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Paul Grogan to step down from Boston Foundation

During his tenure, the foundation expanded its purpose and loosened its purse strings, giving away more than $150 million last fiscal year and releasing in-depth reports on everything from the plummeting population of children in the city to the need for public transit investment.

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Gretchen Carlson advocates for legislation banning nondisclosure agreements on Beacon Hill

The former Fox News host, with state senator Diana DiZoglio by her side, challenged Massachusetts lawmakers and the governor on Monday.

Baseball community remembers former Cape League coach John Altobelli, killed in Kobe Bryant helicopter crash

John Altobelli, the former head coach of the Brewster Whitecaps in the Cape Cod Baseball League, died in a helicopter crash Sunday along with his wife and daughter.

Most young people have never heard of Auschwitz. Here’s a way to make sure they will

A bill that would make Massachusetts the 13th state to mandate teaching about genocide in public schools is bottled up in committee. Time to let it out.

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Lottery results from Monday drawings

State eyes plan to improve diversity among teachers
Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley will propose allowing some would-be teachers to become certified based on experience, rather than tests.

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Through legal filing, Lori Loughlin again pleads not guilty in college admissions case

These maps are tracking the spread and risk of the Wuhan coronavirus in real time

The danger in our salad bowls

‘I don’t have any pain anymore’: Justina Pelletier takes stand in Boston Children’s Hospital lawsuit

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When picking presidents, New Hampshire’s track record is mixed

With just a couple weeks until New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary, here’s a quick look back at how often the state’s voters actually served as a good predictor of what was to come.

Former Greenfield sergeant found guilty in fatal 2017 crash

Sergeant James Rode was sentenced to two years in prison after he allegedly crashed his cruiser into another vehicle, killing a 29-year-old man in October 2017, police said.

UMass Boston interim chancellor takes name out of running for permanent gig

Katherine S. Newman, the interim chancellor for UMass Boston, has taken her name out of the running for the permanent gig leading the Dorchester university.

This day in history

Today is Tuesday, Jan. 28, the 28th day of 2020. There are 338 days left in the year.

2 people in N.H. being tested for coronavirus

Meanwhile in Boston, health officials said Monday that there have been no confirmed cases in the city, but they asserted that Boston is ready should the virus arrive here.

Last Holy Cross rower hurt in Florida crash out of hospital

Anne Comcowich, a sophomore from Hopkinton, will return to Massachusetts to continue her recovery.

Bostonians reflect on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a Nazi concentration camp that housed the murder of more than 1.1 million Jews between 1942 and 1945.

Two people in N.H. are being tested for coronavirus

Two people from New Hampshire who recently traveled to Wuhan City, China, have become ill and are being tested for coronavirus, the newly discovered virus that has sickened hundreds. Meanwhile in Boston, health officials said Monday that there have been no confirmed cases in the city, but they said that Boston is ready should the virus arrive here.

OBITUARIES

John F. Cogan Jr., at 93; a lawyer, investment fund leader, and civic activist ‘blessed beyond measure’

Michael I. Sovern, who led Columbia in eventful era

‘Dark Shadows,’ ‘Cagney & Lacey’ actor John Karlen dies

James J. McCarthy, Harvard oceanographer who focused attention on climate change, dies 75

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For UMass Lowell professor, math and culture are intertwined

As an ethnomathematician, Iman Chahine studies the way basic math concepts are embedded in every culture.

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For UMass Lowell professor, math and culture are intertwined

As an ethnomathematician, Iman Chahine studies the way basic math concepts are embedded in every culture.

What’s happening west of Boston

New Repertory Theatre presents the beloved and iconic 1968 musical “Hair” now through Feb. 23 at the Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St.

What’s happening south of Boston

Producers of a documentary film about the opioid crisis, “In Their Shoes,” will screen the film and also lead a question and answer session afterward at Quincy College.

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Card-making, ballroom dance, and wine tasting
Make Valentine’s Day cards for your loved ones with watercolor, paper, ink, glue, sparkles, and cutouts at the Newburyport Public Library.

LOCAL FARE
Phat Cats Bistro knows its neighborhood
Located on Amesbury’s Market Street as it points toward the New Hampshire border, Phat Cats is housed in a building with its own history.

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For most on town boards, it’s not for the money

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Back to the future, where I definitely belong

I’ve been in the thick of these years, immersed in the day-to-day. If I had fallen asleep in 1960 would I recognize the world today?

BLOTTER TALES

Emergency! There’s somebody else’s cardboard box in my recycling bin!

Emergency! There’s somebody else’s cardboard box in my recycling bin!

SCITUATE

Shelter’s new line: kangaroo pouches

The Scituate Animal Shelter has gone global, adding orphaned kangaroos and wallabies to its list of critters that need help.

ESSEX

In Essex, a museum strives to save historic barn

The Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum is nearing its goal of raising the funds required to save an 18th-century barn.

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