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Discharged to the streets (Globe Staff / Joanne Kreiter)

Discharged to the streets

Armed forces veterans account for up to 25 percent of the homeless in America. At the Veterans Northeast Outreach Center in Haverhill, Andre Gaumont (above) pauses for some hot soup while checking out the services available to him. (By Steven Rosenberg, Boston Globe)

Billy Zarbolias: ‘I became reckless’

Billy Zarbolias doesn’t remember the name of the lagoon that his Coast Guard boat drifted into one night in 1967 in Vietnam. Gripping a .50-caliber machine gun in the darkness, he heard gunfire, and knew he was in trouble. (Boston Globe)

Glenn Langlois: ‘You feel less than’

Glenn Langlois didn’t expect that decades after taking part in the 1983 invasion of Grenada he would have to sleep in a back alley, or a warehouse, or a patch of woods. (Boston Globe)

Arthur Foster:
‘This is the last time I’ll be homeless’

Around 4 each afternoon, Arthur Foster pushes his slim frame along the gritty downtown streets toward the Lynn Emergency Shelter. Foster is 6 feet, 150 pounds, grips a worn purple cane, and seems tired. At 77, he is the oldest homeless veteran in Lynn - a city he seems to know little about and would like to leave. (Boston Globe)

Thursday's stories

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Along Route 3, a billboard boom (Globe Staff / Pat Greenhouse)

Along Route 3,
a billboard boom

Financially strapped communities are cashing in on their prime roadside real estate, participating in billboard projects that benefit the advertiser, owner, and town. (By Karen Sackowitz, Boston Globe)

New flood zone maps will change insurance rates for many

By the time flood zone maps are updated in parts of the Merrimack Valley and the North Shore over the next two years, there will be good and bad news for many residents. (By Katheleen Conti, Globe Staff)

After legal win to block development,
Woburn considers buying NU parcel

Woburn is exploring a partnership with the Trust for Public Land to assist in the purchase of 75 acres of open space owned by Northeastern University.

Municipal leaders relieved but still cautious over local aid decision

Area municipal leaders are breathing a sigh of relief after Governor Deval Patrick spared cities and towns from the brunt of the spending cuts he announced last week. (By John Laidler, Globe Correspondent)

Music hall set to bring new life to downtown Salisbury

Scott Hayward had kicked the tires on several careers when he took a shot on a building for sale in Londonderry, N.H. A cluster of shops in an old farmhouse, the place had an addition out back that had operated for a decade as The Muse, a folk-music coffeehouse. (By James Sullivan, Globe Correspondent)