68 Blocks: Life, Death, Hope
From a neglected community garden to a ministry based on the streets of Bowdoin-Geneva, there is hope for better days ahead despite the weight of violence, pessimism, and disappointment.
The only way for Father Doc Conway to reach out to many residents of Bowdoin-Geneva is to walk its streets.
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How Bowdoin-Geneva has evolvedLess than 150 years ago, the portion of Dorchester known as Bowdoin-Geneva was rocky countryside with few residents.
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68 Blocks: Life, Death, HopeA five-part Globe series on Boston’s Bowdoin-Geneva neighborhood.
The economic downturn has fallen particularly hard on low-income households, forcing teens to trade school for work and put their futures at risk.
Shooting in Connecticut
Speaking to hundreds of mourners assembled at Newtown High School, the president promised to use his full power to find ways to prevent future shootings.
An array of officials expressed sadness and shock on Sunday over the killings at a Connecticut elementary school.
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49ers 41, Patriots 34
The Patriots clawed back from a four-touchdown hole, but it wasn’t enough to beat the 49ers.
Christopher L. Gasper
With his gilded arm and steely determination, the Patriots quarterback turned what looked like a blowout into a shootout.
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The Celtics are a scattered team, clicking one quarter, uninterested the next, and fatigued the next.
More than 4,000 children from homeless shelters across the city flooded into the 24th annual Christmas in the City “Winter Wonderland.”
Syrian jets dropped bombs on a decades-old Palestinian refugee enclave in Damascus on Sunday, opposition activists said.
The senator will have decades of international experience to draw on if he becomes the next secretary of state.
The William Styron letters display an author of extremes — from kindness to cruelty.
A government task force recommended that doctors discuss the dangers of smoking with all patients ages 10 to 17.
