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Local News Here’s where Boston-area colleges stand on legacy admissions Critics say it's time to stop giving legacy applicants a leg up, especially after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative ...

Local Obituaries Local obituary: Gabriella DiStefano, 5, ‘a perfect soul trapped in an imperfect body’ Gabriella Molly "Gabby" DiStefano, of Hudson, New Hampshire, and formerly of Peabody, died on ...

Local News ‘He showed us the potential of this City on a Hill’: How Mel King is being remembered in Boston “His impact and legacy stretch across the boundaries of neighborhood, race, class, and status ...