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(Boston Globe / Aram Boghosian )Making a life in a motel
Hundreds of homeless families are living in motels on the North Shore and in the Merrimack Valley as the state’s housing crisis has pushed a record 1,015 families into homelessness, according to state data. Above, Shaleia Taft, 21, puts her 1-year-old daughter, Zaniyah, on the bus for daycare before she heads off to her GED class in Brighton. (By Kathy McCabe, Boston Globe)
- A single room where a North Shore family gets its footing (By Kathy McCabe, Globe Staff)
Gloucester opts out
of vocational district plan
Gloucester has decided not to be part of the region’s planned vocational school - at least for now. (By John Laidler, Boston Globe)
Two charter schools proposed for Lynn blasted by area educators
Debate is intensifying over two proposed area charter schools as state educational officials weigh whether to approve them. (By John Laidler, Globe Correspondent)
Globe West
(Globe Staff / Wendy Maeda)Belmont’s Charlesbank Bookshop closing its doors
With the Charlesbank Bookshop slated to close a couple of weeks into the new year, for the first time in as long as most people can remember Belmont Center will have no general-interest bookstore. (By Kathleen Burge, Boston Globe)
Concord downtown bustles on strength of local support
Mikala Hammonds was worried that her taste might be a tad too nontraditional when she opened her home decor shop in buttoned-down Concord. (By Nancy Shohet West, Globe Correspondent)
Two-year project will speed Fitchburg rail line commute
Local officials are hailing the start of a two-year, $200 million plan to improve the commuter-rail line linking Boston’s North Station and Fitchburg, which they say will transport its passengers more quickly and encourage more drivers to get off the roads. (By Jennifer Fenn Lefferts, Globe Correspondent)
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(Globe Staff / David L. Ryan)Putting heads first
High schools and educators are taking concussion injuries more seriously than ever. Above, at South Shore Hospital's Concussion Clinic, Dr. Janet Kent examines Zack Lenhardt of Duxbury, who suffered a concussion while playing football. (By Stephanie S. Daly, Boston Globe)
In Quincy, talk of extending
mayor’s term stirs debate
Following a contentious mayoral election in which the candidates reprised a battle they had fought just two years before, the Quincy City Council is considering a change in the city’s charter to give mayors a longer term to build a record of leadership before facing voters once again. (By Robert Knox, Boston Globe)
New vote blasted as a ‘do-over’
Much to the dismay of opponents, the Board of Selectmen in Carver has authorized a second ballot vote on a $600,000 debt exclusion to design a new elementary school, just two months after an identical proposal was soundly defeated at the polls. (By Christine Legere, Globe Correspondent)