Boston is in the midst of a building spree whose enormity, pace, and geographic sweep are redefining the skyline.
Despite losing contracts from two utilities, Cape Wind is not throwing in the towel, the company?s chief executive says.
Kevin Cullen
After years of swindles, con man finally faces justiceEddie MacKenzie has skated, again and again, but ? in this, one of the coldest winters on record ? his skating days are over.
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Meet the candidates
The School Committee is expected to pick a new superintendent at a meeting this week. Learn more about the finalists.
The last family on Hunt Street has not yet agreed to sell their home to the city for a high school campus expansion project.
Snow is forecast to begin late Sunday afternoon and continue into Monday morning, meteorologists said.
Connector site improved, yet needs more fixesThe Mass. Health Connector needs another $20 million this year and more fixes next year to become fully functional.
Nearly 30 hockey players and coaches narrowly escaped injury when they ran from a Canton ice skating rink when its roof began to collapse.
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The Boston Olympics are being pulled in every direction by local communities who want to reap the economic benefits.
?University cluster? key to Boston?s Olympic bidCampus sites are proposed for nearly a third of the sports, as well as for athlete and media housing.
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home of the week
The $1.4 million Beacon Street condo offers bright oak flooring, nine-foot ceilings, and elaborate, decorative molding.
With less than an inch of snow in Anchorage in February, the joke on the streets is the city swapped winters with Boston.
CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER
Titus coached basketball at the school, and had an impact on hundreds of players, for 39 seasons.
The first cats are already getting acclimated to Calico Nook in Franklin, which officially opens March 14.
The Fed pumped trillions into the economy, yet there still are many unknowns about the strategy.
BOB RYAN
The leverage belongs to the athlete. If someone doesn?t want to talk, there is nothing anyone can do.
Heidi Wyle
Avalanche safety can?t be an afterthoughtLast year, there were 35 deaths in the US alone from outdoor enthusiasts taking needless risks.
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As demand for oil rises, photographers worldwide document how the barrels are used once the fuel is gone.
The Bruins won games on consecutive days for the fist time since Jan. 7-8.
The Back Bay restaurant, which was damaged in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, closed its doors for good on Saturday.
The county transit system for the Seattle metropolitan area this week began pricing tickets based on passengers? income.
The Kentucky senator won the Conservative Political Action Conference?s presidential straw poll for the third consecutive year.
![?Both the [Berkshire Hathaway] board and I believe we now have the right person to succeed me as CEO ? a successor ready to assume the job the day after I die or step down,? Warren Buffett wrote in his annual letter to shareholders.](c_o0bg_com/rf/image_150x150/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/01/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/2015-01-28T232210Z_274232145_GM1EB1T0KD401_RTRMADP_3_USA-BUFFETT-NORTHWESTERN.jpg)
Buffett in his annual message said the board had identified his successor, but did not reveal that person?s identity.
Some schools in the region are considering Saturday classes or school through the end of June.
The veteran actor with Mass. ties talks about his role on the new ABC drama ?American Crime,? which premieres Thursday.
The proportion of spa-goers who are male has shot up from 31 percent less than 10 years ago to 47 percent.
Will Boston?s crazy snowfalls make people leave?An endless winter has everyone threatening to flee for good. Who might really go ? and how it could shift the population.
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