Latest news

 

Conviction vacated in drug lab scandal

In what may be the first of a wave of such actions, a Superior Court judge ordered a convicted drug dealer released 2 1/2 years early in the wake of a drug lab evidence scandal.

Verizon, unions agree on new contracts

Unions representing 45,000 Verizon workers announced tentative new contracts that call for an 8 percent pay raise over four years.

Mass. National Guard chief retires after assault probe

Commander Joseph Carter has agreed to retire after military investigators found probable cause that he indecently assaulted a subordinate in 1984.

Two officials leave Justice Dept. after ‘Fast and Furious’ report

A senior official resigned and another retired after an internal watchdog faulted the agency for the bungled gun-trafficking probe.

Candy shop gives way to luxury condos

The Olde Dutch Cottage Candy & Antiques store on Tremont Street is being demolished this week to make way for a luxury condominium complex called Chevron on Tremont.

19tremont 518 Tremont Street, from SEHS 1972 South End Streets Survey Credit: Courtesy of the South End Historical Society.

The South End Historical Society

Developers are tearing down the building that housed the Olde Dutch Cottage Candy & Antiques store in the South End.

The building, which was built in 1924, stands out in a neighborhood of brownstones.

Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff

The building, which was built in 1924, stands out in a neighborhood of brownstones.

Over the next year, developer PEG Properties & Design will construct five levels of Parisian-style flats on the property.

Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff

Over the next year, developer PEG Properties & Design will construct five levels of Parisian-style flats on the property.

Each unit, which will will occupy an entire floor, will be priced at about $3 million and have at least three bedrooms and two bathrooms.

Grassi Design Group rendering

Each unit, which will will occupy an entire floor, will be priced at about $3 million and have at least three bedrooms and two bathrooms.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/09/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Wiggs_funeral_1metro--90x90.jpg Bruce Bolling remembered as tireless public servant

Local leaders joined hundreds of mourners today at a Mattapan memorial service for Bruce Bolling, the first African-American president of the Boston City Council.

Brian McGrory

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/09/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/mcgrory-3460.jpg Scott Brown beyond the camera, lights

The senator’s “On the Road” tour apparently doesn’t go through Raynham, where he failed to attend any of the three dedication ceremonies for fallen Medal of Honor recipient Jared Monti.

derrick z. jackson

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/09/19/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/151956967.jpg The battle over food labeling

A proposal in California to require labeling of foods made from genetically engineered crops has been met with a backlash from an array of corporations.

Boston Globe ePaper

ePaper

Read the ePaper edition

The complete print edition, in its exact layout. Browse the print edition page by page, including stories and ads.

Globe Insiders

Video

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/01/29/BostonGlobe.com/Tools/Images/rudick_2--90x90.jpg Globe Insiders video: The Back Story

A video series where Globe journalists tell the stories behind their stories. Exclusively on BostonGlobe.com, it is hosted by multimedia journalist Dina Rudick.

Globe exclusives

“In this field, we keep having these things appear,” Harvard professor Karen L. King said of the fragment.

Finding hints that Jesus was married
A replacement referee questioned a call during the season opening game between the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders on Sept. 10.

Dan Shaughnessy

Stop the madness with replacement refs
John F. Kennedy, shown in Toledo, Ohio, worked hard to hide his physical problems from reporters.

’60 tape reveals an uncertain JFK
Apples at Shelburne Farm in Stow.

Where to pick your own apples in Massachusetts
Sauteed dandelion greens with caramelized onions.

Cheap Eats

Traditional Lebanese food in Norwood
“Under glass,” an appetizer (circa 1903) of mushrooms and cheese, oxtail and brioche toast.

Food & dining

Kitchen celebrates recipes of the past
Danny Bryck interviewed nearly 200 people during the occupation at Dewey Square last year, and boiled it down to more than two dozen characters.

Stage Review

Voices of Occupy Boston protest in ‘No Room for Wishing’
Ally Scholtz, 14, an intern at Cider Hill Farm in Amesbury, harvests kale.

G Cover

Aspiring farmers plow ahead
A bicyclist rode outside the lane reserved for riders on Tuesday on Commonwealth Avenue.

