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The saltwater pool at the York Beach Surf Club in York Beach, Maine.

Christopher Muther

Where to stay in New England this summer

Looking for a hotel, tent, or even a tree house? Here are some of the newest and coolest spots for your next getaway.

If you’ve only experienced Falmouth by hopping on and off the Martha’s Vineyard ferry, you’ve missed the boat

The recently opened Lockwood Hotel is the first new hotel to open on Waterville’s Main Street in more than 100 years.

Something big is happening in Waterville, Maine

This former mill town set on the Kennebec River, and home to Colby College, is getting a massive makeover, re-inventing itself as the artsy hotspot of northern New England.

Your Home | Summer Living
Floor-to-ceiling windows with a lake view persuade a designer to rehab a Berkshires home
Designer Jess Cooney squeezed everything she could, including a soaking tub, into this cozy getaway for her family.

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A 16-year-old basketball prodigy from Brockton tries to stay focused amid all the hoop hype
St. Sebastian's AJ Dybantsa is the top-ranked prospect in his class and is currently starring for the US U16 team.

Francona (right), who won two World Series with the Red Sox, is in his 11th season in Cleveland.

Terry Francona still wants to approach it ‘year to year’ when considering retirement

Cleveland's president of baseball operations has said the former Red Sox manager will stay on “for as long as it makes sense on his end.”

Tonight’s Red Sox starter, Matt Dermody, posted a homophobic tweet in 2021

Lawsuit claims DCF knew of Patrick Rose abuse and did nothing to protect children

In April 2022, the disgraced Boston police union leader was sentenced to at least 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to nearly two dozen charges in connection with abusing six children over decades.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Smoke from Canadian wildfires will be in the atmosphere for foreseeable future

In addition to the haze and smoke, clouds will be the dominant weather feature for the next few days in New England.

How long will it be before that smoke from Canadian wildfires clears up?Experts warn of health threat from Canadian wildfire smoke

New York draws comparisons to a ‘post-apocalyptic hellscape’ and ‘Blade Runner 2049.’ See memes and reactions to the smoky scenes.

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Map: How bad is the air quality right now?

Authorities investigating racist interaction in Hyannis
Barnstable police and prosecutors are investigating the matter that involved the proprietor of local business Trader Ed’s after many saw posts about the interaction on social media platforms.

Meet the rare Massachusetts talent who could be a very high pick in this year’s MLB draft
Thomas White, a 6-foot-5-inch ace from Rowley, has the scouts riveted, a full ride to Vanderbilt, and a dream to pitch for the Red Sox.

Prosecutor details deaths of Weymouth police officer and woman in opening statement at double murder trial

Massachusetts Senate offers $600 million tax relief bill without business-friendly cuts

Jade McLeod in the touring production of "Jagged Little Pill."

Driven by Alanis Morissette’s deeply felt songs, ‘Jagged Little Pill’ is back where it started

When Diane Paulus was first approached about adapting Morissette’s seminal album into a stage musical, she couldn't say yes fast enough. The result was a musical that began its life at the ART in 2018, went on to Broadway, and now returns to the city in a touring production.

Bouillabaisse is made with head-to-tail shrimp, mussels, clams, scallops, and fluke, with a thick slice of toast smeared with the spicy garlic sauce rouille.

Bouillabaisse and other French classics at Marseille in SoWa

Loic Le Garrec, of Petit Robert Bistro in the South End and Kendall Square’s Batifol, opened another lively spot.

Tables: ormer Eastern Standard bartender Seth Freidus strikes out on his own

Paúl Mena inside the back room at The Press Room, a cocktail bar serving tapas in the West Loop of Chicago.

In Providence, ‘the restaurant scene is completely segregated,’ restaurateur says

Paúl Mena, who has worked at award-winning restaurants in Rhode Island, recently opened The Press Room, a cocktail bar serving tapas in Chicago. He talked about the industry’s inequities and compared the vastly different foodie cities.

Migrants in Edgartown, Mass., on Sept. 15, 2022, after controversial flights transporting undocumented immigrants to Martha's Vineyard from Texas were arranged by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

DeSantis’s migrant transports: Justice demands a reckoning

Political stunts with real human beings are unworthy of a presidential contender.

Stick a fork in it, Boston sports fans. We’re done.

RACHELLE G. COHEN

‘Competitive’ energy scheme a boon for bottom feeders

IDEAS | JACKIE MANSKY

Mermaidcore is back. It never really went away.

Maura Healey and Kendalle Burlin O’Connell

How Massachusetts can lengthen its lead in life sciences

More recent News

Lion at Franklin Park Zoo will have blood tested for a potential transfusion for his anemic brother
Blood from the 14-year-old lion, named Dinari, “could give his brother the best chance of survival,” according to a statement from Zoo New England.

