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If you grew up here, you know a Robbie Concannon: Tough. Funny. Big-hearted. Hard-partying. Frequently flirting with danger, or incarceration, or worse. But Robbie Concannon dodged the fate most guys like him meet. The unlikely tale of how the craziest kid from the neighborhood turned himself into a bona fide folk hero.

Greater Boston Food Bank CEO, full-plate advocate, stealth power-broker, Fenway chanteuse, age 53, Brighton.

Suddenly, unthinkably, the World’s Richest University finds itself forced to reconsider what it can afford to be. (Losing $11 billion will do that.) But if its president has a master plan for leading the school out of its financial crisis—other than letting Larry Summers take the blame—she’s keeping it to herself.

CAPE COD, MASSACHUSETTSSun, sports, and lots of sand keep kids entertained on the Cape. 1. Eight swimmable kettle ponds and miles of hiking and biking […]

The Real Burger King Today’s chefs jazz up patties with Kobe beef and foie gras, but at Louis’ Lunch on Crown Street in New Haven, […]

SOUTHERN MAINE With a growing number of stellar eateries, Portland is a foodie magnet. 1. The long, crisp, golden-brown fries at DUCKFAT are otherworldly; so […]

MARTHA’S VINEYARD, MASSACHUSETTS True Vineyarders know their island’s about much more than lolling in the sand. 1. More than 350-plus acres of forests, fields, and […]

GREATER NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT This city’s Ivy League campus anchors its growing arts scene. 1. The best place to catch a rising star is the […]

“MOINK.” IT WAS A SOUND I’D never heard before. Standing in a barn in Woodstock, I was surrounded by 260 hulking, horned water buffalo—the source […]

What was growing up in Vermont like? My grandfather had the 600 acre “Hoot & Holler” farm, technically in South Halifax with part of the […]