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Library of books. (Getty) In the spring of 2016, after spending over a decade — my entire career — at the same Boston book publishing company, I began to look for a new job. I secured an interview and showed up with a portfolio of my best marketing campaigns. “These are all for novels,” the person interviewing me commented, examining first an ad, then a postcard, then a sticker, each showcasing in some way a fictional story. “Fiction is sort of my specialty,” I said. She replied, “We don’t publish any fiction.” Needless to say, I did not get the job. Four years later, I left...

A former Cape Cod-based Coast Guard cutter had a tense encounter with an Iranian vessel earlier this month in the southern Persian Gulf. The Monomoy, whose homeport was previously Coast Guard Station Woods Hole, was conducting a routine security patrol April 2 with another U.S. patrol vessel when the Harth 55, attached to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, repeatedly crossed the bows of the U.S. vessels at extremely close range, according to Rebecca Rebarich, spokesperson for the U.S. 5th Fleet. “The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy’s actions were deemed unsafe...

BILLY HOUGH, live-streamed "Scream along with Billy," at https://www.facebook.com/billy.hough1 JON RICHARDSON WITH PETER DONNELLY, live-streamed virtual performances at https://www.facebook.com/donnellyrichardson ERIC MAUL, live-streamed flute musical performances at https://www.facebook.com/ericmaulflute PATTY LARKIN, see live-streamed music and announcements by the Wellfleet-based singer, songwriter and guitarist. Visit https://www.facebook.com/PattyLarkinMusic/ SARAH BURRILL BAND, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 11, streaming live from the Wellfleet Preservation Hall stage. Free....

MASHPEE, Mass. (AP) — The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe scored a legal victory Friday when the U.S. Interior Department withdrew a Trump administration appeal that aimed to revoke federal reservation designation for the tribe's land in Massachusetts. A federal judge in 2020 blocked the U.S. Interior Department from revoking the tribe's reservation designation, saying the agency's decision to do so was "arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and contrary to law." The Trump administration appealed the decision, but the Interior Department on Friday moved to dismiss the motion. In a filin...

How to be a good guest at your next rental house The vacation rental market is heating up. If you’re planning to stay in someone else’s house, here are 10 tips from the experts on how to do it the right way. By Diane Bair and Pamela Wright Globe Correspondent,Updated February 25, 2021, 12:00 p.m. Email to a Friend Be our guest, but please be a good one.Nelly Kovalchuk - stock.adobe.com When the couple (who asked not to be named) headed home after renting their North Shore residence on Airbnb, they were feeling swell: They’d gone camping for the weekend, and had had a pleasant ...