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For the first time in its 86-year history, Gunstock is bereft of a management team. Above is the zip line at the New Hampshire theme park.

Trouble on the mountain: Inside a tumultuous week at Gunstock

A long-simmering power struggle at New England’s only county-owned mountain came to a head this week.

New Hampshire theme park closed ‘temporarily’ after mass resignation

Skiers at the top of Gunstock in a vintage photo.

How it all snowballed into an ugly battle for the future of Gunstock ski resort

Everyone involved can agree that the region’s only county-owned ski resort is something special. But that might be the only thing they can agree on.

Weather

Dave Epstein | Forecast

It’s Day 4 of the heat wave, but it could last a week
Today will mark the fourth day in which Boston has reached 90 degrees or higher and it looks like we have a good chance of adding three more days to that total.

It’s so hot that ... we’ve come up with some corny dad jokes about the heat

We needed a break from the hot weather. So we came up with some jokes that are guaranteed to make you laugh — or groan.

As temperatures soar, local businesses offer relief from dangerous heat

With Boston in the grips of a heat wave, people are looking for ways to cool off indoors.

Live updates from local meteorologists

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Recognizing heat stroke

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Keeping your home cool

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Keeping your phone cool

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Living without AC

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Best local beaches

Maine girl who became murder victim was a middle school student, officials say

The 14-year-old girl murdered in the small Maine town of Mount Vernon was a middle school student who loved her family, her bearded dragon lizard Ziggy, and the outdoor life, her family wrote in an online obituary.

James Pindell | Analysis

Five takeaways from the second prime time Jan. 6 committee hearing

One of the deeper points the committee tried to make was that Trump violated his oath of office to uphold the US Constitution and he should be held criminally liable.

Melania Trump: ‘I was unaware’ of Jan. 6 violence

Lombardo’s, home of countless proms and weddings, to be sold to Boston real estate company
Home to a colossal chandelier visible to commuters on Route 128, the Randolph events venue has hosted thousands of proms, weddings, bar mitzvahs, and birthdays since it first opened in 1983.

Passenger’s jump from burning MBTA train captivates people online: ‘Who is that brave woman?’

After her leap, the unidentified passenger refused to get on a nearby boat and swam to shore.

Orange Line train catches fire on bridge. Chaos ensues. It’s the latest T nightmare.
Governor Charlie Baker called the train fire on the bridge a “colossal failure” — the latest in a year that has seen many. Since two Green Line trains crashed on July 30, 2021, sending 27 people to the hospital, T riders have had to endure a growing procession of safety woes.

The MBTA tweeted in reaction to the fire, and people responded with annoyance and outrage

Fifty-four Hall of Famers have pledged to attend this weekend's induction in Cooperstown, N.Y.

Dan Shaughnessy

The pandemic still lingers, but it finally feels like a normal Hall of Fame weekend in Cooperstown, and other thoughts

Ten Hall of Famers have died since the family of baseball last gathered at the Hall.

More on David Ortiz's Hall of Fame induction

This week's daters: John Q. and Jon G.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I tried not to fangirl too hard but I don’t think I succeeded’

Will this voice teacher find his perfect partner?

A photograph of Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) pumping his fist toward the rioters on January 6, 2021 is shown during a prime-time hearing of the House Select Committee to Investigate the attack on the Capitol.

Video of Senator Josh Hawley fleeing Jan. 6 rioters sparks memes

While the videos drew laughter from the Jan. 6 hearing's audience in real time, the Internet was just getting started. Within minutes and then for hours, people mercilessly roasted Senator Josh Hawley.

CAPE COD CAPERS | Christopher Muther & Devra First

Colorful, wild, and occasionally quiet. The Outer Cape puts on a show.
This is the fourth and final installment of our seaside summer exploration of Cape Cod, and we end with a bang. (And a shark sighting!)

A seal pops its head out of the water off Monomoy Island on Cape Cod.

Mixing and mingling with the upper class of the Lower Cape

The sun sets behind the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port.

On the Mid Cape, sometimes the best activity is no activity at all

Fishing at sunset on the beach in West Falmouth.

Getting their toes wet on the Upper Cape

Opinion

This exhibit from video released by the House Select Committee shows a photo of President Donald Trump as he arrived at the Oval Office after his speech at the rally on the Ellipse on Jan. 6, 2021.

