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Unpacking 50 years worth of memories from covering the sports scene

The first byline appeared on Oct. 4, 1973, and some moments stay with you more than others through more than 9,000 stories.

GETTING SALTY
From a teenage dishwasher to a Cheesecake Factory superstar to a barbecue expert: Matheus De Araujo reflects
Now, he’s the director of barbecue operations for The Smoke Shop, where he loves the tender brisket. But his climb to the top was tough.

In one former Darwin’s location, the Circus Cooperative Cafe comes to town

Four onetime employees of Darwin's banded together to take over the chain's Putnam Avenue space as a worker co-op — and together, they're facing the realities of what it means to be owners.

Mac Jones talks benching against Dallas, message to Bailey Zappe, and more on WEEI

Jones gave an extended interview Monday after his disastrous day in Dallas.
Patriots mailbag: Debacle in Dallas has some fans questioning Mac Jones’s viability

At 15, he’s made Ron DeSantis squirm, drawn national attention, and started a presidential podcast. Meet Quinn Mitchell.
An exchange with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in June circulated widely online and elevated Quinn Mitchell, already a familiar face on the Granite State campaign trail for the past four years, to a national platform.

A new office tower for a new office era

One Congress may show a way forward for commercial real estate.

Maine’s historic Colonial Theatre will get a second life when it reopens in November
After it went dark last year, moviegoers feared this charming and historic venue might be lost forever. But it will reopen under a new owner next month.

McCarthy to call vote Tuesday on effort to oust him and says he won’t cut a deal with Democrats

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will put a motion on the floor that will determine his fate as speaker as he attempts to call the bluff of a small faction of the far-right lawmakers who are determined to see his removal from leadership.
Here’s what happens now that Gaetz has moved to oust McCarthy

Controversial Springfield police officer Greg Bigda charged with drunken driving, suspended without bail

Springfield Police Detective Bigda, who has been suspended from the force since 2018 for allegedly abusing his authority, was arrested for drunk driving in Palmer Sunday, according to court records.

Rising COVID rates push private school in Lawrence to switch to remote learning

An Episcopal middle school for girls in Lawrence has moved students back online temporarily in response to rising COVID-19 infection rates, officials said Tuesday.

Prosecutors say Logan Clegg ‘was the only person responsible’ for the slaying of a retired couple in Concord, N.H., defense says he is innocent

Clegg has pleaded not guilty to two counts of second degree murder and other charges.

Teenager who allegedly harassed MBTA Red Line train passengers on Sept. 21 has been arrested
The 16-year-old boy was arrested on Monday at Forest Hills Station by Transit Police detectives and officers.

Billionaires are responsible for large amounts of climate pollution from Hanscom, a new report finds
About half the flights were probably for recreational or luxury purposes, based on their resort destinations and weekend flight dates, the authors said.

Opinion: Massport’s plan to expand private jet space at Hanscom is a climate debacle Are environmental toxins causing the rise in early-onset cancers? You asked, we researched.

Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to three federal gun charges filed after his plea deal collapsed

The president’s son is facing charges that he lied about his drug use in October 2018 on a form to buy a gun that he kept for about 11 days.

Postal Service releases stamp honoring late US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

‘Survivor’ winner Richard Hatch representing himself in federal court in R.I.

Boston police make arrest in Dorchester shooting that wounded five, including 15-year-old girl

As I See It | Stan Grossfeld

One big parking lot

“As I See It,” a new weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe readers. Grossfeld relates a story we can all relate to - Boston traffic.
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

An MFA exhibition is a reminder that bigger isn’t always better

"Tiny Treasures: The Magic of Miniatures" proves that size matters, but not in the way you might think.
THE GREAT DIVIDE

Baltimore’s school building program could offer model to close gaps in Massachusetts

With state assistance, Baltimore has built or renovated 29 schools in a decade, while Boston and other urban districts in Massachusetts have struggled to get their share of state aid.
Opinion
MARCELA GARCÍA

A heartbreaking visit to the hometown of a missing Boston woman

I visited Reina Carolina Morales Rojas’s hometown to interview her family and friends. I wanted to put a more human face to a missing-person case.
EDITORIAL

Abuse at residential schools for autistic children calls out for accountability, transparency
IDEAS | Sandeep Vaheesan

It’s past time to throw out baseball’s antitrust exemption
podcast | say more with shirley leung

Is crypto dead? Critic Molly White doesn’t think so.
BANNED BOOKS

Banned Books Week: ‘The Glass Castle’ by Jeannette Walls
Hispanic Heritage Month

On the air and off, Jose Masso has been heard

Rarely seen snapshots of Latino Boston

During Hispanic Heritage Month, doctor says R.I. can do better: ‘Taco Tuesday is not progress. It is appeasement.’

DEVRA FIRST

10 restaurants that capture the spirit of Hispanic Heritage Month

More recent News

Nine-year-old who vanished from New York state park found safe; fingerprint on ransom note linked case to suspect, police say

A 9-year-old girl who vanished during a family camping trip in upstate New York has been found safe following a two day search.

