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Cambridge School Committee approves closing Kennedy-Longfellow School

The Kennedy-Longfellow Elementary School’s closure comes as Cambridge is bracing for an enrollment decline over the next few years, after experiencing fluctuating enrollment in recent years.

Spotlight

Governor Maura Healey defends her record on Steward Health Care crisis amid calls for greater state oversight
Healey placed the blame for the hospital chain’s subpar care and massive financial losses on former Steward chief executive Ralph de la Torre, who resigned in October and is now a focus of a federal corruption investigation.

Rain returns to Boston area later today. Ski country could see up to 4 inches of snow.

The sunshine will fade behind thickening clouds as another weather system approaches.

Conan O’Brien lost both of his parents over three days. In heartfelt memories, he recalls their influence.
“My parents complemented each other very well,” Conan O'Brien said of Ruth and Tom O'Brien, whose influence on him and his siblings was lasting and profound.

Francis X. Bellotti, influential Mass. attorney general, dies at 101
A fierce, powerful Democrat who fell short in his three bids for governor, Bellotti nevertheless wielded broad influence in three terms as attorney general.

RI DEVELOPMENT

From ruins to revival: Developers of old Union Station make $25m bet on Providence food hall
Track 15, which will feature seven local vendors, is expected to open in late February 2025.

Don Muhammad, longtime leader of Nation of Islam in Boston, dies

Cows fall from trailer onto Maine Turnpike after door unlatches, officials say

Sandra Birchmore was 23 years old when she was found dead in her Canton apartment in 2021. Initially, investigators suspected suicide.

Secrets & Lies | Chapter 1

Sandra Birchmore put her trust in the police. They broke it.

Sandra Birchmore idolized Stoughton police officers. Time and again, authorities investigating her death gave the benefit of the doubt to the police officer now accused of killing her.

Surveillance video from Sandra Birchmore's apartment building shows Matthew Farwell entering the building the last night she was seen alive.

Secrets & Lies | Chapter 2

Investigators assumed Sandra Birchmore took her own life. What did they miss?

Sandra Birchmore’s family spent years trying to make someone look more closely at the circumstances of her death.

Devra First

The 2024 Boston-area restaurant awards
These are the restaurants, chefs, dishes, and ideas that shaped the dining scene this year.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

For Drake Maye’s sake, the Krafts need to act like fans and not owners with Jerod Mayo and the Patriots’ coaches
Making piece-by-piece changes to the coaching staff isn’t going to work. The Krafts need to move on from everyone, starting with Jerod Mayo.

Hey, North Carolina, get ready for Bill Belichick to revert to his old ways with the media

Jerod Mayo has repeatedly referred to Alex Van Pelt (above) as head coach of the offense.

Christopher L. Gasper

Patriots offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt hasn’t had a lot to work with, yet he still has to go

Jerod Mayo needs a proven offensive mind, preferably with head coaching experience, as his co-pilot to prevent his coaching career from crashing.

Melbey Flores and Mark Castillo married on Nov. 11, 2024, in an elopement ceremony on Plum Island. Besides the wedding professionals who helped execute the day, they were the only two present.

The Big Day

A Plum Island elopement for two

“We did it in the most stress-free way,” says Melbey Flores of the late afternoon vows she exchanged with Mark Castillo surrounded by sand and sea, in the absence of guests.

Celtics guard Derrick White celebrates after hitting, what else?, a 3-pointer earlier this season. Boston takes, and makes, more threes than anybody in the NBA.

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Everyone’s now trying to copy Celtics' love of 3-pointers, looking to beat them at their own game

The NBA has become a copycat league. Teams acquire players and build schemes around the most popular, effective style, and that is taking more threes than twos.

The home at 16 Sheep Pond Road on Nantucket.

Two Nantucket beach houses threatened by erosion (almost) went on the auction block

Homes on Sheep Pond Road, on the western part of the island, have seen their value plummet as storms gnaw at the coastline.

