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Forget Amazon and chain stores. Instead, support local. 

In need of a read? Stocking secondhand hardcovers to gently loved paperbacks, these nine used bookstores prove that new isn’t always better.

Drumroll, please! Here is the best of the best, the most discerning architects, builders, designers, craftspeople, and retailers around the city and beyond.

From Maine to Connecticut, these scenic and historic railroads are the ideal setting for leaf peeping and fall foliage hunting.

The New England pop-folk songwriter will wrap his biggest tour ever at America’s most beloved ballpark—and we are here for it.

How did a native New Englander who writes anthemic pop-folk songs about small towns, his parents, and dogs become mainstream music’s Next Big Thing? TikTok, talent, and lots of honest therapy.

Designer Justine Sterling improves flow, adds aesthetic interest, and creates cohesion in the dining room and adjacent foyer of a family’s spacious Victorian.

Haven’t been able to say “yes” to the dress at traditional bridal shops? Meet the Mass Art alum behind Bremelia.

Beginning with a compressed first date, a couple’s courtship is capped by a ceremony and reception at the Langham.

The Connecticut-born artist talks playing the Bay State, the perils of social media, and catching waves off New Hampshire.

Over 50 acts, three days, and one very happy ending, the city’s premiere music festival was an unequivocal success.

The money will fund preventative strategies and bulk-buying date-rape drug tests for state distribution.

Interior designer Trevor Fulmer gives a luxury East Boston unit a makeover as bold as its empty-nesting owner.

For the Shepard Street spot, the interior architecture firm paid subtle homage to the sea.

The city’s mysterious roofies crisis continues, with BPD officials receiving 25 reported incidents of contaminated drinks so far in 2023.