The Jan. 6 committee has not made the case against Donald Trump

The facts uncovered by the Jan. 6 committee, even as freshly presented Thursday night, do not support the unprecedented step of prosecuting a former president for his acts in office.

Nurses are in short supply. The Legislature can do something about it.

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

Neutralism returns — and gets more powerful

Why ‘it’ matters

Eugene F. Rivers III

Boston Black leadership has a problem

Centering critical voices, debates, and evidence-based opinion to reframe the national conversation on racial equity and hasten a more racially just society.

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150 years of The Boston Globe

Scenes from a century and a half, as covered by the Boston Globe.

More recent stories

Cumberland police say couple died in murder-suicide
Eric Huard, 51, shot and killed Courtney Huard, 42, and then killed himself before dawn on June 22, police said.

Suspect pleads guilty in 2018 Vermont murder-for-hire case

Aron Lee Ethridge is one of four men who have been charged in the kidnapping of Gregory Davis from his Danville home Jan. 6, 2018. Davis was found shot to death in a snowbank the next day.

Harvard woman, missing since last Saturday, died from a gunshot wound, authorities say

Mary Anderson, the 23-year-old Harvard woman who disappeared last Saturday and was later found dead in her pickup truck in Vermont, died from a gunshot wound to the head, authorities said.

A manufactured home can be where the heart is

Forget the 20th-century images of rundown trailer parks. Modern mobile — now called manufactured, homes ― offer an affordable, comfortable, and even spacious option for homebuyers in well-planned communities.

Globe Magazine

Magic 8 Balls. Coin flips. Why do we turn to objects to make decisions for us?
Rhode Island’s quirkiest collector knows how to help lighten the load of our overwhelming daily decisions, courtesy of a Japanese toy woodpecker.

Lee Zeldin, GOP nominee for New York governor, assaulted at rally

US Representative Lee Zeldin was giving a speech when a man climbed onstage and appeared to begin wrestling with the congressman, said Katie Vincentz, a spokesperson for Zeldin’s campaign.

Recommended reads

Abenaki Indians did a snow dance at a Vermont ski resort, Jan. 22, 1989.

In Vermont, a ski mountain goes back to the future

By changing Suicide Six to the original Abenaki name Saskadena, the mountain’s stewards have honored history and Indigenous people while acknowledging one of the nation’s most serious public health matters should be treated seriously.

Trump and Biden’s COVID experiences could not be more different
Donald Trump didn't have access to a vaccine. President Biden has had four vaccine doses. Here's how things have changed since the last time a US president caught the virus.

‘They’ve taken down the mask’: A new generation of abortion bans make no exception for rape
The proliferation of bans runs counter to overwhelming public support for such exceptions, which poses a political risk for the Republicans who are defending them, especially as extreme cases draw attention to the consequences of these laws.

Globe Magazine

Magic 8 Balls. Coin flips. Why do we turn to objects to make decisions for us?
Rhode Island’s quirkiest collector knows how to help lighten the load of our overwhelming daily decisions, courtesy of a Japanese toy woodpecker.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Limón Dance Company performs "Air for the G String."

Limón Dance finds a beautiful balance at Jacob’s Pillow

Keith Urban (pictured at a performance on the "Today" show in June) plays the Xfinity Center in Mansfield July 22.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Katrina Lenk in the current revival of Stephen Sondheim's "Company."

The Sondheim bandwagon is getting very, very crowded

Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger. The Coolidge Corner Theatre recently hosted a 12-hour marathon of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" movies.

At the Coolidge, trying to survive a horror-movie marathon

Special Projects

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Welcome Back to Boston

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Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

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Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

An employee holds semiconductor chips over a 300-millimeter wafer produced by German engineering and electronics company Bosch at the Bosch semiconductor manufacturing plant in Dresden, Germany.

Computer chips are vital to national security. US needs to make more of them on American soil.

Kevin Outterson and Henry Skinner

Antibiotic-resistant infections could dwarf the COVID-19 pandemic

Lights illuminate liquefied natural gas tanker Oak Spirit during the delivery of Poland's first import of US LNG at the Gazoport terminal in Swinoujscie, Poland, in 2019.

Ernest J. Moniz

A way forward on the climate crisis and energy insecurity

A policeman removes the handcuffs from WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner in a courtroom prior to a hearing in the Khimki district court, just outside Moscow, Russia on July 15, 2022.