Adam Montgomery, accused of killing 5-year-old daughter, convicted of unrelated gun charges

A jury found Adam Montgomery guilty of six charges: two counts each of being an armed career criminal, receiving stolen property, and theft.

Wakefield man charged in plot to support ISIS terrorist organization, federal prosecutors say

An 18-year-old Wakefield man allegedly wanted to provide financial support ISIS by giving $705 in gift cards to a person he thought was connected to the terror organization, federal authorities alleged Thursday.

Supreme Court rules in favor of Black voters in Alabama redistricting case

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court affirmed a lower-court ruling that found a likely violation of the Voting Rights Act in an Alabama congressional map with one majority Black seat out of seven congressional districts in the state.

‘It’s meant to be intimidating and hateful’: Jamaica Plain church hit with anti-gay graffiti

A Jamaica Plain church that prides itself on welcoming the LGBTQ community was defaced with anti-gay graffiti early Thursday, the pastor said in a phone interview.

Family of Mass. woman who died by suicide days after delivering twins trying to raise awareness about postpartum depression

The family of a 36-year-old Norton woman who died by suicide days after giving birth to twins wants to draw attention to the importance of mental health care during and after pregnancy.

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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.

Tell us: How have things changed in Boston since you were in your early 20s?

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Are you a teen with a story to tell? Globe Ideas wants to hear from you.
Rather than write about you, we want to hear from you.

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Matthew James Nilo, a 35-year-old lawyer, was arraigned Monday after being arrested in attacks on four women in Charlestown in 2007 and 2008.

What does a predator look like? Not what the haters want you to think.

If only abusers were as easy to spot as the haters contend.

Larry Edelman
Earlier mistakes foreshadowed the state’s $2.5 billion unemployment accounting blunder
In a 2021 review, KPMG found multiple errors in tracking federal and state money used to pay jobless claims.

The Somerville Community Path extension still isn’t open. People have been using it anyway.
The project, part of the Green Line Extension, is tantalizingly close to opening for cyclists and pedestrians. So some are hitting the long-awaited path early.

Teens investigating equity find Stop & Shop charges more in Jackson Square than at a more affluent suburb
Several youth organizers with the Hyde Square Task Force who were researching inflation learned about how low-income shoppers often pay more for the same goods than shoppers in more affluent areas, and they wanted to test out that theory themselves.

Culture & Lifestyle

Bill Lowe has been a fixture on the Boston jazz scene for decades,

At 77, Boston jazz stalwart Bill Lowe is finally a leading man

Shereen Pimentel as Eva Perón in "Evita" at American Repertory Theater.

Shereen Pimentel is dazzling as the flawed heroine of ART’s re-energized ‘Evita’

Amanda Seyfried and Tom Holland in "The Crowded Room."

In ‘The Crowded Room,’ a tortured soul is put on trial

Celine Song wrote and directed "Past Lives," which opens in Boston this week.

Celine Song’s romantic debut film ‘Past Lives’ was a path to self-discovery

Special Projects

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Their lives were rerouted after the Marathon bombing. Here’s where they are now.

Five lives were lost; many more, changed.

Boston, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

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

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

Brittany Tee, Soomaiiah Quraiishi, and Reina Morales Rojas are among thousands of people thought to be missing from Massachusetts.

How the missing become the uncounted

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

Two Weeks in America

Two Weeks in America

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

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | LINDA RODRIGUEZ MCROBBIE

Don’t be rude to chatbots — for your sake, not theirs

President Joe Biden talked with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House on May 31 before traveling to Colorado.

Biden bests Republicans yet again with debt ceiling deal

"I was . . . advised to study the Black French poet Aimé Césaire rather than Lord Byron." Pictured: A marble statue of Byron in Rome's Villa Borghese park.

IDEAS | TYLER HARPER

I am the wrong kind of Black professor

Trying to close the gender pay gap — 60 years after the Equal Pay Act

Bolton alpaca farmer Alan DiPietro is challenging the state law in federal court, charging the town made a $310,000 profit from the sale of his property to settle a $60,000 tax debt.

Massachusetts gets a chance to kick ‘equity theft’ to the curb

Are you a teen with a story to tell? Globe Ideas wants to hear from you.

Metro

How long will it be before that smoke from Canadian wildfires clears up?

The wildfire smoke that has been plaguing New England since Tuesday is on the decline, but summer could still hold more hazy days and air quality alerts.

Lawsuit claims DCF knew of Patrick Rose abuse and did nothing to protect children

In April 2022, the disgraced Boston police union leader was sentenced to at least 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to nearly two dozen charges in connection with abusing six children over decades.

