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The Simple Life

A towering 12 -foot door of solid walnut marks the entrance to Lilli Gordon's home, a reconstructed ranch on a quiet, gas-lit street in Newton. […]

Hoop Dreams

When the pilot gunned the engines of the chartered 737, many of the passengers began to wonder if they'd live out the day. The plane […]

The City Slicker's Guide to Redneck New England

Game Time Patrick Porter has been a hunter for more than three decades. But don't call him a redneck. I've been hunting pheasant since I […]

The Muckraker: Mr. Freeze

Tom Menino has long been known as a man you do not want to cross. Just ask Ray Flynn, who reportedly ran afoul of Menino […]

Breaking with Convention

Economy got you down? Job and bank savings disappearing? Fear not: Relief is coming right here to Charles River City, and it begins with “D” […]

Rock This Way

A lot of water has flowed under the Mass. Ave. Bridge since the Standells cranked out their immortal three-chord ditty. Lovely, raunchy water, infected with […]

The Comeback Kid

Even by the standards of a town not known for late-night dining, 6:45 seemed a little early for dinner. So Harold Brown's associates couldn't understand […]

The Incredible, Perilous, Money-Making, People- Shrinking Machine

At first glance, the scene looks like a 30th high school reunion—balding men in golf shirts mixing with middle-aged women in eveningwear sipping drinks and […]

The Little Transit System that Couldn't

“, “ Will he ever return? No, he never returned. And his fate is still unlearned. >>>”Charlie on the MTA,” the Kingston Trio For anyone […]

Who Makes What

The next cold day you feel sorry for a tollbooth collector on the Massachusetts Turnpike — assuming that you ever have — keep in mind […]