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Trustees of Reservations and Kestrel Land Trust propose to conserve open space surrounding Hampshire College campus

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IDEAS | ZOE YU - At Harvard, rethinking the value of an A - The faculty is voting on a policy aimed at reining in grade inflation. But there's a deeper problem to resolve.

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Peter May -- The shameful reason the PGA Championship landed at Aronimink in 1962

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EDITORIAL -- City workers should be back in the office more

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Healey administration bars ICE from getting undercover license plates

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Boat that was involved in deadly late-night crash at Logan Airport pier was taken 'without authorization,' boat club says -- The vessel was taken from a boat club in Seaport "without authorization," a company spokesperson said.

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A report found the Blue Hill Avenue redesign would speed bus commutes but slow car traffic. It was never released. -- A traffic analysis on the Blue Hill Avenue redesign plan lays out notable gains for bus riders, while projecting longer commutes for drivers.

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Dan Shaughnessy - Joe Morgan, the greatest interim manager in baseball history, knows what Chad Tracy is dealing with, and other thoughts - "I never considered that there was much difference from managing at Triple-A," Morgan said.

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Boston Globe Spotlight Team - Nearly 250 patients at top Mass. hospitals say they were abused by a renowned doctor. Why wasn't he stopped sooner? A Globe Spotlight investigation found the state's medical establishment missed key warning signs.

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Why Trump and the MAGA movement turned against Harvard -- Over a decade of political and cultural upheaval, America's most powerful university grew vulnerable to attack. There were warning signs.

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Why the middle class is disappearing in Massachusetts -- The middle class in Massachusetts is being hollowed out. Driving the squeeze is a stratospheric rise in inequality.

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Water is coming for the Seaport; the whole city will be poorer for it. -- Buildings in the Seaport fund one-tenth of Boston's property-tax base. Flood waters and sea level rise will soon put that at risk.

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IDEAS | ARINDRAJIT DUBE -- How to save the middle class

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Owner determined to rebuild after three-alarm fire destroys Moozy's Ice Cream in Belmont -- Moozy's Ice Cream and Yogurt Emporium was engulfed in flames around 4:30 a.m., the shop's manager said.

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Preakness Stakes -- Just about anything could happen when the 151st Preakness is run at Laurel Park on Saturday -- The second leg of the Triple Crown moved down the road to Laurel (Md.) Park for a one-time performance while Pimlico in Baltimore gets rebuilt from the ground up.

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Patriots -- Seven of the first 11 games on the road, at least five prime-time games, and other thoughts on the Patriots' 2026 schedule -- There will also be several intriguing quarterback matchups and three playoffs rematches.

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NHL -- Golden Knights docked second-round pick, coach John Tortorella fined $100K for breaking media rules -- The NHL in a statement announcing the punishment said the penalties come after previous warnings were issued to the Golden Knights.

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PWHL -- Manon Rheaume named general manager of PWHL expansion team in Detroit

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BRUINS -- Bruins assistant GM Jamie Langenbrunner leaving organization

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BOLD TYPES - Chamber chief executive Rooney leans on Boston's history in annual speech - Jim Rooney spoke this week about the role of the business community in the nation's independence. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey also weighed in.

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North America's largest commuter rail system faces a potential shutdown -- The Long Island Rail Road that serves New York City's eastern suburbs has been negotiating for months on a new contract with labor officials.

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Starbucks to lay off 300 US corporate workers and close regional offices

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Trump says China will buy 200 planes from Boeing, with a possibility of expanding the deal to 750

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Powell's tenure as Fed chair marked by fight for independence while trying to tame inflation

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Keep politics out of commencement speeches

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G. Robert Blakey dies at 90; drafted the RICO anti-racketeering statute

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