The Boston Globe

The 2020 Democratic primary in N.H. could have a New England flavor

Former governor Deval Patrick (left) and Senators Elizabeth Warren (center) and Bernie Sanders are among the New Englanders who could face off in New Hampshire in 2020. — Globe Staff/File photos

It?s a tradition: If a Democrat from the region runs in the first-in-the-nation primary, he or she wins it. What if several run at the same time?

Opinion | Thomas Gagen

Don?t run, Senator Warren, don?t run

Elizabeth Warren would face problems inherent in the Massachusetts political culture if she runs.

Man and woman killed by Christmas train in Wareham were the parents of three children, victim?s father says

The 33-year-old woman was identified as Melissa Gaudette by her father, who said that his family was ?trying to deal with a tragedy.? A 36-year-old man was also killed in the incident.

Rest homes closing as financial pressures mount

When it closes on Dec. 1, the financially troubled Somerville Home will become the 100th such facility in the state to shut down in the past two decades.

Alicia Restrepo was found fatally shot in her car on Oct. 15. She was 24. — WBZ-TV/Globe staff illustration

8 killings, 11 days, and the last to die was Alicia

It was a stunning cluster of shootings even for a part of the city that knows violence too well.

Seven thoughts about Celtics? toughness and the state of the team

Coach Brad Stevens called into question his team?s mind-set and toughness following Saturday night?s dismal loss to Utah.

Ben Volin | On Football

Breaking down the AFC standings and where the Patriots sit

The Chiefs and Steelers are ahead of the Patriots, and even the Texans have entered the conversation.

For Boston?s trans community, Sunday was ?a somber day?

The annual Transgender Day of Remembrance began after Rita Hester was killed in Allston 20 years ago.

More than 1,300 still unaccounted for in wake of Calif. wildfire

Searchers combing the devastated town of Paradise stepped up their efforts ahead of rains forecast for later this week.

Trump cites Finland on forest fire prevention, but Finnish president is puzzled

Sauli Niinisto isn?t sure where President Trump got the idea that raking is part of his country?s routine for managing its forests.

Stephen Mandile, an Iraq war veteran from Uxbridge, will be the first recreational marijuana customer at Cultivate in Leicester. — Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

Meet the first recreational marijuana customers in Massachusetts: a pair of veterans

Iraq veteran and medical marijuana advocate Stephen Mandile and Northampton Mayor and Air Force veteran David Narkewicz will make the legal pot purchases on Tuesday.

Is Boston ready for electric scooters?

If experience in other cities where they?ve landed is a guide, we may be in for a new breed of aggressive, erratic drivers.

Swansea dancers are primed for Macy?s Thanksgiving parade

Thirteen teenagers from a local dance studio are putting aside Thanksgiving traditions to take the national stage Thursday.

7 new Rhodes scholars have ties to New England

They were among 32 who won the prestigious award to study at Oxford University next fall.

?America needs to be careful? says John Oliver on ?Last Week Tonight? season finale

In his show?s season finale, John Oliver asked his audience to be vigilant against those who have authoritarian impulses ? including, he said, President Trump.

Players on 1986 Red Sox remember Bill Fischer

?Deep down he was a beautiful person and one of the greatest human beings I ever met,? said Bruce Hurst. The pitching coach, 88, died recently.

Ceremonies remember BU grad student, other fallen cyclists

Meng Jin, struck outside the Museum of Science, was among those remembered at Sunday?s event.

Names

BSO gives Andris Nelsons a surprise for his 40th birthday

A cake fit for the occasion was brought onstage at Symphony Hall on Saturday evening.

Adrian Walker

Tom Glynn?s legacy at Massport includes a push for diversity

The former Massport chief made a point of opening up the insular world of Boston developers.

Top Places to Work

The 2018 Top Places to Work in Massachusetts

These 128 businesses have the happiest employees in the state. Here are sortable lists of the winners, and how we compiled them.

From his station beside the Eel Pond Bridge in Woods Hole, Michael Botelho watches boat and car traffic and works the controls to open and close the span, sometimes using a hand crank to accomplish the task.
Botelho sometimes using a hand crank to open and close the bridge. — David L. Ryan/Globe Staff

WORK SPACE

For the Woods Hole ?tender,? it?s always bridge season

Michael Botelho has long tended to a small ? but important ? drawbridge in Woods Hole. He loves the job.

