The Senate voted Monday to confirm Miguel Cardona as education secretary, clearing his way to lead President Biden’s effort to reopen the nation’s schools amid the coronavirus pandemic. Cardona, a former public school teacher who went on to become Connecticut’s education chief, was approved on a 64-33 vote.

Sure, things seem to be moving in the right direction. But as March 1 landed on our doorsteps on a raw, rainy Monday morning, it was easy to feel like we’d never truly moved beyond the bleak chaos of March 2020.

A woman who allegedly put her newborn baby into a plastic bag and then placed the infant in a trash can in Lower Mills last week appeared in a Dorchester courtroom Monday to face charges of attempted murder and child abandonment.

The Dorchester Youth Collaborative, better known as DYC, has closed due to the pandemic.

Officials from the city of Boston’s archaeology program recently identified a mysterious object that was unearthed from the ground at the Paul Revere House property in the North End.

The company says it already offers what is being asked for at the 3.8-million-square-foot site.

Romney spokesperson Liz Johnson told The Boston Globe that Romney “got some stitches to patch up his scrapes.”