Massachusetts child welfare officials are warning that a ballot provision could effectively tie the hands of social workers.
Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
The challenges are enormous in Eastport, Maine, a city of 1,300 people about 350 miles northeast of Boston.
Shirley Leung
Buzzkill: Just vote no on Question 4As a mother of two young kids, I am skittish about legalizing marijuana in Massachusetts. But as a taxpayer, I am downright petrified.
Opinion | Margery Eagan
Countering the anti-pot hysterics with a ?yes? on Question 4Enough of this ?Reefer Madness? hysteria from nearly every one of our politicians fighting ballot Question 4 to legalize marijuana.
EDITORIAL
Voters have a chance to continue a successful strategy in public education by approving a measure that would allow the state to continue expanding public charter schools.
Adrian Walker
Adding charter schools is about opportunity, not just fundingLifting the cap could place good schools within reach of more students. Why is that a bad idea?
Boats catch fire at Mystic Wellington Yacht Club in MedfordMedford firefighters and State Police troopers were on the scene near Station Landing around 7 a.m.
Facing complaints, Quincy deals with rat problemThe rat population appears to have spiked in the last 18 months, a boom felt especially in residential neighborhoods.
Associated Press/Elise Amendola
Expect traffic. A lot of it.
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The Weekender: Dancing pirates, magical creatures, and nasty womenEverything fun to do in Boston and beyond.
Women & Power | Magazine
The Globe Magazine and the Commonwealth Institute partner to name the most noteworthy companies and nonprofits helmed by women.
Women & Power | Magazine
Advice from 7 female leaders charting the future of our economyVoices from the Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts on fostering diversity, coping with crisis, and more.
Fast Forward: World Series game at Wrigley, Statue of Liberty dedicated 130 years agoA new morning report to help you get ready for the day.
Night Shift was fed up with distributorships. So they started their own.The owners of the Everett brewery are promising to offer others friendlier contracts, more personal attention, and deliveries of fresher brews.
Letter from abroad
Even overseas, no escaping this electionIt?s a difficult time to be an American abroad, especially if you?re suffering from election burnout and the purpose of your travel is pure escapism.
Ground Game
Michelle Obama is the real winner of the 2016 campaignWhile the country is still days away from counting votes, there is already a winner in this election: Michelle Obama.
Trump to hold rally in New Hampshire todayRepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump is returning to New Hampshire for the third time this month.
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Cooking | Magazine
You won?t miss the carbs in truffled beet noodles, a zoodle pad Thai, and a kugel with sweet potatoes.
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That hip used-clothing store on the corner is hard to recreate onlineBuilding an online apparel marketplace is tough ? and expensive.
Bella English
Their fight lost, members of closed Scituate church start their ownAfter 12 years of a 24/7 vigil at St. Frances X. Cabrini church, parishioners have started their own church outside the auspices of the Archdiocese of Boston.
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Lawyer accuses Justice Thomas of groping her at a 1999 partyThe lawyer, who was 23 at the time, said Thomas had ?sort of cupped his hand around my butt and pulled me pretty close to him.?
EDITORIAL
City, state let contractor slip through cracksThe deaths of two workers in the South End were preventable ? if city and state officials had taken minimal steps to investigate the construction company before issuing permits.
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The broken covenantBehind the fragmented state of mental health care lies a political system failure that spans decades ? and continues.
Fall in the northern hemisphere showed vibrant colors around the globe.
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Over the final nine games, though, the Revolution rallied for a 5-3-1 record.
Dr. Keese, 82, of Plymouth and Wellfleet, also was a professor and an organic cranberry farmer.
The new TV ad praises a GOP House member who said Donald Trump has ??disqualified himself?? to be president.
For those homebuyers looking at the $350,000 price point, there definitely are some options in and around the city.
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Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar, two young Iraqis who escaped sexual slavery by the Islamic State and became advocates for women?s rights, were honored Thursday with the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, the European Union?s top human rights award.
Bain Capital managing director Jonathan Lavine predicted the potential for upheaval, particularly if Donald Trump wins.
Mystery, medical marijuana, meddlesome mothers, bacon and more at the annual film festival.
Craig Atkinson?s directorial debut, ?Do Not Resist,? documents a disturbing trend.
High school senior Sam Burns manages an Instagram account full of dangerous precipices and dangling feet.
Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight??Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
ground game
The wild 2016 campaign has become boringSure, anything could still happen, but millions have already cast their ballots in early voting, and Hillary Clinton has a double-digit lead over Donald Trump.
Design New England
?This is home?Keith Leblanc and Kelly Monnahan create a haven for themselves, family, and friends in the piney hills of outer Cape Cod.
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In rebuke to beer distributors, Night Shift Brewery launches own wholesaler
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