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Mourners placed flowers at the offices of the famed musical Alexandrov Ensemble after 64 of its members died Sunday when a plane carrying them crashed into the Black Sea. All 92 people on board the flight, which was headed to Syria, were presumed dead, officials said. A8.

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Doctor with N.E. ties is among victims Yelizaveta Glinka, a Russian philanthropist who had lived in Vermont, was among the victims of the crash. A8.

Fire engulfed a North End building, displacing six residents on Christmas. B4. Makers or distributors of highly addictive pain pills have been hiring dozens of

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Amid tensions, a Metco icon moves on By James Vaznis and Andy Rosen GLOBE STAFF

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As the Metco desegregation program celebrated its 50th anniversary this year, a sensitive dispute between its board and its longtime executive director has unfolded behind the scenes. The dispute has centered around whether Jean McGuire — long the public face of the groundbreaking program — should step down after 43 years of leading Metco. The issue culminated in September, when the group’s board, after many months of negotiating with McGuire, said it had reached a retirement agree-

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ment with her. Board members then announced her departure. But McGuire, in an interview last week, insisted she was forced out. “I did not resign,” said McGuire, 85. “They fired me.” She said she still feels insulted by the circumstances of her exit. McGuire said she had hoped to stay for two more years, but the organization opted instead to pay her for that time and continue on without her. She said many of her family members have worked into their 90s, and she feels she has more to offer and still has lots of energy, noting she swims daily.

Charles Walker, president of the Metco board, said leadership change was necessary to move the organization in a new direction and to address some pressing issues, such as fundraising and finding a new location for its Roxbury offices. The board has not named a replacement for the organization, which coordinates the placement of non-white students in suburban schools. Currently, about 3,000 Metco students attend schools in 35 metropolitan Boston districts. McGuire said that among the tasks METCO, Page A6

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Caitlin O’Hara, 33, had inspired many An organ transplant is “a complicated concept,” Caitlin O’Hara once wrote. “Someone has to lose a life for you to get a chance,” she said in an essay she posted on the Cystic Fibrosis Lifestyle Foundation’s website while awaiting a double-lung transplant that would give her new hope. “As the old adage goes, there are no guarantees for anyone in life, and there is no guarantee that it will happen, that I will get to live an incredible life like I see my friends living.” Diagnosed with cystic fibrosis on her second birthday, and initially not ex- Ms. O’Hara suffered pected to live from cystic fibrosis. past 12, she had been on the transplant list nearly two years and eight months when the day for surgery finally arrived, a week before Christmas. The quandaries she had faced were more than just philosophical. At 5-foot-2, she needed small lungs. Combined with the rules governing who gets donated organs, physical factors made her wait for a match perilously long. Two days after the surgery, as complication followed complication, Caitlin died Tuesday at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She was 33

State lawmakers and advocates in every New England state are pursuing legislation to make it easier to punish educators who sexually abuse students— and harder for them to get new jobs elsewhere working with children. Massachusetts Senator Joan B. Lovely, Democrat of Salem, said she plans to introduce a comprehensive bill next month that will include a long list of changes, including making it illegal for high school teachers to have sex with their students, strengthening requirements to report abuse, and eliminating the criminal statute of limitations for cases involving sexual violations of children. “We have to take care of our kids,” said Lovely, who said that she herself was a victim of sexual abuse at a young age. Her efforts and those of colleagues in other states come after a Globe Spotlight Team report found more than 110 private schools in New England have faced allegations of sexual misconduct over the past 25 years. In more than two dozen cases, the Globe

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Rabbi Yosef Zaklos of Chabad of Downtown Boston prepared for the 33rd annual Menorah Lighting on Boston Common on Sunday. The event marked the second night of Hanukkah. B3.

