The relationship has been rattled by a series of clashes over council salaries, school transportation, and the mayor?s tweaks to the residency rule.
Zack Wittman for the Boston Globe
When Partners HealthCare struck a deal with the attorney general to acquire three more hospitals, rivals finally took a public stand.
Baker has inherited a to-do list of problems that includes the intractable and the newly minted, the complex and the confounding.
Kevin Cullen
A guy who served his country in a time of war suffered needlessly because of those who put the bureau in bureaucracy.
Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff
Charles DiPerri, 75, remembers when the plant belched soot into the air.
Globe staff photo/file
Chemical spills, like this one in 1975, were not uncommon at the site.
Globe staff photo/file 1980
A tank car spill in Somerville (above) was related to the facility.
Globe staff photo/file
Drifting sulfur was a constant irritant for those living near the site.
The grimy tract where a gambling palace will rise is rich in history ? of industry and the pollutants that came with it.
Yvonne Abraham
The Wynn casino is slated to open in 2017, so everybody with the power to help improve Sullivan Square needs to find the urgency they haven?t mustered before.
Ty Burr
In movies and miniseries like ?Outbreak,? ?Pandemic,? and ?Contagion,? a scary virus could always be contained.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
Random thought: Does anyone else think Charlie Baker looks like Roger Goodell?s big brother?
Nathaniel P. Morris
A dog?s lessons for one medical studentHow can medicine best help us when we reach 14 dog years?
The Celtics almost looked too flawless through 3½ quarters as they beat the Bulls Saturday night in Chicago.
Police issued an arrest warrant for a man suspected of killing the mother of his child and fleeing from their Bowdoin Street home.
The newest gear, hottest peaks, and coolest places to warm up after a long day of chasing snowy thrills.
The men were released earlier Saturday from North Korean custody.
Kevin Washington will be the first African-American to serve as the organization's chief executive.
As numbers dwindle, WWII veterans tell the story of opening the path for today?s women.
In his latest novel, King writes about the hubris of questioning God?s universe in the most direct way yet.
The Times of London?s powerful, acerbic restaurant critic eats up Toronto.
Grzegorz Michalowski/EPA
An homage to the artists who create for all to see, and to the photographers who captured it.
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Harvard Art Museums? member preview partyEnter to win tickets to celebrate the opening of the newly renovated and expanded complex on Nov. 12.
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How American voters fell out of love with their own partiesToday we hate the other side more than we root for our own team. Why the end of rah-rah politics is bad for democracy.
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