The acting police commissioner, who made his mark at the Marathon attacks, will be named to the permanent post Thursday.
On Tuesday, Walsh faced a whirlwind of disparate tasks, introducing him to the hectic pace he will deal with for the rest of his term.
The superintendent of schools in Northbridge is assailing the state Department of Children and Families for its handling of students’ cases.
The contract is $2.68 billion over eight years, with the possibility for two two-year extensions that could bring the total price to $4.3 billion.
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If Keolis wins the state’s commuter rail system contract, the new arrival will have done it the old-fashioned way.
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State Highway Division administrator Frank DePaola, during a tour of the construction site, said work on the Callahan is on schedule.
Many in Congress expect even less work will get done in this year’s session, as the focus turns to midterm elections.
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NFL reality and human biology dictate the Brady and Belichick partnership is closer to its end than its beginning.
Christopher Johnson, a 44-year-old office clerk who has cerebral palsy, is having some trouble with the fact that nobody came to his aid.
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Motive of destructionThe Boston Marathon bombings could provide insight into other killings.
The Bruins allowed three power-play goals and one shorthanded en route to a 5-2 loss to the Ducks.
Two duck hunters died and another was hospitalized after their boat overturned in the rough and frigid Westport River.
The brutal polar air that has made the Midwest shiver over the past few days spread to the East and the Deep South on Tuesday.
A Democratic push to extend unemployment benefits that have expired squeaked past a GOP filibuster in the Senate.
Despite signs of improvement, Eric Rosengren said the situation remains precarious, if not dire, for too many Americans.
In the photo-collages of “Never-Ending Chaos,” Rana Javadi shuffles images of a historic battle with war photographs from her own archive.
At The Local Kitchen & Drinks in Wellesley and Wayland, the food is American comfort without much innovation.
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Countdown to SochiJoin The Boston Globe, Liberty Mutual Insurance, and former members of Team USA for a light breakfast and panel discussion.
2014: A reference guideBlack Republicans, liberal high-rises, late-night irony, expired food, and what else we’ll be talking about this year.
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