Law enforcement agencies are frequently granted permission to scan the millions of photos taken for Massachusetts driver’s licenses, using facial recognition software that hunts for matches with pictures of criminal suspects. The searches, similar to ones used by a growing number of law enforcement agencies across the country, are drawing criticism from civil liberties advocates, who say the practice is a violation of privacy and that inaccurate matches could subject innocent people to unwarranted investigation. They also say government officials have moved quietly, providing little, if any, notice to the public before using such technology. In 2015, law enforcement agencies submitted 258 requests to scan the SCANS, Page A4

Ancient crop could yield bounty for Vt. farms By Brian MacQuarrie GLOBE STAFF

ST. ALBANS, Vt. — The greenhouse in the snow by Lake Champlain has holes in its plastic wrapping, and nothing about the soil-filled milk crates on the tarp-covered ground suggests it is part of a grand experiment. But after two years of research, scientists at the University of Vermont believe that an exotic crop — once unthinkable here, and perhaps laughable, too — might boost this bucolic state’s agricultural economy. The crop is saffron, the world’s most expensive spice, 90 percent of which comes from half a world away in the semi-arid fields of Iran. It’s an ancient crop, used for thousands of years in food and dyes IAN THOMAS FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE and linked in lore to mysterious — almost magical — Ninety percent of the supply of saffron — the world’s medicinal powers. SAFFRON, Page A9 most expensive spice — comes from Iran.

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The Nation At Trump Tower, potential conflicts await presidentelect By Megan Twohey and Russ Buettner NEW YORK TIMES

NEW YORK — When Tiah Joo Kim arrived at the Manhattan headquarters of the Trump Organization to pitch a hotel and condominium project in Vancouver, British Columbia, he expected the company with ventures across the globe to have capacious offices and a staff of hundreds. Instead, he was led through a mere two floors with what appeared to be no more than a few dozen employees. “Lean,” Tiah, a young Malaysian developer, remembers thinking as he walked the halls. Tiah was not sure what to expect from the man whose face was beamed around the world through the television show “The Apprentice,” but the conversation that afternoon in 2012 was casual and warm. Donald Trump spent more time showing off a Shaquille O’Neal shoe and a Mike Tyson championship belt — prize artifac ts from his display of sports memorabilia — than interrogating Tiah on the details of his business plan. Then Trump’s trusted lawyers and other top executives swooped in to play hardball. The talks consumed 16-hour days for nearly a week, Tiah said, explaining: “It was tiring. They’re tough.” That is the way business has been done at the Trump Organization, which has come under intense scrutiny as its chief prepares to become president of the United States. With extensive entanglements around the world, the Trump Organization poses a raft of potential conflicts of interest for a president-elect who has long exerted such control over his company that, as he told The New York Times in a recent interview, he is the one who signs the checks. “I like to sign checks so I know what is going on,” he explained. Trump has said that, while the law does not require it, he is formulating plans to remove

Some Trump practices mimic what he rapped Clinton for By Lisa Lerer WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump is adopting some of the same practices for which he criticized Hillary Clinton during their fiery campaign, such as installing Wall Street executives in his Cabinet and giving prominent roles to political donors. A number of former employees of the Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs will have a major part in crafting Trump’s economic policy. He has tapped Goldman Sachs president Gary Cohn to lead the White House National Economic Council. Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary nominee, spent 17 years at Goldman Sachs and Steve Bannon, Trump’s chief strategist and senior counselor, started his career as an investment banker at the firm. On the campaign trail, Trump derided what he said were Clinton’s close ties to Wall Street. “She’s totally controlled by Wall Street and all these people that gave her millions,’’ he said at a May rally in Lynden, Wash. But Trump has stocked his Cabinet with six top donors — far more than any recent White House has. ‘‘I want people that made a fortune. Because now they’re negotiating with you, OK?’’ Trump said in a Dec. 9 speech in Des Moines. Linda McMahon, incoming administrator of the Small Business Administration, gave $7.5 million to a super PAC backing Trump, more than a third of the money collected by

the political action committee. Trump has denounced Clinton for what he calls her mingling of business and politics. ‘‘It is impossible to figure out where the Clinton Foundation ends and the State Department begins. It is now abundantly clear that the Clintons set up a business to profit from public office. They sold access and specific actions by and really for I guess the making of large amounts of money,’’ he said at an August rally in Austin. While the president-elect has promised to separate himself from his businesses, there is plenty of overlap between his

