Springfield bets on a downtown turnaround

Springfield is looking to MGM to jump-start a stalled city with an urban casino concept that’s never been tried like this.

Sondra Hart and her husband, John Pouliot, packed up their lakefront condo in Lunenburg affter selling it.

Cambridge leads the way in regional housing boom

A boom in Eastern Mass. could be bigger than the last one as real estate activity near Boston spreads to suburbs, experts say.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/05/17/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/chin051614soxtigers_spt29.jpg ‘Extreme force’ may have opened Fenway elevator

Force against the bottom of an elevator may have allowed a woman to fall down the elevator shaft, officials said.

Delay recommended in Boston superintendent search

A consulting firm said more time in the search for a new school superintendent could result in a “more robust group of candidates.”

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/05/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/bus-big-13396.jpg MBTA bus driver cited for speeding, other charges

The citations may have been due to the fact that the driver in Sunday’s crash had a cellphone with her, in violation of T rules.

03/12/14: Boston, MA: Before the game the Celtics posed for their annual team picture at mid Wyc Grousbeck posed with his championship ring and point guard Rajon Rondo.

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Celtics owner says no deal until lottery, if then

Wyc Grousbeck said the Celtics will see what pick they get in the lottery, then “we’ll start answering the phones.”

Erica Spyres and Joey Caverly starred in SpeakEasy Stage Company’s “Tribes,” named outstanding production by a midsize theater.

ART, Zeitgeist four-time winners at Norton Awards

The American Repertory Theater and the fringe Zeitgeist Stage Company took the most honors at Monday’s Elliot Norton Awards for the best in local theater.

Michael Sam should have told NFL teams he planned to do a docuseries, but it might just have been an excuse for a team not to draft him. Jeff Roberson/Associated Press

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

It’s a shame Michael Sam is not going to do documentary series

Now we won’t get to bear witness to a milestone moment in pro football and American society.

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Summer Arts Preview: Critics’ picks

Ninety fun-filled attractions from the Cape to the Berkshires and beyond.

Opinion

Jennifer Graham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/05/16/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/0619oped_graham.jpg Insects in the mail: Buyer beware

Amid all the groaning about the lackluster US economy, remember this: We’re not broke yet. We still have enough money to buy bugs.

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History shows that today’s information free-for-all is the norm, says Andrew Pettegree.