The incoming queen of Kendall Square talks Smoots, “cancel culture,” and getting more young girls into STEM.

Boston art hunter Cliff Schorer used metadata and some good old-fashioned shoe leather to track down—hopefully!—a filched painting by Dutch master Hendrick Avercamp.

Did Boston art hunter Cliff Schorer just find a long-lost painting by arguably the most renowned artist of all time? He sure thinks so—and won’t rest until he proves it.

No hospital beds, no therapists, and no one to help: With mental illness in children skyrocketing in Massachusetts, getting kids the support they need is tougher than ever. Inside a failing system—and the families that pay the price.

Long reserved for the arts, hospitals, cultural institutions, and universities, Boston’s charitable dollar is now being stretched in new directions. Will there be enough to go around in the future?

Read an excerpt of the novel, which they penned under the pseudonym S. E. Boyd.

Featuring 1,211 of the region’s best and brightest legal minds, it’s our biggest and most comprehensive yet.

Way before your Thanksgiving turkey goes into the oven, Massachusetts’ cranberry farmers don waders and venture out into an ocean of red to breathe life into that oh-so-perfect sauce that no holiday meal is complete without. Here’s an inside look at how cranberries go from bog to bag.

Turns out, there are still road signs that restrict equine excursions on Massachusetts’ highways. The question is: How did they get there in the first place?

You’ve said that fans in Boston are racist. I’m here to tell you it’s more complicated than that.

Sure, Massachusetts has its problems but compared to much of the country over the past eight years, we’ve enjoyed plenty of sunshine and bluebirds. In a nod to the gubernatorial election this month, the political wiz advises our new leader on how to keep from messing up our relatively stable lives. Plus, a goodbye letter from Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito.

For decades, the likes of Herb Chambers and Ernie Boch transcended Boston’s multibillion-dollar auto industry by making their way into local lore as household names and cultural icons. Now, with the advent of disruptors like Tesla and Carvana, is the era of the car titan coming to an end, or will a new generation of mega-dealers find a way to keep their foot on the gas?

Watch the action unfold this weekend on both sides of the river.

Turns out, the most remarkable moments of the past few years have nothing to do with the pandemic at all.

In the wake of George Floyd’s slaying, the outspoken activist and nonprofit leader became a darling of the city’s power elite, who rolled out the red carpet and gave generously to her cause. Then the feds showed up.