enterprises and his immediate family. His companies will be run by his sons, Donald Jr. and Eric. And his daughter, Ivanka, and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, have joined Trump at meetings with world leaders of countries where the family has financial interests. In a financial disclosure he was required to file during the campaign, Trump listed stakes in about 500 companies in at least 25 countries. Ivanka Trump, in particular, has made early efforts to leverage her father’s new position into profits. After an interview with the

family appeared on ‘‘60 Minutes,’’ her jewelry company, Ivanka Trump Fine Jewelry, blasted out an e-mail promoting the $10,800 gold bangle bracelet that she wore during the appearance. The company later said they were ‘‘proactively discussing new policies and procedures.’’ Ivanka Trump is also auctioning off a private coffee meeting with her to benefit her brother ’s foundation. The meeting is valued at $50,000, with the current top bid coming in at $25,000. In the October presidential debate, Trump promised to push for an investigation into Clinton’s handling of her State Department e-mail. ‘‘If I win, I am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation, because there has never been so many lies, so much deception,’’ he said. Since winning office, Trump has said he has no intention of pushing for an investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of state or the workings of her family foundation. ‘‘It’s just not something that I feel very strongly about,’’ he told The New York Times. During the campaign, Trump also criticized Clinton for holding few news conferences. ‘‘She doesn’t do news conferences, because she can’t,’’ he said at an August rally in Ashburn, Va. ‘‘She’s so dishonest she doesn’t want people peppering her with questions.’’ Trump hasn’t held a news conference since July 27.

himself and his older daughter, Ivanka, from the company’s operations. Her husband, Jared Kushner, is likely to have a role in the White House. Sons Donald Jr. and Eric, along with other executives, will be in charge, the president-elect wrote on Twitter in

mid-December, adding that “no new deals will be done during my term(s) in office.” But in recent weeks, amid rising pressure, Trump and his advisers have been intensely debating further measures. Among other things, the president-elect has agreed to

shut down his personal foundation, has ended some international development deals, and has reviewed a plan for an outside monitor to oversee the Trump Organization. Some government-ethics lawyers have warned that unless Trump fully divests him-

self from the company and places someone independent of his family in charge, he risks entering the White House in violation of a constitutional clause that forbids him from taking payments or gifts from a foreign government entity. “I don’t think that he could

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keep himself from inquiring about the performance of these businesses any more than he can keep himself from tweeting,” said Michael D’Antonio, author of “The Truth About Trump,” a critical biography. “It is just too vital to his identity. Profit is the way he has always measured himself.” An examination of the company underscores the complex challenges of taking Trump out of Trump the organization. His company is a distinctly family business fortified with longtime loyalists that operates less on standardized procedures and more on a culture of Trump. Allen Weisselberg, the organization’s chief financial officer, started as an accountant for Trump’s father. Matthew Calamari, chief operating officer, was recruited in 1981 after Trump saw him eject hecklers while working security at the US Open tennis tournament. “We’re not a publicly traded company. At the end of the day, I work for the Trump family,” Alan Garten, the general counsel, explained in an interview with the legal industry public at i o n Co rp orat e Co u n s e l shortly before the election. After the election, other lines blurred as the presidentelect and his children met with foreign businessmen with connections to their global ventures and with foreign officials with potential influence over their business dealings. Trump’s power is concentrated at a single Midtown Manhattan address: 725 Fifth Ave. Trump Tower is his primary residence as well as his company’s headquarters. To get to work, Trump steps onto the private elevator in his three-story penthouse, presses 26, and waits a matter of seconds. When the doors open, he is at his office, surrounded by Garten, Weisselberg, and other top executives. One floor down are the offices of Donald Jr., and Eric and Ivanka Trump, who joined the company in the 2000s and are now his top deputies and advance guard.

