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Best of Boston 2025: Arts & City Life

We’re gonna need a bigger magazine.


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How the Karen Read Case Turned a Neighborhood Bar Into a True Crime Landmark

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The Rise of ‘Elite Speak’: Why Do Smart People Sound So Dumb?

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Does Boston Still Drink?


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Massachusetts Senate Allocates $300K for Drink-Spiking Prevention

The money will fund preventative strategies and bulk-buying date-rape drug tests for state distribution.

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Five Spectacular Biking Trails in Greater Boston

From a revolutionary 10-mile ride to a 2.6-mile Deer Island loop, we’ve rounded up some of the region’s best.

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What You Need to Know Before Seeing Taylor Swift at Gillette Stadium

Are you ready for The Eras Tour?

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Betting On Gronk

What’s next for everyone’s most-beloved tight end? If Rob Gronkowski’s latest foray into sports gambling is any indication, we’ll wager it’s gonna be good.

Boston Home

A Primer on Boston’s Victorian-Era Buildings

More than 350 years of domestic architecture helps tell the story of the city’s evolution.

Party Pics

Shaking Money-Makers at the Boston Ballet’s Oceanic Siren Ball

Plus, a fashion show hosted by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.


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The Best Public High Schools in Greater Boston

The Best Public High Schools in Greater Boston

We crunched the numbers to come up with our annual guide to the top-performing schools in the region.

The 150 Most Influential Bostonians

The 150 Most Influential Bostonians

Through countless conversations and a year’s worth of observation, we’ve found leaders who don’t just ride the wave of the zeitgeist—they create it.


News

Glossier Boston Has Arrived in the Back Bay

Newbury Street just got a little shinier with the eagerly anticipated arrival of the cult-favorite beauty brand.

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Can Boston College Football Be Great Again?

Now that wealthy fans can officially funnel big bucks to NCAA players, college sports will never be the same. But what does that mean for the city’s biggest athletic program?

Longform

The Secret Life of Brian Walshe

Friends and neighbors from the Back Bay to Cohasset thought Brian Walshe was a good husband and a fun-loving guy.  Then his wife disappeared—and police discovered his search history.

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Here are the 2023 Boston Marathon Winners

This is who came out on top this year.

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Will the ‘Millionaires’ Tax’ Hobble the Massachusetts Economy?

Here’s why the Fair Share Amendment could send a tidal wave of cash out-of-state and shrink local resources.

The Karen Read Case

The Karen Read Case

The Fractured, Surprising, and Sobering Truth About Kids and Smartphones

The Fractured, Surprising, and Sobering Truth About Kids and Smartphones

A special report on our Tiktok-scrolling, Snapchat-loving, sleep-deprived teens—and what to know to keep kids safe.


Boston Marathon Bombings: 10 Years Later, 10 Years Stronger

On the 10th anniversary of the attacks, we remember a tragic, and seminal, moment in the city’s history.

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How the Marathon Bombings Kickstarted the Crowdsourcing of Crime

Pooling social media tips at such a global scale was nearly unprecedented.

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What the Marathon Bombings Taught Us

One, don’t mess with Boston. Two, think fast. Three, direct generosity quickly. Ten years later, local leaders reflect on the lasting lessons of 2013.

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“It’s Unimaginable Pain”: The Everyday Affects of the Marathon Bombings, Ten Years Later

They lost someone dear. He raced toward a shootout. She held an injured seven-year-old at the second blast site. Five stories of life in a tragedy’s aftermath—and the wounds that never heal.

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