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First-responders given a holiday to call their own

BOSTON – Sunday marks a new holiday in Massachusetts, after Gov. Charlie Baker on Friday signed a bill designating the Sunday before Patriot's Day as "First Responder Day." "First responders put their own lives on the line to save others in danger, and we have a

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Boston Harbor, once dirtiest, now clean, agency tells judge

BOSTON – In 1982, former Quincy city Solicitor William Golden took a run along Wollaston Beach and came across bits of raw sewage in the sand, prompting him to take action. Quincy soon sued the Metropolitan District Commission and other agencies over discharges of untreated waste from Nut Island, at the

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Dig at Malcolm X Roxbury home turns up evidence of 1700s settlement

BOSTON (AP) — An archaeological dig at the boyhood home of Malcolm X in Boston has turned up some surprising findings, but not necessarily related to the early life of the slain civil rights activist. City archaeologist Joseph Bagley said this week that researchers digging outside the two-and-a-half story home have

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Hair braiders trying to weave success face licensing snarls

BOSTON – For Gladys Freeman, an African immigrant, her skill at braiding hair in traditional ways gave her the key to charting her own path in America. Freeman, who came to the area 18 years ago from Sierra Leone, owns and operates Dazzles Hair Salon on Washington Street in Roslindale, where

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Uber’s $100 million settlement with drivers settles very little – here’s why

Uber, the popular ride-hailing app, just announced it has settled two class action lawsuits in California and Massachusetts in which drivers sought classification as employees and entitlement to overtime pay and more transparent handling of tips.

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Wellesley widow receives Boston Post cane at 105

WELLESLEY – A long, though unofficial, tradition led Wellesley's Boston Post Cane to pass this week to Herlda Senhouse, the town's oldest resident at 105, who joked that her lack of children led to a more stress-free – and longer – life. Senhouse received the gold-knobbed walking stick surrounded

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Brewing up a business can unlock a new career

Forty years ago in the U.K., the term "microbrewery" emerged to describe new small-batch operations independent of the large brewers and pub chains that dominated the market. Much as many of these relatively tiny beer, ale and stout producers now do today, the first successful one, Litchborough

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Boston roasters renew city’s coffee obsession

BOSTON – One more day in Boston, one more coffee shop. National roaster La Colombe opened its first Boston café Thursday near South Station. It's one more shop in a city with a coffee obsession that dates back to the colonial era. One might think that another coffee shop