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This week in New England history: March 14-20
A list of significant dates in New England history: March 14
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Remembering Nancy Reagan
The past few days, with the passing of Nancy Reagan, I was contacted by the local and national media to share some reflections on the extraordinary lives of Ronald and Nancy Reagan. The media obviously knew that I served in leadership positions with the U.S. Conference of Mayors when
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Yale braces for lawsuit from student expelled by Title IX tribunal
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Yale University's Title IX-based policies for handling sexual assault allegations may come under legal scrutiny if a recently expelled basketball player makes good on his vow to take the Ivy League school to court over what his lawyer calls a "wrong, arbitrary" decision
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Boston’s low-wage workers struggle to rise, BRA study shows
BOSTON – Low-wage workers in Boston, the economic engine that drives the region, have largely been passed over by growth for a quarter century, in terms of real income, according to a report issued by the Boston Redevelopment Authority. The roughly $35,000 inflation-adjusted median income for Boston residents who worked
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Lawren Harris exhibit curated by Steve Martin opens at MFA
BOSTON – Members and guests of the Museum of Fine Arts enjoyed the landscape of a picture-perfect evening as Matthew Teitelbaum, the Ann and Graham Gund Director of the MFA, introduced Steve Martin, Adam Gopnik and Eric Fischl to a capacity audience that included U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren. The four
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Quabbin sacrificed country towns to supply a thirsty Boston
WARE – Desolate grass roads lined with trees lace the landscape around the Quabbin Reservoir, the source of most of Boston's water, the site of a ghost town and one of the longest earthen dams in the U.S. What is now the largest inland body of water in
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Bach performed with rare profundity at H+H concert
Authenticity is an elusive accomplishment when performing that most profound of musical scores, Bach's St. John Passion. Artists must interpret the text in a way that is moving but not maudlin and hopeful without being saccharine. On Friday night, the Handel & Haydn Society succeeded admirably at the
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Baker signs opioid abuse prevention tools into law
STATE HOUSE — An emotional Gov. Charlie Baker fought back tears Monday as he recounted the stories he's heard from the parents of young people who have died from drug overdoses and letters he received from students at North Shore Recovery High School, detailing their "heartbreaking stories of
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