Boston Globe Spotlight Team

Donna and Joseph Knight at their home in Middleborough. On Sept. 13, 2023, their daughter, Jennifer, collapsed and died in the registration line at Good Samaritan Medical Center after she told a nurse that she was suffering from chest pain and was having trouble breathing. The Knights are still seeking accountability for her death.

Softened reports. Lax oversight. How state officials enabled Steward’s rise and fall.

The Globe Spotlight Team found Steward benefited from insufficient scrutiny from state officials, including Governor Maura Healey, until it was too late. Healey’s administration says it did everything it could to avoid a crisis.

Timeline of the state’s lax oversight of Steward Health Care Read the full investigation

Opinion

President-elect Donald Trump spoke at a news conference at Mar-a-Lago on Dec. 16 in Palm Beach, Fla.

EDITORIAL

One last chance to protect the press before Trump’s inauguration

In its final hours, the current Congress should enact bipartisan legislation making it harder for prosecutors to obtain reporters’ notes.

RENÉE GRAHAM

Trump hung out with an acquitted killer anointed as a right-wing hero. Where’s the outrage?

JEFF JACOBY

A commutation for federal death row inmates would be a travesty of justice

IDEAS | MATTHEW COLEMAN & JOSHUA GREENE

This giving season, give with your heart and your head

IDEAS | Mary Ziegler

The abortion fight goes to the states

Globe Santa

Christmas or child care? For these Mass. parents, having both this holiday season isn’t guaranteed.
Massachusetts boasts some of the highest child care costs in the US.

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The best (and worst) of 2024

Boston Globe book critics share their 75 favorite titles of 2024.

The 75 best books of 2024

Pamela Anderson in a scene from "The Last Showgirl."

10 great performances our film critic loved in 2024

Richard Roundtree and June Squibb in "Thelma."

Odie Henderson’s 10 best movies of 2024 (and 10 runners-up)

Odie Henderson’s 10 worst movies of the year

More recent News

Russia says suspect detained in killing of senior general in Moscow
The suspect was described as an Uzbek citizen recruited by Ukrainian intelligence services.

ADDRESS

Ask the Gardener: Deck your yard with boughs of holly this winter
Cold weather is the time for evergreens to come forward and announce their presence.

Stadium seating in Somerville: New town homes rise across from Dilboy
Our Home of the Week will have 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, white oak flooring, a wet bar, an EV charger, and a private rooftop deck.

After investigating Jan. 6, House GOP sides with Trump and goes after Liz Cheney
The findings show the Republican Party working to reinforce Trump's desire to punish his perceived enemies including Cheney and members of the Jan. 6 committee that the president-elect has said should be in jail.

From fantasy to reality: 7 lessons from moving to a vacation hot spot

“We live two miles from the beach, and we can never seem to get over there.”

Community members wrestle with grief in aftermath of Wisconsin school shooting
Several hundred people gathered outside the Wisconsin State Capitol for a vigil Tuesday night to honor those slain at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison the day before.

‘You feel like you’re at war with an enemy you can’t see.’ As porch pirate thefts mount, residents feel besieged.

The thieves stealing packages from our front doors are getting more aggressive. And Bostonians are fighting back.

COVID-era backlash fuels the second Trump administration
The incoming president is filling his administration with vocal critics of pandemic protective measures as the COVID era continues to influence politics.

NH BUSINESS

They spent their life building a maple farm. What happens when they have to retire?
Tim Meeh and Jill McCullough have harvested maple sap for 50 years at North Family Farm in Canterbury, N.H. Now they are wondering what will happen to the farm when they retire.

TRAVEL

This Maine destination has been named the country’s best small town to visit. And not for the first time.
America’s best small town is in New England, according to US News & World Report, which released its 2025 best vacations rankings on Tuesday.

Culture & Lifestyle

Ayodele Casel in ART’s world-premiere production of her "Diary of a Tap Dancer."

