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Eight senior citizens and disabled veterans are fighting to qualify for last year’s tax exemptions. As the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly considered those individual requests at last Thursday’s meeting, it

Against all expectations, 2021 turned out to be just as hectic and in many ways even more crazy than 2020. There were many highs and lows throughout the year, including

Atop the mountain, a mixture of relief and resolve On the slopes of Wachusett Mountain, the pandemic is left behind, if only fleetingly By Thomas Farragher Globe Columnist,Updated January 18, 2021, 7:53 p.m. Email to a Friend Snow lovers chill at the Ski School waiting area at Wachusett Mountain.Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff PRINCETON — A deadly pandemic races around the globe. The body count climbs with killer relentlessness. But for some blessed moments amid winter’s splendor, somethin...