Hospital hopes new housing can ease ?Nantucket Shuffle?

As part of a major renovation of Nantucket Cottage Hospital, 83 units of housing are being built to recruit ? and keep ? critical workers.

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Nantucket Cottage Hospital is building 83 units across the street in the hopes it will help it retain year-round workers on the popular island.

(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 22, 2016 US actor Kevin Spacey arrives at the season 4 premiere screening of the Netflix show

Kevin Spacey spotted in Baltimore as he awaits Nantucket arraignment

The actor made a rare return to public view in Baltimore this weekend, as he awaits his Jan. 7 arraignment in Nantucket District Court.

An Airbnb ?super host? crashed through a guesthouse window as MDs Chiedozie Uwandu and Jaleesa Jackson slept; the company coughed up an apology and a sizable settlement only after readers blasted it.

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Sean P. Murphy

Want corporations to listen? Speak up

I wrote dozens of consumer columns in 2018. About one-third resulted in some redress for consumers. All of them, I hope, helped ordinary people push back.

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New Year?s Eve is likely to be a wet one, with steady rainfall beginning around sundown and lasting into mid-morning Tuesday.

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The student used racial slurs and told the recipient of the messages to ?Go back to Africa,? according to university officials.

A procession led by a reenactor dressed as General George Washington on horseback is part of Somerville?s New Year?s Day commemoration of the 1776 raising of the Grand Union flag.

Week Ahead

To avoid the hubbub, try First Night in the ?burbs

There are places outside Boston where you could mark the end of the old and ring in the new in smaller ? and perhaps more meaningful ? settings.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/26/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/Walker_123116_01firstnight_1523xx[1].jpg Here?s where you can see fireworks this New Year?s Eve

Boston will have three separate pyrotechnic displays, while festivities outside the city include shows in Providence and Hampton Beach, N.H.

CELTICS

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/28/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/579e90f4b95948a2b89246693075c05f-579e90f4b95948a2b89246693075c05f-0.jpg ?I told you my object is to heal the world?: Kyrie Irving explains why he gave money to homeless man

Irving?s gesture came as the Celtics were boarding the team bus for Thursday?s game against the Rockets.

Dr. Rafael Campo, creator of eight books of poetry, is editor of the Poetry and Medicine section of the medical journal JAMA.

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In verse, Harvard doctor Rafael Campo discovers ?a form of survival?

Campo is the newly appointed poetry editor for JAMA. ?It?s helped me to be a better listener and healer for other patients,? he said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-24256.jpg Maine woman who makes artwork out of moose poop might be getting a TV show

Mary Winchenbach and her wife, Deb Nicholls, are reportedly in discussions with TNT about bringing their brand of poop art to cable television.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_VT%20Foliage1_MET.jpg Vt. will pay remote workers up to $10k to move there

Vermont is hoping to attract new residents and boost its population and workforce by paying some people to relocate to the state.

Tom Brady was 24 of 33 passing for 250 yards and four touchdowns against the Jets.

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Tara Sullivan

Vintage Tom Brady returns, just in time for the playoffs

The Jets forced the Patriots to pass the ball. Brady (4 touchdown passes) obliged.

Foxborough, MA 12-30-18:Patriots running back Rex Burkhead celebrates with fans in the end zone aftre he caught a second quarter touchdown pass from quarterback Tom Brady (not pictured). The New England Patriots hosted the New York Jets in a regular season NFL football game at Gillette Stadium. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

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Ben Volin

Don?t put much stock in beating the Jets

The Patriots could smile, but the Jets looked ready for the offseason.

Foxborough MA 12/30/18 New England Patriots Tom Brady throws a touchdown reception to Phillip Dorset against the New York Jets during second quarter NFL action at Gillette Stadium. (photo by Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff) topic: reporter:

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Chad Finn | 38 thoughts

Patriots showed right away they were better team

No, there was no suspense. But there was an awful lot of reassurance.

Washington Santos and two other plaintiffs were denied Welcome Home Bonus money because they received ?other than honorable? discharges.

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State ordered to reconsider denial of veterans? Welcome Home Bonus money

Three Massachusetts combat veterans have won a court challenge against the state government, which denied them their bonus money after deployments in Afghanistan because they received ?other than honorable? discharges from the military.

Unhealthy Divide

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_101118_xxpoorwithcancer_BAT.jpg Battling a double diagnosis ? cancer and poverty

Cancer is a tremendous burden for anyone, but for a growing number of lower-income and even middle-class patients, an illness means an avalanche of trouble.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/27/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/KristenRoupenian_liv.jpg Remember ?Cat Person?? The author of the viral short story has written a book

A viral sensation, Kristen Roupenian?s ?Cat Person? has led to a hotly awaited collection, ?You Know You Want This,? due out Jan. 15.

Peter DeMarco

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Rinaldi14somerville06.jpg My wife?s death was senseless. Using it to save lives is only thing that makes sense to me

My quest to understand what happened to my wife led to hard questions at Somerville Hospital.

Aretha Franklin in August 1960.

From Aretha Franklin to ?Whitey? Bulger, the year?s departed

As another New Year beckons, it is time to reflect upon the lives and legacies of notable figures who died in 2018, women and men who left lasting imprints on the region, nation, and world.

Globe Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/27/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/barry1230web.jpg Dave Barry?s year in review: Good riddance, 2018!

Who?s got the bigger nuclear button? And other highlights of another ridiculous year.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

A double diagnosis ? cancer when poor

Marie Cajuste couldn?t ignore it any more. She had noticed a hard lump in her left breast about a year before, but kept the discovery to herself. She literally could not afford to be sick.

Special reports

Shannon Goyette (left) and Cynthia Pierce became friends when their children were in kindergarten. Both mothers lost a son to suicide.

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After suicides in Acton and Boxborough, a communion of sorrow

The unthinkable has been an all-too-common companion in two small neighboring towns, where six young people took their lives in the short span of 30 months. The questions keep coming: What is happening? Why? When will it stop?

Podcasts

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/gladiator%20pic5.jpg Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc.

The story of a profoundly troubled young man and the ugly underside of America?s most popular sport.

Newsletters

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Follow the Celtics? quest for a title and other NBA news both on and off the court. Sign up here.

STAT

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It?s been a busy 2018 at STAT, but we still have found the time to see what other journalists are writing ? and get jealous we didn?t do it ourselves.

Love Letters: The Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/200_love_letters_bonus.jpg Love Letters: Until next year, my sweetheart

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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