As more cyclists hit road, number of accidents rises

Frame by Frame

At the MFA, comfort in the arms of an angel
Customers lined up outside the Apple store on Fifth Avenue in New York City Monday to await the arrival of the iPhone 5.

Consumers give iPhone 5 a ringing endorsement
Tim Wakefield in “Knuckleball!” The Red Sox pitcher retired with 200 major league victories.

Movie Review

‘Knuckleball!’ documentary is pitch-perfect

Sports

Tags in this section:

Brian Waters

Patriots offered Brian Waters $4m to report

New England offered a pay raise of almost three times last year’s salary to the Pro Bowl offensive lineman, who has yet to report this season.

Metro

Tags in this section:

In Winchester, people lined the street as the funeral procession for former US Navy Seal Glen Doherty passed.

Winchester pays respects to former SEAL killed in Libya

Residents lined the streets for the procession of Glen Doherty, who was killed in an attack on the US consulate in Libya.

Columnists

derrick z. jackson

The battle over food labeling

Scot Lehigh

Romney’s down, but a bold move could bring him back
Senator Scott Brown at a Mattapan auto service center earlier this month after his wife got his truck detail-cleaned for his birthday.

Brian McGrory

Scott Brown beyond the camera, lights
A replacement referee questioned a call during the season opening game between the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders on Sept. 10.

Dan Shaughnessy

Stop the madness with replacement refs

farah stockman

The blame generation

joanna weiss

‘Honey Boo Boo’ and the real America

Boston Capital

Wellington’s Ed Owens going out on top
Glen Doherty of Winchester, a former Navy Seal, was slain last week in the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

Juliette Kayyem

In remembrance, a Civil War legacy

Dan Shaughnessy

Patriots have more questions than answers
cellCONTROL Safe Driving Systemfor Cell Phones

Tech Lab Plus

Device deactivates phones in car
WiTricity plans to sell a kit that shows how electricity can be sent wirelessly.

Innovation Economy

Site’s reviews of city blocks may stir controversy

Adrian Walker

Debates loom large in Brown-Warren race

Business

Tags in this section:

Home builder Toll Brothers’ town homes were offered for sale at the Vistas at Indian Oak community in Chatsworth, Calif., with a sign reflecting a growing confidence.

US homebuilder confidence surges to 6-year high

Many expect the housing recovery will strengthen in the next six months.

Politics

Mitt Romney mostly stood by his comment about the president’s supporters.

Romney holds to views, tries to quiet uproar

As the full 49-minute video from a private May fund-raiser emerged online, Mitt Romney was also seen telling donors that the Palestinians have no interest in establishing peace with Israel.

Nation & World

Tags in this section:

Chicago Teachers Union delegates celebrated after voting to end a strike. Union members must vote on the contract.

Chicago teachers union votes to end its strike

Teachers agreed to end their strike in the nation’s third-largest school system, although the proposed contract needs ratification.

Arts

Tags in this section:

Book Review

Steven Johnson.

‘Future Perfect ’ by Steven Johnson

Johnson makes the case against the kind of centralized problem solving that characterizes many, if not most, businesses and governments.

Food & dining

Apples, cider, doughnuts, and a good life

In 1981, Glenn Cook and his new bride, Karen, purchased a poultry farm across from his father’s recently acquired dairy farm in Amesbury.

“It’s really become a mantra on the right, that all these people don’t pay taxes, but [Mitt] Romney missed the mark in his description.”

Eric Toder,  a Tax Policy Center codirector

Magazine

The cover for the September 16 2012 issue

The self-promoting, fan-financed, go-it-alone star
The cover for the September 9 2012 issue

Things to do in the Berkshires
The cover for the August 26 2012 issue

Did Beatrice Munyenyezi lie to get into this country?
The cover for the August 19 2012 issue

Can a Woburn company’s flying car someday be a fix for traffic?

Opinion

“The best way to bounce back is with a big, bold move, one that burnishes Romney’s image.”

Scot Lehigh 

Ideas

“Those who design tests understand them as a guess about the future. We’re probing for certain qualities that tell us a student is ready to move ahead, or an employee will be an asset to the firm.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on what we should really test