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The owner of the North Cambridge-based company wants to do her part to support small growers by keeping a short supply chain. ( Producer & Editor: Anush Elbakyan, Producer & Reporter: Janelle Nanos, Camera & Editing: Chaney Carlson-Bullock Mikayla Litevich )

Claire Cheney is reinventing the spice trade with Curio Spice Co.

The owner of the North Cambridge-based company wants to support small growers by keeping a short supply chain, putting more money in the pockets of the farmers.

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Gael Greene and Julie Powell changed food writing forever
The restaurant critic and the blogger had very different voices, but both women challenged their medium by ignoring its conventions and deploying their own authentic voices.

Mysterious signs mandating ‘no eye contact’ and ‘no running with sticks’ pop up on Belmont trails
From a distance, the signage greeting visitors to conservation land in Belmont looked official. Up close, the bizarre messages left hikers scratching their heads.

After hard lessons learned from Alex and Ani, Carolyn Rafaelian comes back with Metal Alchemist
Two years after she was pushed out of the jewelry company she founded, the business woman is back in control, creating American-made products and sticking firmly to her Rhode Island roots.

Alex and Ani founder Carolyn Rafaelian launches Metal Alchemist, a new jewelry empire

A woman walked her dog along the boardwalk near Keyes Memorial beach in Barnstable under a setting sun on a beautiful fall day.

Dave Epstein | Forecast

A final burst of summer warmth this weekend

On average, we see just one day in November with temperatures reach 70 degrees. We're about to see three.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I was nervous when I saw her! She was beautiful and stylish.’

Will this grad student and improv comedian say yes to another date?

Maureen O’Neil on "Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions."

What’s it like to be on ‘Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions’? A Cambridge resident calls it an ‘amazing experience.’

Maureen O’Neil is one push of the buzzer closer to becoming the ultimate “Jeopardy!” champion.

Best TV Shows bracket

Readers voted over two weeks for the best TV show of the last 50 years.

As the credits roll, five closing thoughts on Globe readers’ TV favorites

Only one show out of 64 made it to the end, but the choices voters made through all six rounds offered some interesting revelations along the way.

‘All in the Family,’ a sitcom that has stood the test of time, is our readers’ choice for TV’s best See the complete bracket

Opinion

Venezuelan migrants arrive at Canaán Membrillo village, the first border control of the Darién Province in Panama. The perilous journey through the Darién Gap typically takes five or six days and puts migrants at the mercy of many hazards: bad weather, venomous snakes, impassable swamps, and drug traffickers who use the same routes to move cocaine into Central America.

IDEAS | MARCELA GARCÍA

A 6,000-mile trek to limbo

For the record numbers of Venezuelans who have made it to America this year, the harrowing journey is far from over.

Raoni Rajão

Saving the Amazon requires change in Brazil but also in the US and Europe

EDITORIAL

Chris Pappas for New Hampshire’s First District

SCOT LEHIGH

Democrats’ flailing hunt for a midterm message

EDITORIAL

An interactive guide to the Boston Globe’s 2022 endorsements

Emancipator road trip. Photo Illustration by Alex LaSalvia.

The Emancipator

The Great Election Road Trip

Join us in a tour across the country highlighting activists, issues, and races ahead of next week’s midterm elections.

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A celebrated surgeon, a trail of secrets and death

Dr. Yvon Baribeau set a record for malpractice settlements, and many colleagues tried desperately to stop him. But hospital executives let him go on and on.

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Globe Magazine

The Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts 2022

The Women’s Edge and Globe Magazine celebrate the state’s leading companies and nonprofits run by women.

See the full Women & Power issue from Globe Magazine

Celebrating 150 years of The Boston Globe

We’re marking the Globe’s 150th year with a look back through 15 decades of coverage. Explore 150 of the most significant front pages, revisit classic sports moments, try a crossword from 1917, and more.

Play this Boston Globe crossword puzzle from 1917 150 years, 150 front pages

Trump weighs announcing 2024 run in week after midterms, multiple outlets report

Former president Donald Trump has been discussing the week of Nov. 14 to make the announcement, multiple news outlets reported on Friday.

Taylor Swift adds third show at Gillette Stadium for her new tour
The pop princess announced Friday morning that she’s adding eight more shows to her highly anticipated “The Eras Tour,” including a third show at Gillette Stadium slated for May 21.

Ben Volin I On football

The Patriots lead the NFL in takeaways. But they also can’t stop giving the ball away.
The Patriots’ 16 giveaways are tied for the most in the NFL with the Saints and Colts, Sunday’s opponent at Gillette Stadium.

