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April 20 | Top Spots to Live

The 36 Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2025

Is Massachusetts’ roller coaster real estate market slowing down a bit? Maybe?

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Top Spots to Live in Boston and Cambridge 2025

Top Spots to Live west of Boston 2025

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Advice

LOVE LETTERS

Should I date my best friend’s ex?

Dinner With Cupid

Blind date: ‘I considered the possibility that I was fools-ing myself’

Miss Conduct Classics

How do I tell people in my life I’ve lost my job?

This week's columns

PERSPECTIVE

I traveled the world studying climate change. To my surprise, I found reason to hope.

In 2019, I began investigating our realistic hopes for reversing the bad numbers that kept soaring along with the temperature.

CONNECTIONS
Bees terrified me. Then my beekeeper grandfather asked for my help.
The summer I moved in with my grandparents, I had to face one of my greatest fears.

Cooking
Make the most of leftover bread, veggies, and other fridge staples
Easily adapt these recipes for red lentil soup, a frittata, and chilaquiles with whatever you have on hand.

Style Watch

Rhode Island designer creates dining room that can go from fun to formal

Visitors see the room as soon as they enter the house, so it had to be welcoming.

Your Week ahead
Five things to do around Boston, April 21-27
Cheer on the runners at the Boston Marathon, savor authentic Japanese food, and learn to sail.

On the Block
Join the over-55 community club
Residents of these communities in Marlborough and Hopkinton have access to well-appointed clubhouses.

Comments
Readers laud a mom’s creativity in creating lunch bag cartoon for her daughter
Plus, letters on budget-friendly travel tips and a D.C. native’s guide to visiting the nation’s capital.

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April 13 | College In 2025

The return of the college conservative: ‘It’s never been a better time to be a Republican on this campus’
Young conservatives are back on campus – and they won’t let you forget it.

The reason dozens of Mass. colleges could close within a decade (hint: it’s not Trump)

College decision time is always stressful for students. Trump is making it a lot worse.

Trump bump: At least one Canadian university is already seeing surging interest from US students

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150 years of The Boston Globe
We're marking the Globe's 150th year with a look back through 15 decades of coverage. Explore 150 of the most significant front pages, revisit classic sports moments, try a crossword from 1917, and more.