Ayodele Casel’s ‘Diary of a Tap Dancer’ at the ART writes forgotten women into the art form’s story

Cynthia Erivo, left, and Ariana Grande in a scene from the film "Wicked."

‘Emilia Pérez’ and ‘Wicked’ advance in Oscars shortlists

Beyoncé appears at a campaign event for Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in Houston, on Oct. 25, 2024.

50 of the best albums of the year

Display of tools in installation of new MIT Museum, part of "Moving Objects."

A moving museum experience at MIT

Special Projects

Seventh-graders at the Curley School on the first day of school in 1975. (Ulrike Welsch/Globe staff)

Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope

The Boston Globe explores the legacy of Boston’s busing era.

An Ambulance passed Glenwood Regional Medical Center in West Monroe, La.

A Globe Spotlight Team report on Steward Health Care

A Boston Globe Spotlight Team review found the Steward Health Care hospital system plagued by staggering neglect at the hands of executives.

The Boston Globe’s Best of the Best

Our ultimate guide to more than 200 winners for Boston's best food, drinks, and fun things to do.

Nightmare in Mission Hill

The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Governor Maura Healey held a news conference at the Massachusetts State House on May 6, 2024, following the bankruptcy of Steward Health Care.

EDITORIAL

Just imagine: What if Healey regulated Steward as aggressively as her administration looked out for one nurse?

Simon B. Amaya Price

I am formerly trans. Why won’t Berklee let me share my story?

An In-N-Out Burger employee in Santa Ana, Calif.

JEFF JACOBY

Minimum wage goes up. Employment goes down. Rinse and repeat.

On Saturday, ABC settled a libel case Donald Trump had filed in March, agreeing to pay $15 million and express regret because its star anchor, George Stephanopoulos, had used the wrong word to describe the sexual abuse a New York jury found Trump had inflicted on writer E. Jean Carroll.

Jill Abramson

Was ABC right to settle with Trump?

Jill Abramson

Was ABC right to settle with Trump?

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Rain returns to Boston area later today. Ski country could see up to 4 inches of snow.

The sunshine will fade behind thickening clouds as another weather system approaches.

RI NEWS

Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe reclaims nearly 40 acres of ancestral land in Rhode Island

The forested site in Tiverton, R.I., “was kind of our beginning as a people and a tribe,” Chief George Spring Buffalo said

RI DEVELOPMENT

From ruins to revival: Developers of old Union Station make $25m bet on Providence food hall

Track 15, which will feature seven local vendors, is expected to open in late February 2025.

Cambridge School Committee approves closing Kennedy-Longfellow School

The Kennedy-Longfellow Elementary School’s closure comes as Cambridge is bracing for an enrollment decline over the next few years, after experiencing fluctuating enrollment in recent years.

Sports

Bill Belichick's news conferences over his 24 seasons as Patriots coach were often a masterclass in information suppression.

Chad Finn

Dear North Carolina media: Here’s what to expect from Bill Belichick. Have fun with that.

We've been watching his news conferences over 24 seasons as Patriots coach, and they were often — but not always — a disciplined masterclass in information suppression.

Christopher L. Gasper

Patriots offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt hasn’t had a lot to work with, yet he still has to go

Jerod Mayo needs a proven offensive mind, preferably with head coaching experience, as his co-pilot to prevent his coaching career from crashing.

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Everyone’s now trying to copy Celtics' love of 3-pointers, looking to beat them at their own game

The NBA has become a copycat league. Teams acquire players and build schemes around the most popular, effective style, and that is taking more threes than twos.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

For Drake Maye’s sake, the Krafts need to act like fans and not owners with Jerod Mayo and the Patriots’ coaches

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' HOCKEY NOTEBOOK

Girls’ hockey notebook: For Malden Catholic seniors, there’s one last box to check — a state championship

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' HOCKEY

Eastern Mass. girls’ hockey: The Globe’s players of the week for Dec. 12-16

Business

ADDRESS

Stadium seating in Somerville: New town homes rise across from Dilboy

Our Home of the Week will have 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, white oak flooring, a wet bar, an EV charger, and a private rooftop deck.