In Boston City Council District 6, Wu endorses Weber
Tuesday’s announcement marks the fourth council endorsement Wu has made this election season.

Chris Christie wants Trump ‘off the island.’ But GOP voters in N.H. say Christie should drop out of the race.

The former New Jersey governor topped the list for who Republican debate-watchers in the Granite State think should exit soon, according to a new Suffolk University/Boston Globe/USA TODAY poll.

Things to know about the Vatican’s big meeting on the future of the Catholic Church
Pope Francis is opening a global gathering of bishops and laypeople to discuss the future of the Catholic Church, including some hot-button issues that have previously been considered off-limits for discussion.

Russ Francis, former Patriots tight end, killed in Lake Placid plane crash
Francis was a passenger when the plane crashed near the Lake Placid Airport on Sunday. Richard McSpadden, who was piloting the plane, was also killed.

Looking back at the career of Russ Francis

2 Army soldiers killed, 12 injured in crash of military transport vehicle in Alaska
The single-vehicle accident happened Monday as the soldiers headed to the Yukon Training Area near Salcha, or about 30 miles southeast of Fairbanks, the 11th Airborne Division said in a statement late Monday.

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Dan Shaughnessy remembers Tim Wakefield
WATCH: Sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy joins Boston Globe Today to celebrate the life of Tim Wakefield.
Dan Shaughnessy

Always more than a baseball player, Tim Wakefield was a hero, on and off the field, for the Red Sox

Wakefield was a community pillar for his entire three decades in Greater Boston, and never wavered in his support for causes like the Jimmy Fund.
Watch: Mariners pitcher George Kirby throws knuckleball as tribute to Tim Wakefield Red Sox teammates pay tribute to late Tim Wakefield

Allegations of discrimination and harassment roil Worcester Art Museum
A pair of complaints paint a picture of a “hostile” workplace under director Matthias Waschek.

A battle rages in Maine over an election that some say could change the course of climate action
“This is a definitive fight of 2023 as far as climate,” said Candice Fortin, US campaigns manager for the climate activism group 350.org.

Boston takes its case for more liquor licenses to Beacon Hill
The city is aiming to add 250 licenses over five years — a 25 percent expansion — dedicated to neighborhoods where sit-down restaurants and bars are sparse.

Culture & Lifestyle

Lakers legend Magic Johnson pans ‘Winning Time’

Friends of rocker Justine Covault offer a fitting farewell

SZA sets sail across familiar waters with an ever-loyal crew

‘A New World’ doesn’t make the most compelling case for ‘Final Fantasy’ music

Special Projects

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Baby boomers and Gen Xers benefited from economic conditions that do not exist for millennials. And by many measures, the path ahead for Gen Z is even more fraught.

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

How the missing become the uncounted

Inside the government’s flawed approach to finding missing persons.

Two Weeks in America

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

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

EDITORIAL

Patients in hallways, long waits for beds: Hospital bottlenecks reach crisis levels
RENÉE GRAHAM

The complicity that enables sexual predators
IDEAS | ALISSA VALLES

‘1984’ was meant as a critique of the USSR, but it really fits Putin’s Russia
ELIMINATE MCAS

State needs to end MCAS as a graduation requirement

KEEP MCAS

Pandemic learning losses show MCAS is needed now more than ever
IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

My farewell love letter to Boston

Metro

RI COURTS

‘Survivor’ winner Richard Hatch representing himself in federal court in R.I.

Legal experts say the Newport resident faces a disadvantage in serving as his own lawyer.

Teenager who allegedly harassed MBTA Red Line train passengers on Sept. 21 has been arrested

The 16-year-old boy was arrested on Monday at Forest Hills Station by Transit Police detectives and officers.
RI POLITICS

GOP’s Leonard accuses Democrat Amo of ‘hiding from debates’ in R.I. congressional race

Gerry Leonard says Gabe Amo is “disrespecting voters by not debating the issues,” but Amo says he is looking forward to two televised debates before the Nov. 7 election.

Boston police make arrest in Dorchester shooting that wounded five, including 15-year-old girl

Police have arrested one man and are seeking another in connection with a Sept. 17 quintuple shooting in Dorchester that left a 15-year-old girl with life-threatening injuries and wounded her 11-year-old brother.

Sports

Peter Abraham | On baseball

The Red Sox have decisions to make, and here’s a look at who should stay and who should go

Several members of the 40-man roster enter inflection points for their time with the franchise.
Patriots

Mac Jones talks benching against Dallas, message to Bailey Zappe, and more on WEEI

Jones gave an extended interview Monday after his disastrous day in Dallas.
Red Sox

Red Sox prospect Blaze Jordan details his battle with anxiety and depression in his baseball career

Jordan opened up about his struggles with his mental health on social media.

