With more plumbers, could Lawrence have seen faster gas service?

Lawrence, MA, 12/3/2018 -- Workers deliver a new stove to a home in South Lawrence. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: 04lawrence Reporter:

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A revised plan deploying hundreds more plumbers turned out to be highly effective. So some ask: Why wasn?t Plan B Plan A?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/11/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_statehouse_met-5838.jpg A year after being introduced, a state bill to ease housing shortages remains in limbo

The slow pace highlights how hard it is for the state to make even limited changes to housing policies fiercely protected by cities and towns.

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Manager Alex Cora said he will attend the ceremony and use his ?platform the right way.??

The biggest potential opportunity: Suffolk Downs, on the Revere-Boston line.

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CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Revere?s mayor is still looking to land its big fish

Revere Mayor Brian Arrigo is about to figure out what life after failing to win Amazon?s HQ2 will be like for his city.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/debtlumackifuneral066-23666.jpg Baker calls for Newton judge to be pulled from bench amid probe

The Globe reported a federal grand jury is looking into whether Judge Shelley Joseph and other court personnel helped an undocumented immigrant evade immigration officials.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/23/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_flag5_met.jpg College fund removes professor?s name after an accusation from the 1970s

Hampshire College rescinded an endowed fund named in memory of the late Lester J. Mazor, a professor for 37 years, after determining allegations of inappropriate behavior were credible.

Jaheim Boles, 15, a student at English High School in Jamaica Plain, greeted the robot introduced to aid in computer programming.

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Boston students get help on their classwork from a robot

Pepper, a 4-foot-tall robot from Softbank Robotics America, isn?t shy.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Ruby%203%20July%202018.jpg R.I. State Police search and rescue dog goes missing

K-9 Ruby went missing while off duty in Warwick on Monday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/03/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AFP_1BB7AV.jpg Washington pays respects, bids farewell to George H.W. Bush

The former president?s body arrived at the Capitol rotunda Monday, and a public visitation lasts until Wednesday.

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A forensic examination shows a black man was shot three times in the back when an Alabama police officer mistook him for a shooter at a crowded shopping mall, the man?s family said.

Hillary Leicher, a manager at Chef?s Market, and egg farmer Chris Recchia discuss law enforcement in Randolph, Vt., which is now covered by the Orange County sheriff?s office.

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THOMAS FARRAGHER

The local police force in this tiny Vermont village has gone ? and may never be coming back

This little town of 2,000 is now pondering life without its local cops. And the cost of rehiring men and women with guns and badges.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/24/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Boghosian_28foundation2_BIZ.jpg Four years ago, he was given months to live, but one ?lifesaver? cancer test changed everything

John White, a retired North Attleborough bioengineer, was diagnosed in early 2015 with aggressive prostate cancer.

obituary

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/02192012_19coastguard_photo5-8188325.jpg A quiet hero: Andy Fitzgerald, last surviving crew member from daring Cape Cod rescue, dies at 87

Mr. Fitzgerald?s crew was awarded the Gold Lifesaving Medal, the Coast Guard?s highest honor, for its 1952 rescue of 32 men off an oil tanker, and was immortalized in the 2016 blockbuster ?The Finest Hours.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/WALKER_122116_jinglebells_01136x.jpg N.H. high school students sing song about KKK to tune of ?Jingle Bells?

A school superintendent is decrying a video of two high school students singing, ?KKK, KKK, Let?s kill all the blacks,? to the tune of ?Jingle Bells.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Rain_02-21251-21491.jpg Heavy fall rain could cause trouble in spring

The more serious repercussions from one of the wettest falls on record are yet to come, according to climate scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Leicester, MA, 11/20/2018 -- A Pure Syringe on display at the opening of Cultivate, one of the state's first two pot shops. This the first day the store can sell recreational marijuana to adults 21 and older. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: 21potopen Reporter:

Healey rejects several local moratoriums on marijuana businesses

Three towns that tried to extend their freezes on pot businesses into 2019 were rebuffed by the Attorney General?s office.

Los Angeles, CA: 10-28-18: Red Sox pitchers David Price (left) and Nathan Eovaldi (right) pose with the trophy as the Red Sox celebrate their World Series victory. The Boston Red Sox visited the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game Five of the World Series at Dodger Stadium. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

Red Sox notebook

Red Sox would love to retain World Series hero Nathan Eovaldi

Dave Dombrowski said the Sox want to bring back the free agent, but competition for his services will be stiff.

TARA SULLIVAN

/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/03/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Tara_Sullivan-24590.tif NFL proves it?s still all talk when dealing with domestic violence

Roger Goodell vowed the league would right the wrongs exposed by the Ray Rice case. But four years later, the Kareem Hunt ?investigation? shows nothing has changed.

People line up on the opening day of sales of Marijuana to the general public at New England Treatment Access (NETA) in Northampton, Massachusetts on November 20, 2018. (Photo by Joseph PREZIOSO / AFP)JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP/Getty Images

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Editorial

Boston should stop dragging its feet on marijuana shops

With two marijuana stores opened in Central in Western Mass., Bostonians are asking, ?What about us??

Renée Graham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/03/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Graham-5842.jpg NFL?s Roger Goodell has to go

League commissioner Roger Goodell has a history of ignoring domestic violence by players.

Opinion | Ron Kaufman

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/03/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/kaufman.jpg Ron Kaufman: George H.W. Bush completely transformed a poor kid from Quincy

A family-like bond with George H.W. Bush went beyond politics and career.

George H.W.  Bush (left) and Michael Dukakis shook hands before a September 1988  debate in Winston-Salem, N.C.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Bush?s relationship with Dukakis begins and ends with Willie Horton

The nasty Republican campaign of 1988 was lowlighted by Bush?s willingness to sanction race-baiting.

GLOBE SANTA

Family recovering from a mother?s suicide seek Globe Santa help

A father of four from Boston has a tragic tale to tell but he sees hope as his children move on from family turmoil to success.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/02harvardpics%2021-23583.jpg Sororities, fraternities sue Harvard over social club crackdown

Groups say Harvard?s crackdown on single-gender social clubs discriminates against women and discourages students from exercising their rights of free association.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryangate1met-23614.jpg Finally, gate opens to connect Red Line and Quincy neighborhood

Less than 500 feet of pedestrian infrastructure will have a big benefit for many commuters.

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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?

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The Big Picture

Keeping tradition of the hunt alive

Through the New England countryside, riders take part in an adventure at once ancient and modern: A formal fox hunt, no fox necessary.

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The auto industry is heading into new territory. From autonomous cars to electric vehicles, carmakers both import and domestic are venturing into the future. The Los Angeles International Auto Show is one place you can see the shift in the auto industry happening in real time. From crossovers and concepts by established automakers to all-new [?]

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/03/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/PharmaValley-5-1600x900.jpg China?s equivalent of Kendall Square is expanding rapidly

In the epicenter of the country?s biotech industry, scaffolding sprouts like weeds.

Love Letters: The Podcast

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In a special bonus episode, Meredith Goldstein explores what happens to summer romance when the summer ends, and ?Wet Hot American Summer? creator David Wain shares a girl-crazy memory from his own camp days.

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