RI DEVELOPMENT

From ruins to revival: Developers of old Union Station make $25m bet on Providence food hall

Track 15, which will feature seven local vendors, is expected to open in late February 2025.

Musk and Trump are viewed roughly the same by Americans, new poll finds

Federal Reserve is set to cut key rate but consumers might not feel much benefit anytime soon

magazine

2024

Bostonians of the Year: The do good, feel good Boston Celtics

Clockwise from top left: Ayo Edebiri, Zeyneb Magavi, Frederick Richard and Stephen Nedoroscik, Pastor Keke, and Nick Korn, Liz Miranda, Royal Smith, Brian Worrell, and Chris Worrell

Honorable Mentions

A home-grown star, a climate innovator, the team behind new liquor licenses, and other Bostonians who made a difference

Clockwise from top left: Seiji Ozawa, Ethel Kennedy, Luis Tiant, Larry Lucchino, Jack Connors, Jasper White, and Gloria Fox

Lasting Legacies

Remembering Jack Connors, Ethel Kennedy, Seiji Ozawa and others we lost in 2024

MISS CONDUCT

Our politics are very different, ‘but I hate being alone.’ Should I breakup with him?

metro

Governor Maura Healey (right) and Health and Human Services Secretary Kate Walsh speak at a news conference about the Steward Health Care crisis in May.

Governor Maura Healey defends her record on Steward Health Care crisis amid calls for greater state oversight

Cows fall from trailer onto Maine Turnpike after door unlatches, officials say

Christmas or child care? For these Mass. parents, having both this holiday season isn’t guaranteed.

sports

Duxbury High girls hockey head coach Dan Njarian talks to his top-ranked team during a preseason practice.

Globe Top 20 girls’ hockey poll: See who moved up and down after one weekend of play

David Pastrnak caps comeback in Calgary, as Bruins rise from two down for overtime victory

Six takeaways from Tuesday: A grand night of high school basketball

business

Northern shrimp aboard a trawler in the Gulf of Maine.

Small winter catch set for New England’s long-closed shrimp industry, a climate casualty

Suspect charged with killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO as an act of terrorism

Musk and SpaceX face federal reviews after violations of security reporting rules

politics

President-elect Donald Trump listens to Elon Musk as he arrives to watch SpaceX's mega rocket Starship lift off for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on Nov. 19.

Musk and Trump are viewed roughly the same by Americans, new poll finds

Congress unveils funding deal with more than $100 billion in disaster aid

After investigating Jan. 6, House GOP sides with Trump and goes after Liz Cheney

Nation

Water sits in a lined pit at the former Ciba-Geigy chemical plant on Dec. 17, in Toms River, N.J., one of America's most notorious toxic waste sites.

Group says New Jersey toxic waste dumping caused $1b in harm, calls settlement inadequate

Community members wrestle with grief in aftermath of Wisconsin school shooting

5 family members found dead at Utah home and 17-year-old hospitalized with gunshot wound

World

Andrew Tate, left, listens to his brother Tristan, right, at the Court of Appeals building in Bucharest, Romania, on Dec. 10.

Court rules that UK police can seize millions from Andrew Tate in tax dispute

These Brazilian caramel-colored stray dogs were long overlooked. Now, they’re having a major moment.

Russia says suspect detained in killing of senior general in Moscow

opinion

May I have a word: ’Tis the long big blur of a season

I am formerly trans. Why won’t Berklee let me share my story?

Trump demeans public servants like these. We depend on them to make our lives better.

lifestyle

A Plum Island elopement for two

Resilience, history weave heritage into a glamorous gala gown

Are you catching holiday blues instead of cheer? Here are some ways to find peace

food & dining

Christopher Marsella, a prominent Providence developer, stands inside what will be the Track 15 food hall in downtown.

