In this March 25, 2018 file photo, a visitor examines a marijuana sample at the New England Cannabis Convention in Boston. Three New England states legalized recreational marijuana, but there is still no place to buy pot legally in the region. Sunday, July 1, 2018, had been the target date to open pot shops in Massachusetts, but no retail licenses have yet been awarded. Possession of small amounts of recreational marijuana becomes legal in Vermont that day, but the law has no provisions for retail sales. Pot shops aren't expected in Maine until 2019 at earliest.
Why aren't any recreational marijuana dispensaries open yet?
A police officer and a local woman were fatally shot in Weymouth. Here’s what we know.
Stephanie Boaventura, of Milford, passed away on her 22nd birthday Friday in a tragic car accident.
Read the obituary for Stephanie Boaventura, a recent Regis College grad who died on her 22nd birthday
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Local Italian restaurant hit by Harvard Square fire July 17, 2018 | 1:08 PM
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Woman, 71, seriously injured after bear ransacks her New Hampshire home July 17, 2018 | 12:36 PM
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14waterbikes -- A LimeBike was spotted floating in the water in East Boston this week. (Steve Holt)
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Republicans join Democrats in condemning Trump's remarks July 17, 2018 | 12:14 AM
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Weymouth, MA--7/16/2018-- People hold up cellphones with a candle on them at a candlelight vigil for slain Weymouth police officer Michael Chesna. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)
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Slain Weymouth officer, local woman remembered during vigil July 16, 2018 | 10:38 PM
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Sheriff's captain guilty of helping 'Codfather' smuggle cash July 16, 2018 | 8:12 PM
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80 percent of kids in Boston’s affluent areas go to high-quality public schools. In Mattapan? Five percent July 16, 2018 | 7:29 PM
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Amazon's Prime Day runs into early snags July 16, 2018 | 6:50 PM
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Saugus man charged in fatal head-on crash in Malden July 16, 2018 | 6:46 PM
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US open to direct talks with Taliban, officials say July 16, 2018 | 6:18 PM
METHUEN, MA - 06/25/2018 Bernadette Coughlin sits in her living for a portrait nearly one month after she fell and broke her wrist while at work. After the fall, Bernadette was required to take a drug test and her occasional recreational marijuana use led to a positive result. She then lost her job. Erin Clark for the Boston Globe
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Fired worker argues marijuana use didn't violate company policy July 16, 2018 | 5:26 PM
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