PARENTING UNFILTERED

How much should we really worry about MCAS scores?
Education leaders from Harvard and Lesley universities level with us.

RICAS scores: Rhode Island students struggle in latest math, English exams

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Achieve helps low-income Boston students reach high performing high schools, college

In the past 15 years, Achieve has helped hundreds of low-income Boston students reach college and gain entrance into high performing high schools, including Boston’s coveted exam schools.

Finalists named for Earthshot Prize; Prince William to announce winners in Boston on Dec. 2

The 15 finalists for Earthshot Prize, the environmental award created by Prince William, were unveiled Friday, one month before the winners are to be announced in Boston.

Husband of ‘Lady of the Dunes’ killed in Provincetown in 1974 was also suspected of Seattle double slaying in 1960

The former husband of Ruth Marie Terry, the woman authorities identified as the “Lady of the Dunes” whose mutilated remains were discovered in Provincetown in 1974, was suspected of murdering a previous wife and her daughter in 1960 in Seattle.

Confused by all the ‘millionaires tax’ ads? So were we. So we fact-checked a whole bunch of them.
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2022 voter guide: Massachusetts general election

KEVIN CULLEN

The Troubles in the Boston City Council
What passes for political debate in the City Council has descended into the kind of tribal, venomous rhetoric that held Northern Ireland back for generations.

Boston is a health care mecca. But not for everyone. New federal money will help change that, Mayor Wu says.
A cornerstone of Boston’s plan for the new federal money will be to bolster the intensive services it launched last year in its effort to address the crisis of people living in tents and persistent drug use in the Mass. and Cass area of the city.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Thomas Green, Indigenous Artist & Educator of the Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag, raked hot coals while burning a traditional mishoon (canoe) at the Charlestown Little Mystic Boat Slip. Organized by leaders in in the Nipmuc and Massachusett tribes, it is the first burn and launch of a traditional mishoon in the city limits of Boston in countless generations.

Indigenous tribes hold Boston’s first mishoon burning in more than 300 years

A crowd turns out for a performance by rapper Entellekt at the Drake in Amherst. The town’s first-ever dedicated music venue, with a capacity of 250, opened in May.

In Western Mass., a vibrant music scene gets a makeover

Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong in "Armageddon Time."

Q&A: Jeremy Strong has always been ‘drawn to fallible, vulnerable characters’

Beth Orton plays the Crystal Ballroom at the Somerville Theatre Nov. 6.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Special Projects

Welcome Back to Boston

Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.

Globe Magazine

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

A guide to 36 Greater Boston communities where demand — and prices — are surging.

Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

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‘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

A new Boston Common master plan lays out how the park can become a better version of itself.

Renée Loth

On Boston Common, dreams and responsibilities

Right before Congress broke for August recess, many Republicans joined forces with Democrats to pass the Respect for Marriage Act.

Elissa Asch and Laurie Essig

GOP didn’t unite to ban gay marriage like it united on abortion

Voters lined up to put their ballots in the voting machine during the New Hampshire primary on Sept. 13 in Bedford, N.H.

SCOT LEHIGH

Taking the political pulse of purple New Hampshire

If Question 1 passes, and promises are kept, we should expect to see combined spending on education and transportation shoot up by up to $2 billion almost overnight.

EDITORIAL

Yes on Question 1

US Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia votes on the first day of early voting in Atlanta on Oct. 17.

JEFF JACOBY

‘Jim Crow 2.0′ was the lie of the year

Don Bolduc, center, during a campaign appearance at the American Legion in Laconia, N.H., on Sept. 10.

IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD

The extremist in New Hampshire who might flip the Senate

Metro

Analysis

As midterms draw near, the ‘balance of power’ takes center stage. So why does it matter?

Some of the answers are obvious, but others are less so.

RI politics

Rhode Island political news: November 2022

Regular updates about Rhode Island politics and political leaders.

As a statewide Democratic sweep looms, can Republicans hold on to their last two district attorneys?

A pair of Democrats are pursuing starkly different strategies to break Republican control over two of the last redoubts of GOP power in Democratic-dominated state.

Taylor Swift adds third show at Gillette Stadium for her new tour

The pop princess announced Friday morning that she’s adding eight more shows to her highly anticipated “The Eras Tour,” including a third show at Gillette Stadium slated for May 21.

Sports

Ben Volin I On football

The Patriots lead the NFL in takeaways. But they also can’t stop giving the ball away.

