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Ruth Bader Ginsburg remembered at candlelit vigils around the region

Electronic candles formed the initials “RBG” on the steps outside the West Roxbury Division of the Boston Municipal Court on Saturday night, as residents gathered for a vigil honoring the Supreme Court justice and promising to continue her fight for equal rights under the law.

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Boston firefighters battle a ‘mountain of mulch’

A 30-foot tall mound of mulch caught fire at a landscaping company on the American Legion Highway Saturday night, the Boston fire department said.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg remembered locally, at Harvard

On Saturday, mourners gathered at Harvard Law School and grieved the jurist, who persevered her way to the US Supreme Court, opening doors of opportunity for women and others at stops along the way.

As start of classes draws near, coronavirus cases reported in Boston school bus yard

Within a two-week span, two maintenance workers at the Readville bus yard were diagnosed with COVID-19, according to Transdev, the private contractor that oversees the city’s three school bus yards.

Framingham Democratic group calls for firing of officer who killed Eurie Stamps Sr.
A Framingham Democratic group is demanding the firing of the police officer who shot and killed Eurie Stamps Sr. nearly a decade ago, and for greater reforms, including a board to review the conduct of the city department.

3-alarm blaze injures four, damages eight structures in Springfield
One dog died in the fire at 30 Mansfield St., Springfield firefighters said Saturday on Twitter.

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How a transsexual, satanist, anarchist trolled New Hampshire voters

Educational inequality likely to widen this fall as white students return to school and students of color learn from home

Mass. reports 26 new deaths, 569 new cases of COVID-19 Saturday

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Jack Kelley, who led BU to back-to-back national hockey titles, dies at 93

Mr. Kelley also led the then-New England Whalers to the first Avco World Trophy.

Lynn man identified as victim in fatal Charlestown shooting

The victim of Thursday’s fatal Charlestown shooting was identified as 24-year-old Wildeny Tejeda-Mejia of Lynn, according to Boston police.

Man dies of heart attack after 3-alarm fire in Chelsea

The man, who was 74, went into cardiac arrest during the fire at 21 High St. Friday evening. He was taken to a local hospital and transferred to a Boston hospital where he died, police said Saturday.

Share your thoughts on the Globe’s look at problems plaguing election systems across the country

Experts worry about a nightmare election marred by disenfranchisement and chaos, followed by an acrimonious legal and political dispute over the results that calls into question the very fairness and legitimacy of the election.

Melrose woman killed in crash on I-95 in Boxford

Shana Fusco-Russell, 26, was pronounced dead at a Burlington hospital Saturday following the crash that also injured a Derry, N.H. woman and a man from Winthrop, State Police said.

Mass. reports 26 new deaths, 569 new cases of COVID-19 Saturday

Massachusetts’s health department reported new deaths due to COVID-19 Saturday, along with new confirmed cases of the virus.

Kathleen Bruyere, Navy captain who helped win right for women to serve at sea, dies at 76

Joining a military branch steeped in a tradition of "iron men in wooden ships," Kathleen Bruyere went on to become a trailblazer for women in the Navy, rising to the rank of captain, shaping policies on sexual discrimination and working to expand opportunities for women to serve "not for self but for country," in the words of the Navy's unofficial motto.

Henrietta Boggs, southerner who spread her wings, dies at 102

At every turn Ms. Boggs challenged the segregated and patriarchal society in which she was raised. As a youth, she cut church on Sundays and sneaked off to the drugstore for Cokes and cigarettes. As a young woman traveling in Latin America, she wrote to her hometown newspaper, The Birmingham News, with detailed descriptions of the poverty and deprivation she witnessed.

OBITUARIES

Jack Kelley, who led BU to back-to-back national hockey titles, dies at 93

Kathleen Bruyere, Navy captain who helped win right for women to serve at sea, dies at 76

Henrietta Boggs, southerner who spread her wings, dies at 102

Rev. Gilbert H. Caldwell, civil rights ‘foot soldier’ from Selma to Black Lives Matter, dies at 86

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Apple picking time seems sweeter than ever

Apple-picking is outdoors, family-friendly, contact-free, and at the end you’re set up for weeks of home baking projects.

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Beverly Beckham: Memories take us back to movies, popcorn, friendship, and family

I am escaping the present. I didn’t mean to leave the here and now. But, really, the here and now is not such a fun place to be. So why stay?

UMass-Lowell archive will chronicle Portuguese-American experience over centuries

Through a $300,000 grant, the university’s Saab Center for Portuguese Studies is creating a digital archive of photos, letters, and other materials.

A creepy visitor shows up at a home in Lincoln

A scary-looking visitor shows up at a home in Lincoln, someone throws food at a Trump store in Wilmington, a pizza parlor in Bridgewater falls victim to a prank call, and other odd tales from local police blotters.

Norwood Hospital closure stretches on after June flooding
Norwood Hospital remains temporarily closed with no reopening date in sight, 12 weeks after an intense rainstorm flooded the building and caused extensive damage.

Brookline names new commissioner of public works
Erin Chute Gallentine, who has overseen the Parks and Open Space Division, has becoming the first woman to oversee the public works department.

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A creepy visitor shows up at a home in Lincoln

UMass-Lowell archive will chronicle Portuguese-American experience over centuries

Beverly Beckham: Memories take us back to movies, popcorn, friendship, and family

A pandemic upends life on University of Massachusetts' nearly empty campus

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Should Massachusetts extend its eviction moratorium for another year?

Read two views and vote in our online poll.

Baker administration calls for changes to allow more defendants to be held without bail

The state’s public safety and security secretary urged the Legislature to allow prosecutors to ask that a defendant be held indefinitely — until his or her case is over — rather than for the current limit of 180 days for Superior Court and 120 days in District Court.

Bounty from Beverly Farms traffic island feeds many people in need

John Fallon grows vegetables on a traffic island in Beverly Farms and donates them to local food pantries, homeless shelters, and other organizations that serve low-income families.

It’s time for turtles to leave their nests

Although it varies by species, mid-August through September is generally peak turtle hatching time in Massachusetts.

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