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Can you trick or treat this year? Here's a town-by-town list.

Boston Ma 10/30/2020: (Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff)
The scene on Congress St as voters wait in line the last day of early voting at City Hall Plaza..

Here are the Massachusetts cities and towns with the highest voting turnouts so far

SUDBURY MA - 10/30/2020: First snow in the greater Boston area....a frosty pumpkin covered in snow on the doorstep in Sudbury. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: METRO

Here's how much snow fell across Massachusetts in Friday's 'rare October storm'

PHOTOS: 14 best Halloween costumes from readers

In this file photo dated Sunday, Jan. 21, 1996, Sean Connery is honored at the Golden Globe Awards, in Beverly Hills, Calif., USA, when he received the Cecil B. DeMille Award. Scottish actor Sean Connery, considered by many to have been the best James Bond, has died aged 90, according to an announcement Saturday Oct. 31, 2020, from his family.

Actor Sean Connery, the 'original' James Bond, dies at 90

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In this photo provided by NASA/Roscosmos, the International Space Station floats above the Earth as seen from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking on Oct. 4, 2018. NASA astronauts Andrew Feustel and Ricky Arnold and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev executed a fly around of the orbiting laboratory to take pictures of the station before returning home after spending 197 days in space. Twenty years after the first crew arrived, the space station has hosted 241 residents.

Space station marking 20 years of people living in orbit

Sarah Jessica Parker, Bette Midler, and Kathy Najimy in 'Hocus Pocus.'

10 scary or campy movies with local ties perfect for watching on Halloween

Watch all of the 'Saturday Night Live' cold open sketches so far this season

Dressed in his dinosaur Halloween costume, Martin, 4, attends a class Zoom for his public school prekindergarten class, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Washington.

7 ways to experience Halloween around the world from your couch

Tacos at Bodega Canal

Election Night packages, Halloween treats, and a highly anticipated beer release

After so many quarterback flops through the years, the Bills have found their guy in Josh Allen.

Can the Bills send the Patriots into rebuilding mode?

Boston Globe

Was his joke the reason Trump ran for president? Some say so, and it torments him

Was his joke the reason Trump ran for president? Some say so, and it torments him

Boston, MA - 4/27/2020: Respiratory Therapist Angelika MacClellan, left, talks with nurse Natasha Cacciatore through a patients door in the Special Pathogens Unit ICU at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA on April 27, 2020. The hospital has converted the cardiovascular center into a Covid-19 intensive care unit. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) section: Metro reporter: Coronavirus Covid-19 STAT ICU

We asked hospitals if they’re prepared for another COVID-19 surge. Here’s what they said.

Manchester, NH - 10/10/2020 Massachusetts U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (cq)) joined Granite Staters for a “Vote Now” socially distanced rally. Warren gave remarks on what’s at stake this election for Granite State families and the need to elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and Democrats up and down the ticket. (Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff)

Elizabeth Warren’s office compiled a list of all the Trump administration’s Hatch Act violations. It's long.

Ryan Kerrigan trade rumors

Report: Patriots willing to listen to trade offers on 'almost anyone'

Real Estate

Report: The median cost of a one-bedroom rental in Boston is down 12.6 percent

Report: The median cost of a one-bedroom rental in Boston is down 12.6 percent

Here's how to get free or discounted transportation to your polling place

Commonwealth in Cambridge

'Restaurants cannot play traffic cop and serve guests at the same time indoors'

The 2016 Jeep Compass.

Is 50,000 miles too long to wait for a transmission fluid change?