From ruins to revival: Developers of old Union Station make $25m bet on Providence food hall

The 2024 Boston-area restaurant awards

Babka? Macaroons? Here are some sweet treats you can bake for Hanukkah.

travel

Two people walk along Bar Harbor Town Beach on the sunny morning of Sept. 17, 2023.

This Maine destination has been named the country’s best small town to visit. And not for the first time.

Cold nights, hot lava, and a giant murderous cat. How I found the holiday spirit in Iceland.

Looking for a mix of French flair and Caribbean cool? Here’s where you’ll find it.

Arts

A moving museum experience at MIT

MIT paid $1.3 million for a landscape artwork by Maya Lin. Then it forgot to tell anyone.

RISD graduate’s Lost Bag News aims to find the best of Providence’s art scene

Books

The covers of “Eight Very Bad Nights,” edited by Tod Goldberg, and “The Dead of Winter” by Sarah Clegg.

Dreading Christmas and/or Hanukkah? Have we got the books for you!

A richly satisfying debut about an inconvenient inheritance

For Nicholas Sparks, a great read comes down to voice

Movies

‘Emilia Pérez’ and ‘Wicked’ advance in Oscars shortlists

‘Mufasa: The Lion King’: If Pride Rock could talk

10 great performances our film critic loved in 2024

Television

The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Joy (Nicola Couglan) in the "Doctor Who" Christmas special "Joy to the World."

Wall-to-wall wassail

A score is settled on ‘Yellowstone’

This week’s TV: Stephanie Hsu in ‘Laid,’ an Aaron Rodgers doc, and more

music

A beloved Hanukkah album gets its moment to shine

50 of the best albums of the year

For the first time, the Kingdom Choir plays Boston

Theater/Dance

Ayodele Casel’s ‘Diary of a Tap Dancer’ at the ART writes forgotten women into the art form’s story

‘Selkie Girl’ may have a slim plot, but the show’s music makes up for it

A new ‘Christmas Carol’ masters the music, but is leaner on the emotional power

Health

Dr. Susan Meschwitz, center, a chemistry professor at Salve Regina University in Newport, R.I., in her lab with two undergraduate students.

About 30% of women are reinfected with a UTI within a year. This R.I. professor is looking for a way to change that.

Why is Lifespan buying hospitals in Massachusetts instead of saving two in Rhode Island?

R.I. Life Science Hub still in negotiations to develop lab incubator space: ‘In the business world... things moved a lot faster’

Obituaries

Mr. Spratt was credited with helping forge an agreement with House Republicans, then led by Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia, that produced the Balanced Budget Act of 1997

Cambridge School Committee approves closing Kennedy-Longfellow School

Rain returns to Boston area later today. Ski country could see up to 4 inches of snow.

Conan O’Brien lost both of his parents over three days. In heartfelt memories, he recalls their influence. “My parents complemented each other very well,” Conan O'Brien said of Ruth and Tom O'Brien, whose influence on him and his siblings was lasting and profound.

Francis X. Bellotti, influential Mass. attorney general, dies at 101 A fierce, powerful Democrat who fell short in his three bids for governor, Bellotti nevertheless wielded broad influence in three terms as attorney general.

RI DEVELOPMENT From ruins to revival: Developers of old Union Station make $25m bet on Providence food hall Track 15, which will feature seven local vendors, is expected to open in late February 2025.

Don Muhammad, longtime leader of Nation of Islam in Boston, dies

Cows fall from trailer onto Maine Turnpike after door unlatches, officials say

Sandra Birchmore put her trust in the police. They broke it.

Investigators assumed Sandra Birchmore took her own life. What did they miss?

Devra First The 2024 Boston-area restaurant awards These are the restaurants, chefs, dishes, and ideas that shaped the dining scene this year.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL For Drake Maye’s sake, the Krafts need to act like fans and not owners with Jerod Mayo and the Patriots’ coaches Making piece-by-piece changes to the coaching staff isn’t going to work. The Krafts need to move on from everyone, starting with Jerod Mayo.

