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Did a community organizer seal the deal to bring the ARPA-H to Cambridge?

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‘Out with the old’: Boston Public Schools attempts to raise reading scores through overhauling instruction

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‘My heart aches’: War between Israel, Hamas roils Mass.; elected leaders decry attacks on civilians

Did a community organizer seal the deal to bring the ARPA-H to Cambridge?

Boston election 2023

With field set for November elections, familiar political battle lines take shape

In Boston, incumbency loses some of its power

In historic rebuke, embattled incumbent Councilors Ricardo Arroyo and Kendra Lara lose reelection bids

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Politics

Healey welcomes business owners and allies at Mass. Black Expo kickoff

Governor Maura Healey said she is excited about wealth generation among Black communities and stressed the importance of addressing barriers to wealth and closing the racial wealth gap.

Why N.H.’s and Vt.’s attorneys general have to go on a mandatory walk along the border

In the early 1900s, New Hampshire officials sought to tax businesses and property on the western bank of the Connecticut River, which divides the two states. A full-blown border dispute ensued.

As migrants overwhelm state shelter system, Auchincloss asks Biden to send team to ‘assess’

“Given the scale of the crisis that Massachusetts is facing, we have to try all the things,” the Newton Democrat said in an interview.

Transportation

New MBTA podcast quickly taken out of service

The T launched a podcast Thursday morning — apparently by mistake — in what it called "a step toward increasing transparency."

Weeks later, T chief still reviewing how Green Line extension got so bad, so quickly

“It’d be premature for me to say what I’ve seen and what I haven’t seen,” MBTA general manager Phillip Eng said Tuesday.

MBTA extends fall service on 3 ferry lines

The East Boston and Winthrop ferries will extend service through Nov. 30, while the Lynn ferry will continue through Oct. 31, officials said Tuesday.

Health

Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton reopens Sunday after power outage

The hospital lifted its “code black” — meaning it had been diverting ambulances to other facilities — at about 7:30 a.m., according to Deborah Chiaravalloti, a spokesperson for Steward Health Care.

Some patients relocated from Brockton’s Good Samaritan Medical Center following major power outage Saturday

City officials on Saturday encouraged people who need assistance for a non-life threatening issue to call their medical provider or use one of the area’s urgent care centers.

Waiting for a heart transplant, he finally got a life-saving call — but had no ride. A stranger stepped in to help.

When an Oxford resident in need of a heart transplant needed a ride to Boston, he got one from a person — a heart transplant survivor — he barely knew. The act of kindness transpired with help from HeartBrothers, a Marlborough-based nonprofit.

Education

‘Out with the old’: Boston Public Schools attempts to raise reading scores through overhauling instruction

After years of dismally low reading scores, the state’s largest school system is making a dramatic shift toward “structured literacy,” instruction that draws on a body of research.

Lesley University is laying off faculty members, cutting programs amid budget crunch

The changes are driven by the school's effort “to operate as one university with a sharp focus on our strengths and the needs of the marketplace,” university president Janet Steinmayer said.

MIT’s $23.5 billion endowment is the latest big college fund to report a loss

Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s endowment lost 2.9 percent on its investments in the year ended in June, the second straight annual drop.

Courts and crime

Boy and girl, both 12, started fire at Catholic church in East Bridgewater, officials say

The vandals apparently tried to put out the flames by using a fire extinguisher and pouring water taken from the sacristy, officials said.

Driver tells children to ‘get in the car’ in possible attempted child abduction in Salem, police say

At around 2:44 p.m. Friday, three children were walking home from Witchcraft Heights Elementary School when they were approached by a blue Honda Pilot at the corner of Carrollton Street and Belleview Avenue, police said.

Black bear strolls East Bridgewater on a half-day of school

A bear is seen sauntering around East Bridgewater, greasy gulls get cleaned up in Barnstable, and other odd tales from local police and fire departments.

Climate

Here are the top 20 frequent flyers and biggest carbon polluters out of Hanscom Field, report says

A new report identified these 20 top frequent flyers out of Hanscom Field, accounting for 10 percent of all private jet activity at the airport, and 14 percent of its private jet emissions.

Billionaires are responsible for large amounts of climate pollution from Hanscom, a new report finds

About half the flights were probably for recreational or luxury purposes, based on their resort destinations and weekend flight dates, the authors said.

Tropical Storm Philippe pelts northeast Caribbean with heavy rains and forces schools to close

Tropical storm Philippe dropped heavy rains in the northeast Caribbean on Tuesday, forcing governments to close schools in the region as forecasters warned of flash flooding.

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‘My heart aches’: War between Israel, Hamas roils Mass.; elected leaders decry attacks on civilians

Brandeis President Ron Liebowitz said the university was “deeply saddened” to learn that Ilan Troen, a Brandeis professor emeritus living in Israel, had lost his daughter and son-in-law.

‘Out with the old’: Boston Public Schools attempts to raise reading scores through overhauling instruction

After years of dismally low reading scores, the state’s largest school system is making a dramatic shift toward “structured literacy,” instruction that draws on a body of research.

Powerball jackpot soars to $1.55 billion; two tickets sold in Mass. worth $1 million each

Monday’s Powerball jackpot is the third largest in the game’s history and the fourth biggest prize in US lottery history.

Black Labrador rescued from culvert in Carlisle state park

Rescuers hooked Zena’s harness with a fire department pike pole and pulled her out of the water, where she was about 5 feet below the surface of the land, according to police.

Evelyn Fox Keller, MIT professor emerita who challenged gender bias in science, dies at 87

“The relationship between gender and science is a pressing issue not simply because women have been historically excluded from science,” Dr. Keller once wrote.

Boy and girl, both 12, started fire at Catholic church in East Bridgewater, officials say

The vandals apparently tried to put out the flames by using a fire extinguisher and pouring water taken from the sacristy, officials said.

In Holyoke, frustration and resolve in the face of violence

One by one, through anger and tears, the speakers at Sunday's peace rally shared the same message: the violence needs to stop, and the guns have to go.

Russell Batiste Jr., the Drumming Heartbeat of New Orleans, Dies at 57

Russell Batiste Jr., a pyrotechnic drummer and scion of one of New Orleans’ most celebrated musical dynasties, whose furious style and genre-busting approach provided the rhythmic pulse for bands such as The Meters and Vida Blue and musical artists such as Harry Connick Jr., died Sept. 30 at his home in LaPlace, Louisiana, outside New Orleans. He was 57.

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