3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (357+ words) As a teenager, yard work was presented as a chore to complete. The lawn had to be mowed, the leaves had to be raked, and mulch was to be spread as directed. Perhaps due to my interests lying in other…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (307+ words) As the calendar flipped to September, we not only changed the month but, for a meteorologist like myself, we change the season. We are now in meteorological autumn, the roughly three months that transition between the warmest and the coldest…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (590+ words) Cambridge’s Nick Andersen and Luke Massa were in San Francisco for a friend’s wedding, but they just had to make a pit stop to see their tile source. The couple had just finished renovating their condo with two dream bathrooms…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (900+ words) Here’s a sentence I never thought I’d say: “I’m floating in a hot tub in the middle of Boston Harbor.” Well, that was my colleagues and me the other week as we set sail in this adorable, bright red, wood-fired…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1118+ words) Most first-year students moving into Boston University’s Sleeper Hall on Monday wrestled large blue rolling bins full of stuff into elevators as a marching band played, “I’m Shipping Up to Boston.” Not Zara Mody, an 18-year-old freshman from San Jose,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (923+ words) The film “Single White Female” scared generations of prospective roommates from putting a want ad in the paper. But desperate for a Sept. 1 lease, Gen Z is feeling safe on their parents’ social network — Facebook. Their answer to finding real…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (382+ words) What this Eastham cottage lacks in square footage, it makes up for in updated amenities. Located in the coveted Cape Cod hamlet of Eastham, unit 9 at 785 State Highway is a 294-square-foot seasonal home tucked inside the 14-unit Cranberry Cottages complex…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (245+ words) 1 Amply-sized swivel chairs made by Lawless Upholstery fill the area in front of the fireplace. The rolled arm — a classic English detail — swoops down gracefully which feels welcoming. The Nina Campbell butterscotch, pink, and sage tweed upholstery was informed by…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (637+ words) Author-illustrator Marc Brown drew plenty of inspiration from his Martha’s Vineyard home. The creator of the best-selling “Arthur” children’s books, he completed about half the series there. After the adventures of the beloved aardvark ended, Brown brought the stone bridge…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (578+ words) NEWTON — At Moments Cafe, a sleek new Newton coffee shop, Newton Mayor Marc Laredo posed for a picture between owners Tai Huynh and Phuong Nguyen. In front of them, Katherine Kranenburg lifted her pointer finger. Taking two steps back, she…...