MBTA General Manager Beverly Scott personally took part in negotiations with Keolis executives in Boston earlier this week, one person said.
‘‘This is hard work,’’ he told reporters after a 2½-hour meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Officials had hoped direct peace talks would begin Saturday after preliminary talks on Friday.
Joe Wheelwright has always worked big, but the 65-year-old Dorchester artist’s latest plan is his most ambitious yet.
The family of Colleen Ritzer said they feel “a deep sense of betrayal and anguish” after a court decision struck down life sentences for juveniles.
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Alex Donovan and Emma Foley (front) were among students practicing in the hallway before the competitions.
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James Fuschetti of Chelmsford High performed. Events fall into four categories: public address; debate; limited preparation; and interpretive events.
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Judge Anne Kiley-Dion scored the contestants.
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Nicole Keeping of AMSA Charter School in Marlborough. Program alumni include Oprah Winfrey, and Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and John Roberts.
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Maggie Fitzgerald of Montrose.
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Natick High students Chautauqua Ordway, Jacob Clerico, Marie Libbin, and Connor Shea performed a piece from “Hairspray.”
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Madeline Garf, Ben Taussig, Julia Silverman, and Jonathan Perez-Reyzin, waiting in the Natick High School cafeteria for the judges’ scores.
On a cold Saturday morning, high school students rolled out of bed and went to debate at the Holly Speech Festival, “the best thing you don’t know about.”
Governor Deval Patrick called the storm a “mixed blessing,” noting dangerously frigid temperatures expected to last into Saturday morning.
Who cares what a politician wears to tell us that half the state has lost power, Boston is under a parking ban, and coastal flooding is feared? We do, apparently.
The Boston airport is expected to operate normally by Saturday, even as it handles an influx of previously stranded travelers.
RENÉE LOTH
And now the good newsWhile the year is still fresh and new, let’s take a moment to cleanse the palate with good tidings.
The Celtics wasted a chance to rally with poor execution down the stretch in their 95-92 loss at TD Garden.
Freezing temperatures caused the pipes to burst, leaving some shoppers at the Prudential Center soaked.
More than half of female Marines in boot camp can’t do three pullups, the minimum standard that was to take effect with the new year.
While the day was meant to be the first of his four-day inaugural tour, the mayor-elect instead spent his morning receiving a tutorial on snow removal.
Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s highly rated farm to table restaurant in the W Boston Hotel closed late last month.
The central deceit, and the mystery the rest of the book unravels bit by bit, is anything but a white lie.
The IPA, formerly a West Coast specialty, is evolving.
Globe Talks | Jan. 10, 8:30 a.m.
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Ideas
What we learned in 2013From dashcams in Russia to the power of Black Twitter, here are some of the things we would never have known if not for 2013.