Dartmouth to wrap up $3.7 billion capital campaign

The campaign, which began in April 2018, has allowed Dartmouth to expand financial aid and grow programs aimed at helping first-generation students succeed on campus.

Lion at Franklin Park Zoo will have blood tested for a potential transfusion for his anemic brother

Blood from the 14-year-old lion, named Dinari, “could give his brother the best chance of survival,” according to a statement from Zoo New England.

Sports

Dunne (far right), pictured playing with Rory McIlroy (left) and Phil Mickelson (second from right) at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in Feb. 2018, was instrumental in getting the PGA Tour to meet with the head of Saudi Arabia's wealth fund.

Jimmy Dunne, a power broker with 9/11 history, helped get PGA and Saudis to the table

PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan leaned on Dunne to help arrange his first meeting with the governor of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.

St. Sebastian's AJ Dybantsa (left) is the most hyped local high school basketball player since Patrick Ewing.

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A 16-year-old basketball prodigy from Brockton tries to stay focused amid all the hoop hype

St. Sebastian's AJ Dybantsa is the top-ranked prospect in his class and is currently starring for the US U16 team.

Swarbrick will step down as Notre Dame’s athletic director next year after a 16-year run in which he emerged as one of the most powerful players in college sports.

Swarbrick to step down as Notre Dame’s AD next year; NBC Sports’ Peter Bevacqua will take over

During his 16-year run, Swarbrick helped the school maintain its independent status amid an unprecedented flurry of conference realignment.

Tonight’s Red Sox starter, Matt Dermody, posted a homophobic tweet in 2021

Terry Francona still wants to approach it ‘year to year’ when considering retirement

Red Sox at Guardians | 7:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 63: Red Sox at Guardians lineups and notes

Business

Boston pizzeria selected for ESPN’s Champion Black Businesses program

Rock City Pizza in Allston and Randolph is one of four businesses around the country being highlighted by ESPN during the NBA Finals.

US applications for jobless benefits highest since October 2021

In Massachusetts, about 2,298 individuals filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week, up 493 from the week prior, according to the Labor Department.

NYC sues Hyundai and Kia over car thefts

Earlier mistakes foreshadowed the state’s $2.5 billion unemployment accounting blunder

A home health aide steadies her client as he exercises at home.

Finding a home health aide to care for sick loved ones shouldn’t be this hard. (Not here.)

My neighbor said no when I asked to golf with her. I feel hurt.

Fried Eggs With Toasted Pearl Couscous and Sumac

Recipes: Eggs fried, baked, or scrambled for Father's Day

I went searching for a relative who escaped the Holocaust. I found a secret some want to forget.

metro

Adam Montgomery.

Adam Montgomery, accused of killing 5-year-old daughter, convicted of unrelated gun charges

Massachusetts Senate offers $600 million tax relief bill without business-friendly cuts

Governor Sununu, social media, and kids

sports

Mayer (right, chatting up Red Sox manager Alex Cora in 2021) is the youngest Boston draftee to earn a call-up to Double A Portland since 2010.

It’s been a whirlwind week for Marcelo Mayer, the Red Sox’ top prospect who just arrived in Double A

Meet the rare Massachusetts talent who could be a very high pick in this year’s MLB draft

After Game 2 collapse, Nikola Jokic responded with greatness in Nuggets Game 3 win over the Heat

business

The Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, Calif., is one of the gateways for container ships that bring imports from Asia that have intermittently shuttered or slowed in recent days.

Labor dispute snarls West Coast ports, with the White House urged to step in

Chris Licht is out at CNN, ending a brief and chaotic run

FDA chief’s unwelcome message to biotech execs: ‘Prices of drugs are too high’

politics

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attended a bilateral meeting with President Biden in the Oval Office at the White House on Thursday in Washington, D.C.

Biden and Sunak hold White House talks on daunting challenges to Ukraine, world economy

Supreme Court rules in favor of Black voters in Alabama redistricting case

Biden unveils LGBTQ+ proposals, but postpones White House Pride Month event due to poor air quality

Nation

Attorney Benjamin Crump held the hand of Pamela Dias, mother of Ajike "AJ" Owens, during a press conference, Wednesday afternoon, June 7, 2023, at the New St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Ocala, Fla. Susan Louise Lorincz, 58, who was accused of fatally shooting Owens last week in the violent culmination of what the sheriff described as a 2.5-year feud, made her initial appearance in court Thursday, June 8, by video.

Florida woman who fatally shot neighbor appears in court, sheriff releases details of racist threats

New York draws comparisons to a ‘post-apocalyptic hellscape’ and ‘Blade Runner 2049.’ See memes and reactions to the smoky scenes.

