Raises for Methuen officers are astronomical ? and a surprise for the city

The pay increases would make the five captains the highest-paid police officers in the state, giving them a salary that would exceed Governor Charlie Baker?s annual pay.

?I don?t think limiting someone from having dinner will move the conversation in the right direction. It just heightens tension,? said Chris Coombs, chef-owner of several Boston-area restaurants.

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Would you ask someone to leave your restaurant? Boston owners say that?s tricky 

What happens when your meal is served with a side of politics? Boston-area restaurant owners say navigating that question can be difficult.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/25/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/be7effd8007e4ba39716280706873493-be7effd8007e4ba39716280706873493-0.jpg Here?s how Sarah Sanders addressed being kicked out of a restaurant during her press briefing today

The White House press secretary began Monday?s briefing by talking about the incident right from the start.

Michael A. Cohen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/25/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/cohen-4496.jpg Thanks, Red Hen, for kicking out Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Protesting the barbarism of Trump?s administration must take precedent over the political civility of a normal, functioning democracy.

President Donald Trump enjoyed a taco bowl in a picture posted on Twitter on May 5, 2016.

DEVRA FIRST

Yelp reviews by President Donald Trump

Obviously, McDonald?s would score high. Other restaurants, not so much.

06/25/2018 SOMERVILLE, MA Governor Charlie Baker (cq) spoke during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Green Line Extension on Prospect Street in Somerville. (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)

Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe

Green Line extension breaks ground ? for real, this time

Years of delays and false starts are over as construction of a 4.7-mile extension through Somerville and Medford gets underway.

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Governor Charlie Baker declined to say what his son told him about the alleged incident, calling it a ?personal matter.?

BOSTON, MA - 6/15/2018: Four vacant storefronts at 2255 Washington Street in front of Ferdinand Building in Dudley Square. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: BUSINESS TOPIC 18abandoned

David L Ryan/Globe Staff

Battered storefronts undermine progress at Dudley Square

Despite new buildings and businesses, long-vacant storefronts are frustrating the attempts to revive Dudley Square.

SAN DIEGO, CA - JUNE 20: Mark Canha #20 of the Oakland Athletics hits a solo home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres at PETCO Park on June 20, 2018 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images)

PETER ABRAHAM

The Red Sox have roster needs, and they shouldn?t wait on upgrades

Improving the roster before the All-Star break could make a difference in winning the division or settling for the wild card.

Boston, MA: September 12, 2017: Hanley Ramirez (left) greets teammate Mookie Betts (right) after his bottom of the fourth inning two run home run put Boston ahead 7-1. The Boston Red Sox hosted the Oakland Athletics in a regular season MLB baseball game at Fenway Park. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff).

Alex Speier

How has the departure of Hanley Ramirez affected the Red Sox offense?

It?s been one month since the Red Sox removed Ramirez from the roster. How is that decision working out?

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The T said it is reviewing parking price hikes at Red Line stops on the South Shore.

Dwane Casey, current head coach of the Detroit Pistons, poses in the press room with the coach of the year award for his work with the Toronto Raptors at the NBA Awards on Monday, June 25, 2018, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

2018 NBA Awards

Celtics shut out of major NBA awards

LeBron James, who has until Friday to say if he will pick up his $35.6 million option for next season, wasn?t at the awards show

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/26/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/92fd85b8d8c94322ada50896c7afe939-92fd85b8d8c94322ada50896c7afe939-0.jpg Bill Russell again makes some noise at NBA Awards

?I can?t help myself whenever I see Charles? Barkley, Russell tweeted.

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Fallon spent the entire ?Tonight Show? opening monologue going after Trump, who?d tweeted that Fallon should ?be a man.?

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A recent Supreme Court decision has many online small businesses worried.

FILE- In this Jan. 19, 2018, file photo, Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman gives her victim impact statement in Lansing, Mich., during the fourth day of sentencing for former sports doctor Larry Nassar, who pled guilty to multiple counts of sexual assault. Raisman and dozens of other women who alleged they were sexually abused by Larry Nassar will receive the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYS, ESPN announced Wednesday, May 16, 2018. (Dale G. Young/Detroit News via AP, File)

NAMES

Aly Raisman: ?I?m constantly reliving my abuse?

?In the past few months, I?ve barely worked out, which for someone who loves working out, that?s saying a lot,? the Needham native told The Improper Bostonian.

NAMES

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As vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, the Virginia Democrat is in a position to know what, if anything, special counsel Robert Mueller has found.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/USCoastGuard__02_.jpg Someone is stealing bells and gongs from buoys in Maine

The Coast Guard maintains about 100 large buoys that use expensive brass gongs and bells to help guide mariners. Now, to officials? dismay and bafflement, some are disappearing without a sound.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/02/24/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/24galvinphoto07.jpg MetLife charged with fraud for failing to pay pensions of ?dead? retirees

More than 400 Massachusetts residents stopped receiving checks, according secretary of state William Galvin?s office.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_standalonegasservice-2_metro.jpg National Grid locks out gas workers

A contract dispute came to a head early Monday morning when workers were denied access to various National Grid facilities across Massachusetts.

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GateHouse and Digital First may slug it out papers north of Boston

For a supposedly dying business, papers can still spark plenty of bidding wars.

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Denise Ezekiel, 50, of Holbrook, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years of probation and ordered to pay back the money she stole and perform 100 hours of community service.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/harvardfurniture1.jpg Every spring, students throw their lives away. Now, colleges are recycling that old stuff

Campus sustainability teams are working to reuse, sell, or donate gently used goods left over at the end of the year.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/24/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/Instagram_names_01_art-005.jpg Aaron Hernandez?s former fiancee has a baby

Shayanna Jenkins Hernandez delivered the baby at a Rhode Island hospital June 16.

Atul Gawande?s signature innovation is a drab slip of paper called the surgical checklist, 19 steps intended to prevent mistakes by having the operating-room staff pause and check at critical junctures.

Dr. Atul Gawande has long searched for a cure for the health care system

Gawande, CEO of a company formed in the hope of transforming health care, has studied processes and systems that can make a difference between life and death.

Opinion & Ideas

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/25/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-4502.jpg Migrant children must pledge allegiance to a country that doesn?t want them

Asking children who have been separated from their parents to pledge allegiance to a country torn over Trump and his policies is shameful.

Special reports

IDEAS | THE BIG TECH ISSUE

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Advance/Images/hero-scharf.jpg Why Facebook and Google should pay you for your data

Users? clicks and posts built Facebook and Google?s online empires. Isn?t it time they got paid for their labor?

STAT

Stat

Watch ?Runnin?,? a STAT documentary

?Runnin?,? now available for purchase on Vimeo, takes an intimate look at a group of friends in Somerville who came of age as the opioid epidemic took hold and morphed into a national nightmare. It retraces the lives of friends lost, and one last member of the group struggling to avoid the same fate.

Globe event

Seattle?s mayor talks growing pains that offer some lessons for Boston

Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she?s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Love Letters Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/16/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/lovelettersalbum.jpg Getting over a breakup

Meredith Goldstein explores how to move on when a relationship ends.

Listen:   Apple Podcasts   |   Stitcher   |   RadioPublic

 

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