Patriots offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt hasn’t had a lot to work with, yet he still has to go

A Plum Island elopement for two

Everyone’s now trying to copy Celtics' love of 3-pointers, looking to beat them at their own game

Two Nantucket beach houses threatened by erosion (almost) went on the auction block

Softened reports. Lax oversight. How state officials enabled Steward’s rise and fall.

One last chance to protect the press before Trump’s inauguration

Trump hung out with an acquitted killer anointed as a right-wing hero. Where’s the outrage?

A commutation for federal death row inmates would be a travesty of justice

This giving season, give with your heart and your head

The abortion fight goes to the states

Christmas or child care? For these Mass. parents, having both this holiday season isn’t guaranteed. Massachusetts boasts some of the highest child care costs in the US.

The 75 best books of 2024

10 great performances our film critic loved in 2024

Odie Henderson’s 10 best movies of 2024 (and 10 runners-up)

Odie Henderson’s 10 worst movies of the year

More recent News

Russia says suspect detained in killing of senior general in Moscow The suspect was described as an Uzbek citizen recruited by Ukrainian intelligence services.

ADDRESS Ask the Gardener: Deck your yard with boughs of holly this winter Cold weather is the time for evergreens to come forward and announce their presence.

Stadium seating in Somerville: New town homes rise across from Dilboy Our Home of the Week will have 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, white oak flooring, a wet bar, an EV charger, and a private rooftop deck.

After investigating Jan. 6, House GOP sides with Trump and goes after Liz Cheney The findings show the Republican Party working to reinforce Trump's desire to punish his perceived enemies including Cheney and members of the Jan. 6 committee that the president-elect has said should be in jail.

From fantasy to reality: 7 lessons from moving to a vacation hot spot

Community members wrestle with grief in aftermath of Wisconsin school shooting Several hundred people gathered outside the Wisconsin State Capitol for a vigil Tuesday night to honor those slain at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison the day before.

Recommended reads

‘You feel like you’re at war with an enemy you can’t see.’ As porch pirate thefts mount, residents feel besieged.

COVID-era backlash fuels the second Trump administration The incoming president is filling his administration with vocal critics of pandemic protective measures as the COVID era continues to influence politics.

NH BUSINESS They spent their life building a maple farm. What happens when they have to retire? Tim Meeh and Jill McCullough have harvested maple sap for 50 years at North Family Farm in Canterbury, N.H. Now they are wondering what will happen to the farm when they retire.

TRAVEL This Maine destination has been named the country’s best small town to visit. And not for the first time. America’s best small town is in New England, according to US News & World Report, which released its 2025 best vacations rankings on Tuesday.

Culture & Lifestyle

Ayodele Casel’s ‘Diary of a Tap Dancer’ at the ART writes forgotten women into the art form’s story

‘Emilia Pérez’ and ‘Wicked’ advance in Oscars shortlists

50 of the best albums of the year

A moving museum experience at MIT

Special Projects

Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope

A Globe Spotlight Team report on Steward Health Care

The Boston Globe’s Best of the Best

Nightmare in Mission Hill

FROM OUR PARTNERS

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Just imagine: What if Healey regulated Steward as aggressively as her administration looked out for one nurse?

I am formerly trans. Why won’t Berklee let me share my story?

Minimum wage goes up. Employment goes down. Rinse and repeat.

Was ABC right to settle with Trump?

Was ABC right to settle with Trump?

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Rain returns to Boston area later today. Ski country could see up to 4 inches of snow.

Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe reclaims nearly 40 acres of ancestral land in Rhode Island

From ruins to revival: Developers of old Union Station make $25m bet on Providence food hall

Cambridge School Committee approves closing Kennedy-Longfellow School

Sports

Dear North Carolina media: Here’s what to expect from Bill Belichick. Have fun with that.

