Bristol County jail causes up to $200,000 in damage

Doctor pleads not guilty to possessing child pornography
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Massachusetts Legislature, hostile to rent control, includes more landlords than renters

As the Legislature mulls a slate of proposals aimed at addressing the housing crisis, the body includes more lawmakers who could lose income from the return of rent control than lawmakers who would benefit from its protections, a Globe investigation found.

Five months ago, she was about to be taken off life support after a traumatic brain injury. This week she finished the Boston Marathon.

As Rachel Foster embarked on a grueling rehabilitation, she set her sights on a seemingly impossible goal — to run the Boston Marathon in April.
Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Where Mass. home prices are hot — and not

Pockets of weakness in single-family home prices are already apparent, and they may spread in the months ahead.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Let Harmony Montgomery be an example: Children’s needs must be prioritized in court cases

Whose responsibility was it to suggest that living with her troubled father was not in the 4-year-old’s best interest?
Hari Srinivasan

Is it better to describe someone as ‘autistic’ or as a ‘person with autism’?
Kathleen Hirsch

The car fire that helped save the planet
IDEAS | NICHOLAS DAWIDOFF

What Elena Ferrante knows about the lingering pain of inequality
LETTERS

T riders are fuming. Just put your ear to the rail and listen.

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Spotlight Report: Fate and the fallen star

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More recent News

Here are the 2023 college commencement speakers in Massachusetts
Actor Tom Hanks, soccer legend Briana Scurry, fashion designer Ken Cole and Representative Ayanna Pressley are among the figures from arts, sports, business and politics tapped to deliver commencement addresses at colleges and universities in Massachusetts.

Mayor Wu announces expansion of Boston’s food waste curbside collection program
The expansion marks an effort by Wu to advance Boston’s Zero Waste Plan, which outlines her administration’s strategy to recycle 80 percent of its waste by 2035.

Second victim of New Bedford fire dies
Radames Lopez Mendrez, 78, and Eneida Gonzalez Mangual, 79, died from injuries suffered in the fire at 260 Chestnut St., officials said Friday.

A Mass. company woke up millions of Floridians with a false phone alert. The state fired them.
Everbridge was supposed to send the test alert only to television stations at 4:45 a.m. but instead set off a loud tone on the mobile phones of anyone who subscribed to the state’s Wireless Emergency Alerts system.

Glimpses of a changing Earth, as seen from above
Charred, drained or swamped, built up, dug out or taken apart, blue or green or turned to dust: this is the Earth as seen from above.

Extreme weather is nearly universal experience: AP-NORC poll

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At Barbara Lynch’s restaurants, growing concern over a toxic culture

Two deaths on the staff at Menton, and the famous chef’s response, are triggering a reckoning in one of Boston’s best-known restaurant groups.
Watch the Boston Globe Today segment on Barbara Lynch

THE FINE PRINT
Still writing checks? You might want to reconsider as check fraud skyrockets.
Last year, banks reported 460,000 cases of check fraud, including "check-washing," almost double the number the year before, according to the Treasury Department.

DEVRA FIRST | WHAT SHE'S HAVING
With the Quiet Few, the neighborhood dive bar evolves
The East Boston tavern has an old soul and a new sensibility.

Globe Magazine
Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston 2023
A guide to 36 communities where home buyers are flocking — and prices are surging.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Students, organizers protest Sackler name at Harvard Art Museums

With ‘Small Mercies,’ Dennis Lehane is telling the Boston story he’s always wanted to tell

Ultimately, this ‘My Fair Lady’ is quite ‘loverly’

Writer-director Kelly Fremon Craig discusses adapting Judy Blume’s ‘Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret’

Special Projects

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

Welcome Back to Boston

Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.
Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | MILES HOWARD

Making too little to get affordable housing — and other problems with trying to stay in Boston
NEWSLETTERS

Don’t leave it to TV stars to address gun violence
Ilya Somin

US needs to protect Ukrainian refugees in the United States
RENÉE GRAHAM

Tim Scott’s folly
Jake Auchincloss

Too many young men are failing online
IDEAS | HILMAR SCHMUNDT

Techno-doping my way through the Boston Marathon

Metro

EDITORIAL

Let Harmony Montgomery be an example: Children’s needs must be prioritized in court cases

Whose responsibility was it to suggest that living with her troubled father was not in the 4-year-old’s best interest?

Here are the 2023 college commencement speakers in Massachusetts

Actor Tom Hanks, soccer legend Briana Scurry, fashion designer Ken Cole and Representative Ayanna Pressley are among the figures from arts, sports, business and politics tapped to deliver commencement addresses at colleges and universities in Massachusetts.

Second victim of New Bedford fire dies

Radames Lopez Mendrez, 78, and Eneida Gonzalez Mangual, 79, died from injuries suffered in the fire at 260 Chestnut St., officials said Friday.
NH BUSINESS

Some N.H. community power programs facing delay

The Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire blamed Eversource executives for obstructing the launch of the new electricity program, affecting customers in Nashua, Hanover, Harrisville, Peterborough, and Portsmouth.

