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On an island where waterfront homes are usually reserved for the wealthy few, word that a seaside retreat was on the market for just $600,000 — a price that seemed to be missing a zero — raced across Nantucket this winter.⁠ ⁠ The 2,625-square-foot property on Sheep Pond Road was first listed in September for nearly $2.3 million. But after the shoreline lost a stunning 70 feet to erosion in just a matter of weeks, putting the home at imminent risk, the price plunged to $600,000 by year’s end. A longtime visitor to Nantucket, Brendan Maddigan, who lives in New York, toyed with owning a summer home there for his young family for years. When he got an alert the price had nosedived, he submitted an all-cash offer, and in February the home was his. The Nantucket Current was the first to report the news of the sale.⁠ ⁠ But real estate agents and climate experts said the stunning price drop illustrates how much climate change has affected the housing market in coastal communities. Click on the link in our bio to read more about what they said.⁠ ⁠ ✍️: Shannon Larson⁠ 📸: Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff
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Another sign of spring has arrived in Boston. Tendrils of brilliant nasturtiums made their debut at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (@gardnermuseum ) Thursday, an annual occasion since the early 1900s.⁠ ⁠ The 20-foot vines cascade down the walls of the museum’s courtyard every spring, always timed around Isabella Stewart Gardner’s birthday on April 14. You’ll have until that date to see them – and the museum recommends reservations.⁠ ⁠ See more photos at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ 📸: Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
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If you’re looking for a good pizza place, Greater Boston boasts some of the finest. Make reservations if you want to eat at Tonino’s, a tiny Jamaica Plain Italian restaurant where style-defying pan pizza is a main draw. Or head to Beacon Hill, where Florina Pizzeria & Paninoteca serves possibly the best cheese slice in town. If you’re in the mood for a rectangular slice, takeout-only Volo Craft Pizza makes thick and hefty pies, the edges crisp and lacy with caramelized cheese. The zesty sauce goes on top; cupped pepperoni is the only other adornment you’ll need. Click the link in our bio for seven of the Boston area’s most essential pizza spots. Written by Devra First. Photos by Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff, Lane Turner/Globe Staff, Erin Clark/Globe Staff, and Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
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As he talks about the bloodshed and threats that led him to Massachusetts, Teddy Mombrun does what he is best known for back in Haiti: He draws.⁠ ⁠ “The job of an editorial cartoonist is to educate and entertain and serve as a record,” Mombrun said in Haitian Creole through an interpreter during a recent interview.⁠ ⁠ After seven years of school, a one-year internship, and a one-year residency, Mombrun was a general practitioner. The irony now is that, in the United States, it is here his graphic design work has allowed him to earn a living; his medical licenses don’t transfer. The 39-year-old, who fled Port-au-Prince in 2020, two months after he was threatened by armed gang members, now lives in Brockton with his wife and three children, aged 10, 6, and 1, and works in Mattapan, doing graphic design and social media for Immigrant Family Services.⁠ ⁠ Click on the link in our bio to read more about Mombrun and how his pen keeps him connected to his homeland.⁠ ⁠ ✍️: Danny McDonald⁠ 📸: Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff⁠ Drawing by Teddy Mombrun
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Before a gunman killed 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, police were repeatedly warned about him and his rantings about shooting people.⁠ ⁠ This is a full account of those warnings.⁠ ⁠ 176 days. 25 officers. One unsettling question: Could it have been stopped?⁠ ⁠ Click on the link in our bio to read the full story.⁠ ⁠ Video by Randy Vazquez (@randyvazquezmedia )⁠ Reporting by John Hilliard
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The last coal plants in New England will permanently stop operating under a settlement agreement signed Wednesday. The agreement resolves pending litigation brought by the Conservation Law Foundation and the Sierra Club under the Clean Water Act against Granite Shore Power, the company that runs Merrimack Station in Bow and Schiller Station in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency also signed onto the agreement. Jim Andrews, the president and CEO of Granite Shore Power, said Schiller Station will voluntarily stop operating in June 2025, and Merrimack Station will stop in June 2028. Conservation Law Foundation called the agreement a victory for health, clean air and water, and the climate. Click on the link in our bio to read the full story. ✍️: Amanda Gokee 📸: Jim Cole/AP Photo