Patriots offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt hasn’t had a lot to work with, yet he still has to go

Everyone’s now trying to copy Celtics' love of 3-pointers, looking to beat them at their own game

For Drake Maye’s sake, the Krafts need to act like fans and not owners with Jerod Mayo and the Patriots’ coaches

Girls’ hockey notebook: For Malden Catholic seniors, there’s one last box to check — a state championship

Eastern Mass. girls’ hockey: The Globe’s players of the week for Dec. 12-16

Business

Stadium seating in Somerville: New town homes rise across from Dilboy

From ruins to revival: Developers of old Union Station make $25m bet on Providence food hall

Musk and Trump are viewed roughly the same by Americans, new poll finds

Federal Reserve is set to cut key rate but consumers might not feel much benefit anytime soon

Bostonians of the Year: The do good, feel good Boston Celtics

A home-grown star, a climate innovator, the team behind new liquor licenses, and other Bostonians who made a difference

Remembering Jack Connors, Ethel Kennedy, Seiji Ozawa and others we lost in 2024

Our politics are very different, ‘but I hate being alone.’ Should I breakup with him?

metro

Governor Maura Healey defends her record on Steward Health Care crisis amid calls for greater state oversight

Cows fall from trailer onto Maine Turnpike after door unlatches, officials say

Conan O’Brien lost both of his parents over three days. In heartfelt memories, he recalls their influence.
“My parents complemented each other very well,” Conan O'Brien said of Ruth and Tom O'Brien, whose influence on him and his siblings was lasting and profound.

Francis X. Bellotti, influential Mass. attorney general, dies at 101
A fierce, powerful Democrat who fell short in his three bids for governor, Bellotti nevertheless wielded broad influence in three terms as attorney general.

RI DEVELOPMENT

From ruins to revival: Developers of old Union Station make $25m bet on Providence food hall
Track 15, which will feature seven local vendors, is expected to open in late February 2025.

Devra First

The 2024 Boston-area restaurant awards
These are the restaurants, chefs, dishes, and ideas that shaped the dining scene this year.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

For Drake Maye’s sake, the Krafts need to act like fans and not owners with Jerod Mayo and the Patriots’ coaches
Making piece-by-piece changes to the coaching staff isn’t going to work. The Krafts need to move on from everyone, starting with Jerod Mayo.

Christmas or child care? For these Mass. parents, having both this holiday season isn’t guaranteed.
Massachusetts boasts some of the highest child care costs in the US.

Russia says suspect detained in killing of senior general in Moscow
The suspect was described as an Uzbek citizen recruited by Ukrainian intelligence services.

ADDRESS

Ask the Gardener: Deck your yard with boughs of holly this winter
Cold weather is the time for evergreens to come forward and announce their presence.

Stadium seating in Somerville: New town homes rise across from Dilboy
Our Home of the Week will have 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, white oak flooring, a wet bar, an EV charger, and a private rooftop deck.

After investigating Jan. 6, House GOP sides with Trump and goes after Liz Cheney
The findings show the Republican Party working to reinforce Trump's desire to punish his perceived enemies including Cheney and members of the Jan. 6 committee that the president-elect has said should be in jail.

Community members wrestle with grief in aftermath of Wisconsin school shooting
Several hundred people gathered outside the Wisconsin State Capitol for a vigil Tuesday night to honor those slain at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison the day before.

COVID-era backlash fuels the second Trump administration
The incoming president is filling his administration with vocal critics of pandemic protective measures as the COVID era continues to influence politics.

NH BUSINESS

They spent their life building a maple farm. What happens when they have to retire?
Tim Meeh and Jill McCullough have harvested maple sap for 50 years at North Family Farm in Canterbury, N.H. Now they are wondering what will happen to the farm when they retire.

TRAVEL

This Maine destination has been named the country’s best small town to visit. And not for the first time.
America’s best small town is in New England, according to US News & World Report, which released its 2025 best vacations rankings on Tuesday.