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Local bestsellers for the week ended Feb. 22
4+ hour, 43+ min ago (10+ words) Local bestsellers for the week ended Feb. 22The Boston Globe...
This week’s TV: ‘Strip Law,’ Catherine Ryan Howard’s ‘56 Days,’ and the BAFTA awards
1+ week, 2+ day ago (377+ words) This week's TV: "Strip Law,' Catherine Ryan Howard's "56 Days,' and the BAFTA awards'The Boston Globe This week's TV: "Strip Law,' Catherine Ryan Howard's "56 Days,' and the BAFTA awards Your TV GPS, a look at the week ahead in television, appears…...
N.H. welcomes first babies of 2026, including a last-minute surprise
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (390+ words) New Hampshire welcomed the first newborns of 2026 in the early hours of New Year's Day. Presley Piper Salvatore was born at 12:12 a.m. on Jan. 1 at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, N.H., to a couple from Lebanon, Maine. Alicia Stevens, 42, and David Salvatore, 53, only…...
Chess federation files complaint against former world champion who accused player of cheating - The Boston Globe
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (317+ words) Chess's international governing body said Tuesday that it filed a complaint against former World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik after he leveled unproven allegations of cheating against fellow players, including Daniel Naroditsky, who died last month at age 29. The complaint centers…...
Authorities search for two girls, both 7, who went missing from Maine elementary school - The Boston Globe
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (161+ words) Authorities were searching Thursday morning for two 7-year-old girls who went missing from an elementary school in Topsham, Maine, officials said. The children, both second graders at Woodside ... Authorities search for two girls, both 7, who went missing from Maine elementary…...
Not a swan song: Firefighters in Attleboro rescue swan caught in fishing line - The Boston Globe
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (151+ words) Firefighters in Attleboro rescued a struggling swan Wednesday after it caught its leg in a fishing line, officials said. Shortly before 9 a.m., firefighters were dispatched to Cranberry Pond for a report of an animal in distress, officials said. Lieutenant Corey Blais…...
Hasbro’s move to Boston was years in the making. Here’s how it went down. - The Boston Globe
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (850+ words) Well, it sure took a long time to win this quest. Years of efforts to lure Hasbro over the Massachusetts state line did not amount to a trivial pursuit after all. On Monday, Hasbro announced it would move here from…...
With Hasbro deal, Boston passes GO and collects 700 jobs - The Boston Globe
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (545+ words) Boston's commercial real estate industry on Monday nabbed something that's become all too rare in this rocky economic landscape: a straight-up win. The long-awaited decision marks Boston's largest lease deal of the year so far. In Monopoly parlance: The city…...
Hasbro to move headquarters to Boston - The Boston Globe
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (811+ words) PROVIDENCE " After months of deliberations, Hasbro's executives on Monday announced that they will relocate their headquarters to Boston's Seaport District, a move that could upend the economic landscape in Pawtucket, the company's home in Rhode Island for the last century....
Mahjong nights draw young crowds to San Francisco bars and restaurants - The Boston Globe
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (697+ words) San Francisco " When Ryan Lee first played mahjong two years ago, he got hooked. He dug out sets of the classic Chinese tile game from his parents" house and brought them to San Francisco, where he started hosting mahjong nights…...