Time to bring Brittney Griner home

"I am is who I am. And today I am a 60-year-old woman."

On turning 60

IDEAS | Sheldon Himelfarb and Phil Howard

Global information wars are a threat to the planet. This is how we could broker peace.

Metro

Cumberland police say couple died in murder-suicide

Eric Huard, 51, shot and killed Courtney Huard, 42, and then killed himself before dawn on June 22, police said.

Rhode Island political news: July 2022

Regular updates about Rhode Island politics and political leaders.

It’s so hot that ... we’ve come up with some corny dad jokes about the heat

We needed a break from the hot weather. So we came up with some jokes that are guaranteed to make you laugh — or groan.

Jay Leno spotted enjoying classic R.I. Saugy dogs at Newport’s ‘Wally’s Weiners’

The comedian and late-night talk show host has often been spotted around Aquidneck Island, since he purchased a home on Ocean Avenue in Newport in 2017.

Sports

Road games to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., for the Big Ten? Yep, the powers that be are fine with that.

In the crazy world of college sports, money once again has spoken

It's a world where the Big Ten has 14 and is on its way to 16, and where the Big 12 has 10 and is temporarily on its on its way to eight.

Fifty-four Hall of Famers have pledged to attend this weekend's induction in Cooperstown, N.Y.

Dan Shaughnessy

The pandemic still lingers, but it finally feels like a normal Hall of Fame weekend in Cooperstown, and other thoughts

Ten Hall of Famers have died since the family of baseball last gathered at the Hall.

Trent Frederic played in four playoff games last year for the Bruins, but the former first-round pick didn't record a point in the postseason. A change in coaching may provide him more opportunities to play through mistakes next season.

Trent Frederic needs new Bruins coach Jim Montgomery to offer a longer leash

When he arrived in Dallas, Montgomery turned around Jason Dickinson's career. Can he do the same for Frederic?

Manny Ramírez named grand marshal of R.I. Dominican festival this year

DAVID ORTIZ | Hall of fame 2022

You know who else is excited for David Ortiz’s Hall of Fame induction? The people of Cooperstown.

David Ortiz | Hall of fame 2022

The business of being Big Papi: How David Ortiz’s fortunes have changed now that he’s a Hall of Famer

Business

As temperatures soar, local businesses offer relief from dangerous heat

With Boston in the grips of a heat wave, people are looking for ways to cool off indoors.

Trouble on the mountain: A look at a tumultuous week at Gunstock

A long-simmering power struggle at New England’s only county-owned mountain came to a head this week.

Twitter, in Musk fight, posts $270 million quarterly loss

MASCO is now the Longwood Collective

magazine

Tracy K. Smith photographed at Harvard, where she just completed her first year as a professor.

Can poetry possibly matter in a time like this? Harvard’s Tracy K. Smith knows the answer.

Are you a helicopter dog parent? Then you should read this.

Potato salad with capers, olives, and olive-oil tuna

Recipes: Tuna packed in olive oil makes an easy, satisfying supper

I’m in a sports league with an ex. He won’t even acknowledge me.

metro

Manny Ramirez after he hit one of his many home runs during a Boston Red Sox game.

Manny Ramírez named grand marshal of R.I. Dominican festival this year

Passenger’s jump from burning MBTA train captivates people online: ‘Who is that brave woman?’

It’s Day 4 of the heat wave, but it could last a week

sports

David Quinn and Team USA lost to Czech Republic in the bronze medal game of the World Championships in May.

Former Boston University coach David Quinn to be head coach of San Jose Sharks, reports say

Noah Lyles sets American record as US men sweep 200-meter race at world track championships

Browns to sign QB Josh Rosen as team awaits Deshaun Watson ruling

business

Consumer prices in the countries that use the euro are soaring at their fastest rate in generations, reaching 8.6 percent in June from a year earlier, driven by rising energy and food prices.

European Central Bank raises rates for first time in 11 years

WHO again considers declaring monkeypox a global emergency

Report: Homes deemed unaffordable in most US counties

politics

President Biden in June.

Biden’s COVID symptoms improved after Paxlovid, White House doctor says

Melania Trump: ‘I was unaware’ of Jan. 6 violence

Steve Bannon’s trial set for closing arguments, jury deliberations

Nation

A Vermont State Trooper, center, speaks to a homeowner on Jan. 8, 2018 near an area on Peacham Road, in Barnet, Vt., where the body of Gregory Davis was found.