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It’s no secret that the T — and its riders — have had a rough couple of years. And as the region recovers from the pandemic, the advocacy group @TransitMatters has played an outsize, and highly visible, role in holding the MBTA accountable, with executive director Jarred Johnson at the forefront.⁠ ⁠ Today, Johnson is working to push for more access for more riders, rooting for the fare-free bus experiments Mayor Michelle Wu has piloted in Boston and urging more frequent service on commuter rail trains. It's all part of TransitMatters' "data-driven but people-centered" approach to fixing the T, said Johnson in the latest episode of the Globe's Bold Types video series.⁠ ⁠ Watch the full video and read the full story at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ ✍️: Janelle Nanos⁠ 🎥: Anush Elbakyan, Chaney Carlson-Bullock, and Mikayla Litevich
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Boston University, Tufts, Wellesley, and Yale will now top $90,000 a year for tuition, housing, and other expenses, according to the schools’ admissions websites. Other private colleges around New England are also likely to cross the $90,000 annual threshold, but haven’t released their updated costs.⁠ ⁠ Just six years ago, parents broke out in a cold sweat when costs at private universities like Tufts, Harvard, BU, and Amherst College surpassed $70,000 a year. Since then, costs have continued to climb. But if there’s a silver lining, it’s that the $90,000-plus figures do not take into account financial aid — in the form of grants or loans — or scholarships.⁠ ⁠ Click on the link in our bio to read the full story about changing costs.⁠ ⁠ ✍️: Shannon Larson⁠ 📸: Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff
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A Boston man who was a US resident is accusing immigration officials of weeks of abuse in detention last year before deporting him: ⁠ ⁠ Beatings that dislocated his jaw and gave him a concussion.⁠ Extended periods of solitary confinement.⁠ Denied access to medical care.⁠ ⁠ The Globe tracked his alleged mistreatment at ICE detention centers in Massachusetts, New York, Louisiana, and Texas. Read more records and the full story at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ ✍️: Ivy Scott⁠ Illustrations by Ryan Huddle/Boston Globe; Adobe stock
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People in their 30s and 40s who choose to take the childfree path must navigate a road less traveled. We asked them what that path is like.⁠ ⁠ Communities where women have access to quality health care, advanced education, and high-paying jobs — like Greater Boston — tend to have higher rates of people who choose not to have kids, according to Amy Blackstone, a sociology professor at the University of Maine and author of a book about childfree people.⁠ ⁠ In interviews with the Globe, nearly 20 locals said opting out of parenthood allows them to have more time for interests outside of family, live with greater spontaneity, and prioritize both their well-being and their larger community’s. But bucking a foundational norm can come with backlash in familial, romantic, work, and social life. Click on the link in our bio to read more about what locals say, from the misconceptions to the benefits.⁠ ⁠ ✍️: Julian E.J. Sorapuru⁠ Illustration by Globe Staff/Adobe
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On April 8th, there will be a total eclipse of the… sun.  It will have a 70- to 80-mile-wide path that will cut diagonally across the US from Texas through the Ohio Valley and to Northern New England before exiting into Eastern Canada. But there’s one thing that could make or break the experience. Dave Epstein explains in the full segment at the link in our bio. #Eclipse #TotalEclipse #NewEngland
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Korean pop culture has become a powerful force on the global stage. K-pop stars like BTS and Blackpink have sold out arenas around the world, while Korean films and TV shows like “Parasite” and “Squid Game” have become Hollywood award-season darlings. And now, 1MILLION Dance Studio, Korea’s leading dance agency, wants to take K-dance to the same heights. The group, which boasts more than 26 million subscribers on YouTube, brought members Debby, Lia Kim, Harimu, Amy, and Dohee to Boston last week for the launch of “Hallyu! The Korean Wave,” a new exhibit on Korean art, history, and pop culture that opened to the public at the Museum of Fine Arts on Sunday. 1MILLION Dance Studio was tapped to perform at Friday night’s MFA Late Nites celebration, which attracted thousands of visitors eager for an early look at the exhibit. Presented by CJ ENM, the festivities also included performances by fellow Seoul-based acts Ailee and HYPNOSIS THERAPY. 1MILLION cofounder Lia Kim believes that the rapid embrace of Korean culture in recent years is due to a few factors, including Korean society’s tendencies to be receptive of new cultures and styles, while maintaining deep traditional roots. “Koreans are very sensitive to trends,” she told the Globe through an interpreter following the group’s tour of the MFA exhibit on Thursday. “They accept new trends really fast and then digest it and interpret it in a new way.” Read more about 1MILLION Dance Studio and the MFA’s new exhibit by clicking on the link in our bio. ✍️: Matt Juul 🎥: Matt Juul and Henry Bova
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