Pat Robertson, broadcaster who helped make religion central to GOP politics, dies

World

An Ethiopian woman scooped up portions of wheat to be allocated to each waiting family after it was distributed by the Relief Society of Tigray in the town of Agula, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on May 8, 2021. The United States aid agency USAID said Thursday, June 8, 2023, that it had suspended all food assistance to Ethiopia after an internal investigation found supplies intended for needy people were being diverted on a “widespread” scale.

US says it has suspended all food aid to Ethiopia after investigation finds supplies were diverted

Main suspect in 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway departs Peru on extradition flight to US

Russia shells Ukrainian city inundated by dam collapse after Zelensky visits area

opinion

At the end of 2022, there were 295 drug shortages, a five-year high, according to a US Senate report.

We need some new drugs

To alleviate the migrant crisis, ease sanctions on Venezuela and Cuba

Birthright citizenship is safe from Donald Trump’s whims

lifestyle

Why aren’t we more transparent about money? It's the last taboo, writes Kara Baskin.

That time I went on Meredith Goldstein’s ‘Love Letters’ to talk about money and marriage

My marriage is a big personal void

Whose turn is it?

food & dining

Bouillabaisse is made with head-to-tail shrimp, mussels, clams, scallops, and fluke, with a thick slice of toast smeared with the spicy garlic sauce rouille.

Bouillabaisse and other French classics at Marseille in SoWa

The Nada Cart opens at Faneuil Hall; former Eastern Standard bartender Seth Freidus strikes out on his own

Actor Steven Skybell on Carol Burnett, rediscovering Boston’s food scene, and kicking back on vacay

travel

Nicholas Butler gets charged $7,853 at a bar in Istanbul under shady circumstances. Will his bank step up and help him undo the charges?

Fishy experience at a bar in Istanbul ends up in a $7,853 charge

A whoopie pie fest in Maine, an eclipse package for 2024, and a jacket that keeps you connected

Something big is happening in Waterville, Maine

Arts

Jess T. Dugan, "Self-portrait (reaching)," from the series "Every Breath We Drew," 2020.

When photographers photograph themselves

‘Call and Response’ examines racism in reproductive health, history

Paintings that are all about touch

Books

Kate Fussner's debut novel, "The Song of Us."

Debut author Kate Fussner sends Orpheus and Eurydice to a Boston middle school

The best new books for summer 2023

Kaija Langley, author of verse novel ‘The Order of Things,’ has built a writing career in the margins of a busy life

Movies

Directed by Peter Sohn, Disney and Pixar’s “Elemental” releases on June 16, 2023.

Love is a force of nature in director Peter Sohn’s ‘Elemental’

Celine Song’s romantic debut film ‘Past Lives’ was a path to self-discovery

‘Hocus Pocus 3′ is currently in the works, according to Disney. Could filming return to New England?

Television

Sean Hayes, shown in New York in May, will join former “Will & Grace” costar Eric McCormack for a new podcast called “Just Jack & Will.”

‘Will & Grace’ stars’ new podcast will revisit series

In ‘The Crowded Room,’ a tortured soul is put on trial

‘Never Have I Ever’ returns with its buoyant star

music

Mr. Winston, adjusting his piano during a sound check before his performance at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts in Cerritos, Calif., in 2004.

George Winston, pianist with a soothing ‘New Age’ sound, dies at 74

At 77, Boston jazz stalwart Bill Lowe is finally a leading man

Leith Ross feels everything

Theater/Dance

Jade McLeod in the touring production of "Jagged Little Pill."

Driven by Alanis Morissette’s deeply felt songs, ‘Jagged Little Pill’ is back where it started

Shereen Pimentel is dazzling as the flawed heroine of ART’s re-energized ‘Evita’

In ‘Rooted,’ a cult insists she’s their leader, but the poor woman just wants to study her plants

globe local

Brothers Brian Worrell (left), District 4 Councilor, and state Representative Chris Worrell just opened a district office on Erie Street.

Worrell brothers, one a councilor and one a state representative, open joint Dorchester office for ‘top-notch constituent services’

Fire destroys multiple homes along beachfront in Scituate

Reading harpist returns to hometown for performance with the US Air Force Concert Band

Obituaries

Mr. Winston, adjusting his piano during a sound check before his performance at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts in Cerritos, Calif., in 2004.

George Winston, pianist with a soothing ‘New Age’ sound, dies at 74

The Iron Sheik, charismatic former pro wrestling villain and Twitter personality, dies at 81

Françoise Gilot, artist in the shadow of Picasso, is dead at 101