Suspect pleads guilty in 2018 Vermont murder-for-hire case

Video of Senator Josh Hawley fleeing Jan. 6 rioters sparks memes

Lee Zeldin, GOP nominee for New York governor, assaulted at rally

World

Japanese Ground-Self Defense Force (JGDDF) Type 90 tanks maneuver through a course during an annual exercise at the Minami Eniwa Camp in Eniwa, Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, Dec. 7, 2021.

Japan warns of rising global tension, Russia-China arms ties

Caroline Kennedy says US needs to engage more in the Pacific

Rajapaksa ally named PM in Sri Lanka as protest site cleared

opinion

In this image from video provided by Jodi Brown, a performer dressed as the character Rosita waves off Brown's daughter and niece at the Sesame Place amusement park in Langhorne, Pa.

R is for racism

Caught doing nothing

Navigating the grocery aisles with AI

lifestyle

Lombardo's grand staircase in Randolph. Lombardo was converted into a Norfolk County Courthouse in 2021.

Lombardo’s, home of countless proms and weddings, to be sold to Boston real estate company

Meet the BPS teacher who designs sensory-friendly clothes for kids with autism

I can’t get a single emotion out of him

food & dining

Jay Leno attends the Gershwin Prize Honoree's Tribute Concert in Washington on March 4, 2020.

Jay Leno spotted enjoying classic R.I. Saugy dogs at Newport’s ‘Wally’s Weiners’

The Haven in Jamaica Plain gets bigger digs; Cambridge’s Season to Taste changes locations

Glou cocktail and wine bar offers a casual, playful vibe on Providence’s East Side

travel

Fishing at sunset on the beach in West Falmouth.

Getting their toes wet on the Upper Cape

Colorful, wild, and occasionally quiet. The Outer Cape puts on a show.

Airbnb host canceled, and now I have to pay $1,300 more

Arts

The 1895 Blue Serpent Clock Egg by Faberge on display at Moscow’s State Tretyakov Gallery.

An ‘alleged’ Faberge egg was found on a seized Russian yacht. If authenticated, it could be sold with proceeds going to Ukraine

‘Believing Is Bad for You’: At the Museum of Russian Icons, ‘Images of Atheism’

Painting, pattern, and place collide in Bob Dilworth’s tender portraits

Books

‘An Honest Living’: A modern noir

He reads poetry to his fiction students

Love and radio in ‘Honey and Spice’

Movies

Katia Krafft in "Fire of Love."

The camera loves lava. So did they.

At the Coolidge, trying to survive a horror-movie marathon

Review: ‘Nope’ is deeply strange, and Jordan Peele knows exactly what he’s doing

Television

Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and John Lennon in Peter Jackson's "The Beatles: Get Back."

Welcome to the Beatles-verse

Honorees for 45th Kennedy Center gala announced

When Newman met Woodward

music

In this Sept. 21, 2013 file photo, Pete Seeger performs on stage during the Farm Aid 2013 concert at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Pete Seeger gets own stamp; ceremony planned at Newport Folk Festival

Joy Oladokun on Hendrix, hip-hop, hard truths, and her return to Newport

The Linda Lindas just wanna have fun

Theater/Dance

Limón Dance Company performs "Air for the G String."

Limón Dance finds a beautiful balance at Jacob’s Pillow

The Sondheim bandwagon is getting very, very crowded

Theatrely’s stage reviews, news, and TikToks speak Gen Z’s language

globe local

“The home is just enough for me and my cat Trixie,” said Jack Behan as he set the table in the dining area with the kitchen behind in his manufatured home in Weymouth.

A manufactured home can be where the heart is

Should Massachusetts make Election Day a state holiday?

Paraselene, peignoir, and the mysterious power of words

Obituaries

Werner Reich, a Holocaust survivor, practiced a card trick he learned from his bunkmate in the Auschwitz barracks, in his home in Smithtown, N.Y., in 2017.

Werner Reich, who learned magic in Auschwitz, dies at 94

Charles Johnson, former N.E. Patriots receiver, dead at 50

Robert F. Curl Jr., Nobel Prize recipient in chemistry, dies at 88