?Donald Trump was elected president because of his racism, not in spite of it?

In him, racists have someone who will never unequivocally condemn them or the violence they commit.

Help was a few feet away. Why didn?t they save her?

My wife, Laura Levis, did everything she could to save herself when the asthma attack began. She went to Somerville Hospital and called 911, too. How could she have been left to die just outside the emergency room?

Globe must-reads

WOBURN, MA - 10/25/2018: JB Simon wears a bowtie. After Reveneer relaxed their dress code, a handful of employees started

Top Places to Work

As casual dress takes over Boston offices, could ?Formal Thursday? become a thing?

At the Wampanoag Homesite, an interpreter talked to school children.

At Plimoth Plantation, not all are thankful

With rainfall in the area as much as 50 percent above average this year, the Merrimack is expected to be deluged with an estimated 750 million gallons of sewage from the six treatment plants that feed into it.

Pollution is a plague on region?s rivers

Dennis-Yarmouth field hockey captains hoist their Divison 2 state championship trophy, after defeating Greenfield.

Photo gallery

Scenes from fall sports state championships

A calendar counting down to Election Day took center stage at the Somerville offices of Democratic fund-raising platform ActBlue.

GOP green with envy over Somerville?s ActBlue

Dinner with Cupid

Will a sports fan and a sports agnostic hit it off?

Jeanette Gaudet spoke with Cardinal Sean P. O?Malley Saturday at the Archdiocesan Justice Convocation.

Archdiocese to address social justice with new ministry

Protesters gathered in front of Sanofi in Cambridge on Friday.

Insulin cost protest focuses on Sanofi

Above: Double Dutch Soda medical marijuana at Cultivate Holdings in Leicester. The medical marijuana dispensary will start offering recreational sales Tuesday.

First 2 Mass. pot shops open at 8 a.m. Tuesday

Colorful street art in Graffiti Alley in the Fashion District of Toronto

Christopher Muther

The essential Toronto weekend, abridged

Governor Charlie Baker spoke during a forum on the opioid epidemic.

Baker: State?s opioid crisis is ?a relentless foe?

Willaim Goldman accepted his Oscar in 1977 for ?All The President?s Men.?

Mike Lupica | Appreciation

William Goldman was a storyteller, mentor, friend

Sports

Tags in this section:

Chicago, IL - 10/21/2018 - (2nd quarter) New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) and New England Patriots running back James White (28) share an embrace after White's touchdown during the second quarter. New England Patriots vs. Chicago Bears at Soldier Field. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Ben Volin, Topic: 21Patriots-Bears, LOID: 8.4.3538702313.

Nora Princiotti

James White on pace to set receptions record for RBs

White has 66 receptions in 10 games, and the record is 102 by Matt Forte in 2014.

Metro

Tags in this section:

Karen and Mark Curtis looked at a card delivered to the 2010 event.

THE WEEK AHEAD

Ways to give on Thanksgiving

There are opportunities to help fill a plate for everyone who might otherwise go without.

Politics

Tags in this section:

PALM BEACH, FL - NOVEMBER 18: Volunteers look at ballots during a hand recount at the Supervisor of Elections Service Center on November 18, 2018 in Palm Beach, Florida. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) trailed his Republican challenger for senate, Governor Rick Scott by less than a quarter of a percentage point after the first recount, requiring a hand recount of ballots that a machine could not read. Officials had until 12pm Sunday to conclude the recount. (Photo by Saul Martinez/Getty Images)

Bill Nelson concedes tight Florida Senate race to Rick Scott

A recount showed three-term Democratic Senator Bill Nelson more than 10,000 votes behind GOP Governor Rick Scott.

Nation & World

Tags in this section:

A search-and-rescue team member documented its sign marking a home?s ruins in Paradise, Calif., on Sunday.

Searchers in California wildfire step up efforts before rain

Although the rain could help tamp down the blazes that have killed 76 people so far, it also could wash away telltale fragments of bone, or turn loose, dry ash into a thick paste that would frustrate the search.