The Patriots’ 16 giveaways are tied for the most in the NFL with the Saints and Colts, Sunday’s opponent at Gillette Stadium.

Colts quarterback Sam Ehlinger played competently in his first start last Sunday against the Commanders, completing 17 of 23 passes without a touchdown or interception in the 17-16 loss.

Chad Finn I Unconventional Preview

The Colts are ripe for a defeat Sunday. Can the Patriots deliver it?

If the Colts aren’t in turmoil, they’re on the verge of it.

Watertown High coach John Cacace (left) communicates a play to his son, senior quarterback John Cacace IV (4), during a 21-0 victory over Pentucket in September.

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Playing for their fathers, Watertown’s John Cacace IV and Holliston’s TJ Kiley will bring their family’s football passion to bear in playoffs

Cacace IV, known as "LJ" at Watertown, and Kiley, known at "TJ" at Holliston, will be at the helm as dual-threat quarterbacks of the their respective playoff teams.

Bruins 5, Rangers 2

The Rangers tried to hang tough with the Bruins. Instead, they were on the receiving end of a beatdown.

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Roxbury’s AJ Reeves, on an Exhibit-10 contract with the Celtics, wants to prove he’s here to stay

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

Justin Verlander gets his World Series win, and puts Houston on the cusp of another

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Claire Cheney is reinventing the spice trade with Curio Spice Co.

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Twitter layoffs begin a week after Elon Musk’s takeover

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Boston Fed president indicates support for smaller interest rate hikes

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Designer Hannah Guilford reinterpreted the kitchen’s color scheme, adding touches of brass, copper, and wood, and adjusted the layout so it functions smoothly for cooking, eating, and accessing the yard.

Kitchens and Baths

A designer remakes a Maine kitchen in a 1920s-era palette that’s fresh and family ready

PERSPECTIVE

I froze my eggs. Now I’m in the middle of the abortion fight.

MISS CONDUCT

‘My sister-in-law has mandated that we not exchange Christmas presents this year’

COOKING

Two weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it's better than you think.

‘It’s my stupid human trick’: Secrets of Hersheypark’s best carnival game player

Every day’s a field trip for fourth-graders who live at the Grand Canyon

What happens to a spring break capital like Panama City when the college kids leave?

You can learn a lot by fishing in the Ohio River. Even when you don’t catch a thing.

As midterms draw near, the ‘balance of power’ takes center stage. So why does it matter?

Choose a scenario: How the battle for the Senate could play out

As a statewide Democratic sweep looms, can Republicans hold on to their last two district attorneys?

Oprah endorses Democrat John Fetterman over Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania Senate race

Tufts Medical Center doctor charged with attempted sex trafficking of a child

Boston Fed president indicates support for smaller interest rate hikes

Former state official wins $820,000 in lawsuit against Deval Patrick, state government

Twitter layoffs begin a week after Elon Musk’s takeover

Claire Cheney is reinventing the spice trade with Curio Spice Co.

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Mysterious signs mandating ‘no eye contact’ and ‘no running with sticks’ pop up on Belmont trails From a distance, the signage greeting visitors to conservation land in Belmont looked official. Up close, the bizarre messages left hikers scratching their heads.

After hard lessons learned from Alex and Ani, Carolyn Rafaelian comes back with Metal Alchemist Two years after she was pushed out of the jewelry company she founded, the business woman is back in control, creating American-made products and sticking firmly to her Rhode Island roots.

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A 6,000-mile trek to limbo

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An interactive guide to the Boston Globe’s 2022 endorsements

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The restaurant critic and the blogger had very different voices, but both women challenged their medium by ignoring its conventions and deploying their own authentic voices.

Mysterious signs mandating ‘no eye contact’ and ‘no running with sticks’ pop up on Belmont trails
From a distance, the signage greeting visitors to conservation land in Belmont looked official. Up close, the bizarre messages left hikers scratching their heads.

After hard lessons learned from Alex and Ani, Carolyn Rafaelian comes back with Metal Alchemist
Two years after she was pushed out of the jewelry company she founded, the business woman is back in control, creating American-made products and sticking firmly to her Rhode Island roots.

Taylor Swift adds third show at Gillette Stadium for her new tour
The pop princess announced Friday morning that she’s adding eight more shows to her highly anticipated “The Eras Tour,” including a third show at Gillette Stadium slated for May 21.

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The Patriots lead the NFL in takeaways. But they also can’t stop giving the ball away.
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How much should we really worry about MCAS scores?
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