Sports

Kevin Paul Dupont | Sunday hockey notes

For Bruins defenseman Dmitry Orlov, the Russian Five opened his eyes, and his path to the NHL

Whe Orlov was growing up, watching hockey on TV was limited to the World Championship and Olympics, but that changed in the mid-1990s.
CELTICS

Hawks offense catches fire, and creates questions about how over series with Celtics really is

The same team that had struggled to generate an offensive rhythm at TD Garden scored a playoff franchise-record 74 points in the first half, when it connected on 65 percent of its shots from the field.
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

The top story lines and latest news and nuggets about this year’s NFL Draft

The quarterback market always drives the conversation, and this year is no exception.
Bob Ryan

Sacramento Kings have a long history, and a lot of it has involved the Celtics
Red Sox 5, Brewers 3

Jarren Duran is making things happen, and the Red Sox are on a bit of a roll
GAME 3: HAWKS 130, CELTICS 122

Joe Mazzulla expected ‘a big punch’ from Hawks, and that’s exactly what Celtics were hit with in loss

Business

NH BUSINESS

Some N.H. community power programs facing delay

The Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire blamed Eversource executives for obstructing the launch of the new electricity program, affecting customers in Nashua, Hanover, Harrisville, Peterborough, and Portsmouth.
NFL

NFL suspends five players for violating gambling policy

Three were suspended for betting on NFL games in the 2022 season, and two others were punished for betting from an NFL facility on non-NFL games.

It took 3 years, but the state now has more jobs than before the pandemic

Confusion as Musk’s Twitter yanks blue checks from agencies
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Globe Magazine

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston 2023
Globe Magazine

Will real estate prices on Cape Cod and the Islands ever come back to earth?
Perspective

The brutal calculus of life expectancy and where you can afford to live
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘We both go to the same university’

metro

Vermont capital springs to life through poetry each April

Truck driver killed after fuel tanker rolled over, causing massive fire on Conn. bridge

City of Pawtucket supports Attorney General’s intervention on Memorial Hospital

sports

Celtics came to play against the Hawks in Game 3, they just didn’t come to rebound

Islanders ride four fastest goals in playoff history to Game 3 win over Hurricanes

With Patrice Bergeron sidelined, the Bruins followed the lead of their captain and won Game 3

business

A Mass. company woke up millions of Floridians with a false phone alert. The state fired them.

Stephen King’s blue check on Twitter was apparently an unwelcome gift from Elon Musk

Biden to sign order prioritizing ‘environmental justice’

politics

New wave of GOP candidates to challenge Trump, DeSantis

Extreme weather is nearly universal experience: AP-NORC poll

Abortion emerging as single most important issue of 2024

Nation

After the Supreme Court ruling: relief, disappointment and vows to keep fighting

Alabama education director ousted over ‘woke’ training book

Man with gun in custody after standoff near Mall of America

World

Dame Edna creator Barry Humphries dies in Sydney at 89

Sudan army: Rescue of foreign citizens, diplomats expected

Mexico migrant camp tents torched across border from Texas

opinion

Mass. law needs to require accessible workplaces

How long must Mass. renters keep struggling?

We shouldn’t be limited in pooling our money in political speech

lifestyle

I was rude and I want to apologize

He won’t introduce me to family and friends

The Silver Unicorn Bookstore hosts its first children’s graphic novel festival

food & dining

Mahaniyom team plans a new restaurant; Soleil comes to Boston Public Market

At Central Square’s Shōjō, Chinatown favorites and bold new flavors

At Barbara Lynch’s restaurants, growing concern over a toxic culture

travel

Can Norman Rockwell and fly fishing revive tourism in this tiny Vermont town?

David Rubenstein is thinking about Fenway Park (but not the fun snacks you find there). And he’s always working.

Tauck requires a COVID vaccine to cruise, so I require a refund!

Arts

When in Rome . . .

Galleries: Making magic at Fountain Street Gallery

After decades in the dark, Paul Goesch’s architectural fancies are finally seeing the light of day

Books

Stephen King’s blue check on Twitter was apparently an unwelcome gift from Elon Musk

With ‘Small Mercies,’ Dennis Lehane is telling the Boston story he’s always wanted to tell

In Dennis Lehane’s latest novel, ‘Small Mercies,’ a Southie woman searches for her missing daughter in a Boston on the brink of change

Movies

The Independent Film Festival Boston marks 20 years

In ‘Ghosted,’ starring Chris Evans and Ana de Armas, rom-com becomes bomb-com

Phoenix still rising

Television

From ‘Stranger Things’ to ‘Sweeney Todd,’ Matarazzo has what it takes

The Nicholas Alahverdian story gets the ‘Dateline’ treatment tonight

The unvarnished villainy of Logan Roy

music

At BSO, a high-flying homage to Sibelius

‘Iphigenié en Tauride’ is mythological melodrama at its finest

Despite his name, Louis Prima Jr. wasn’t always a hep cat, and that’s no jive

Theater/Dance

Ultimately, this ‘My Fair Lady’ is quite ‘loverly’

Taylor Mac on ‘Joy and Pandemic,’ the play he’s been thinking about his whole life

In ‘And So We Walked,’ DeLanna Studi follows the footsteps of her ancestors along the Trail of Tears

globe local

Worrell brothers, one a councilor and one a state representative, open joint Dorchester office for ‘top-notch constituent services’

Fire destroys multiple homes along beachfront in Scituate

Reading harpist returns to hometown for performance with the US Air Force Concert Band

Obituaries

Bud Shuster, unabashed ‘asphalt king’ of Congress, dies at 91

Jessica Burstein, whose camera captured New York, dies at 76

Ex-Celtic Ernie Barrett, beloved at Kansas State, dies at 93