Readers share their favorite memories of Tim Wakefield
dan shaughnessy

Unpacking 50 years worth of memories from covering the sports scene
patriots mailbag

Patriots mailbag: Debacle in Dallas has some fans questioning Mac Jones’s viability

Business

Jury selection to begin in trial of fallen cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried

Once a billionaire, the 31-year-old crypto mogul faces the possibility of a long prison term if convicted at a trial that is expected to last up to six weeks.

As Trump returns to court, judge in his fraud trial clarifies comments ex-president took as a win

Lawyers in Donald Trump’s business fraud trial in New York will move on Tuesday to the more plodding task of going through years of his financial documents in what’s expected to be a weekslong fight over whether they constitute proof of fraud.

In one former Darwin’s location, the Circus Cooperative Cafe comes to town
NH BUSINESS

Apple picking may not be an option at N.H. orchards this year

magazine
MISS CONDUCT

My co-workers' jokes about suicide leave me rattled

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, Oct. 2 - Oct. 15
The Education Issue

The 'anti-woke' legislation making N.H. teachers nervous
The Education Issue

Mass. schools are among the best. Except for financial literacy.

metro

Controversial Springfield police officer Greg Bigda charged with drunken driving, suspended without bail

Postal Service releases stamp honoring late US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

In Boston City Council District 6, Wu endorses Weber

sports

Devon Witherspoon leads sack-happy Seahawks past offensively inept Giants

Having coach Jim Montgomery in his corner has helped defenseman Ian Mitchell acclimate to the Bruins

Celtics have a lot to process, but not a lot of time to do so

business

Late-night shows return after writers strike as actors resume talks that could end their standoff

Hollywood actors and studios, resuming talks, plan to meet again Wednesday

Trump seethes through the start of trial in New York lawsuit accusing him of lying about his wealth

politics

McCarthy to call vote Tuesday on effort to oust him and says he won’t cut a deal with Democrats

Selma Blair helps White House salute landmark disability legislation

Biden tries to reassure allies of continued US support for Ukraine after Congress drops aid request

Nation

As Trump returns to court, judge in his fraud trial clarifies comments ex-president took as a win

Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to three federal gun charges filed after his plea deal collapsed

Donald Trump wants future Republican debates to be canceled after refusing to participate in them

World

Shooting at a major Bangkok shopping mall kills 3, and a suspect is in police custody

Three scientists win Nobel Prize in physics for looking at electrons in atoms during split seconds

Turkey detains dozens of people in raids following suicide bomb attack

opinion

State needs to end MCAS as a graduation requirement

Mass. pushes, against tide, for more charter schools

Plastic, plastic, everywhere

lifestyle

She wants you to know the real ‘Jeopardy Amy’

She gave my husband a hug goodbye

New documentary celebrates 100-inning charity baseball game for ALS research

food & dining

Fire Dept. Coffee debuts ready-to-drink Nitro Cold Brew line

Three cheers for good kitchen shears

Recipe: Aromas of cinnamon will fill the house when you bake these pecan scones

travel

Didn’t make it to Tanglewood this summer? A fall stroll sounds just as good.

Two Berkshires motor inns have been reinvented as chic hotels, but are they worth the chic price?

We’re going to Lenox this fall. (Again.) Here’s why you should, too.

Arts

In Renaissance Italy, women artists quietly persisted

When seeing is believing meets believing as seeing

A date with rare books and historical records at the Boston Public Library

Books

Novelist Rhonda DeChambeau persisted for many years. Finally, recognition.

Olga Ravn, in ‘My Work,’ turns a jaundiced eye on the experience of giving birth

Providence’s beloved Riffraff bookstore and bar have new owners that plan on keeping it just the same

Movies

Selma Blair helps White House salute landmark disability legislation

Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour is over. But it’s coming to movie theaters soon.

Hollywood writers have won the AI battle. What about the rest of us?

Television

‘Survivor’ winner Richard Hatch representing himself in federal court in R.I.

‘Only Murders in the Building’ renewed for another season

Late-night shows return after writers strike as actors resume talks that could end their standoff

music

Whenever the Rolling Stones were in town, photographer Ted Gartland was there, too

Taylor Swift watches Travis Kelce’s Chiefs take on the Jets at MetLife Stadium

Mariah Carey announces Christmas tour with a date at TD Garden

Theater/Dance

Spiro Veloudos, larger-than-life force in Boston theater, dies at 71

‘The Full Monty’ takes a while to show what it’s got

On Broadway, a season of first impressions and second chances

Health

Latest COVID vaccine rollout facing canceled appointments, pricey insurance bills

In its first year, calls to 988 Lifeline increase 50 percent in Rhode Island

Dana-Farber deal highlights a surprising trend: New cancer centers are in vogue

Obituaries

Spiro Veloudos, larger-than-life force in Boston theater, dies at 71

Russell Sherman, luminous pianist and longtime New England Conservatory teacher, dies at 93

Chris Snow, NHL executive and ‘beacon of hope’ for those with ALS, dies at 42