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Fla. man dies after police confrontation JACKSONVILLE, Fla — A black man died over the weekend after a confrontation with police outside a gas station, where officers responded to a report of a disturbance, authorities said. The Jacksonville sheriff’s office said Marcus Dushane White, 41, of Jacksonville died after being taken to a hospital early Saturday. No weapons were used during the confrontation, but White was physically restrained. Ron Lendvay, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office, said authorities were called to the gas station about a man bleeding from ‘‘obvious injuries’’ and knocking over displays. Arriving officers found White walking in the middle of the road outside.

White ‘‘was acting irrationally and became combative as officers tried to escort him from the roadway for everybody’s safety,’’ Lendvay said. ‘‘When the officers tried to handcuff him to deescalate the situation, he further resisted and was taken to the ground on the side of the road in the grass.’’ Lendvay said ‘‘a physical confrontation ensued’’ while White was on the ground before officers shackled his legs. White’s death is under investigation. It’s unclear what caused the injuries to White before officers arrived. Jail records show White had two previous drug arrests, and he was arrested in June for allegedly violating parole.

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Revolutionary War reenactors took their annual Christmas trip across the Delaware River to New Jersey on Sunday.

Christmas blizzard hits the Dakotas, Montana; Pa. clear for reenactment CHICAGO — It was a white, but also wet and icy, Christmas for the northern Plains and some Western states. Most of the Dakotas and southwest Minnesota turned into an ‘‘icy, slippery mess’’ due to freezing rain Sunday morning that changed into snow later in the day when temperatures fell, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Greg Gust in Grand Forks, N.D. His advice to holiday travelers was: ‘‘Stay put.’’ ‘‘Between the ice and snow, and winds howling like crazy, there will be nothing moving’’

until late afternoon Monday, he said. ‘‘Then it’s dig-out time.’’ A blizzard warning was in effect for most of North Dakota, western South Dakota, and a section of eastern Montana through Monday, with expected snow totals of 8 to 15 inches and winds up to 55 miles per hour. Up to a half-inch of ice was expected to accumulate in central Minnesota, and the weather service has said anyone who ‘‘must travel’’ should have an extra flashlight, food, and water. Rain and possible snow moved through parts of Kan-

sas, Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska on Sunday. During his annual vacation in Hawaii, President Obama, his two daughters, and close friends unwound late Sunday with some local-style ‘‘shave ice’’ at Island Snow in Kailua. Earlier in the day, the president and his daughters went to Breakout Waikiki, a game arcade. In Pennsylvania on Sunday, Revolutionary War reenactors took their annual Christmas trip across the Delaware River. The 64th annual reenactment of Washington’s daring

Christmas 1776 crossing of the river took the group from Washington Crossing, Pa., to Titusville, N.J. The event was watched by large crowds of families and history buffs on both sides of the Delaware River in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Boats ferried 2,400 soldiers, 200 horses, and 18 cannons across the river during the original crossing. Washington’s troops marched 8 miles downriver before battling Hessian mercenaries in the streets of Trenton.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A higher minimum wage, a ban on Redskins as a school mascot, and tougher penalties for sexual assaults are among the California laws that will take effect with the new year. In April, California and New York lawmakers voted to gradually push their statewide minimum wage to $15 an hour — the highest in the nation — marking the most ambitious moves yet by legislatures to close the national divide between rich and poor. California’s minimum wage will increase from $10 an hour to $10.50 for businesses with 26 or more employees under a bill filed by Senator Mark Leno, a Democrat from San Francisco. It will eventually rise to $15 an hour in 2022. The law delays the increases by one

year for smaller employers. California public schools will be barred from using “Redskins’’ for sports teams and mascots under a bill filed by Assemblyman Luis Alejo, a Watsonville Democrat. American Indians regard the term as offensive. Sexually assaulting an unconscious or severely intoxicated person will become a crime ineligible for probation — a change prompted when former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner was given a six-month jail sentence for assaulting an unconscious woman. The new law clarifies that a victim cannot consent to sex while unconscious or incapacitated by drugs, alcohol, or medication.

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Israeli right pushes leader to abandon 2state solution By Isabel Kershner NEW YORK TIMES

JERUSALEM — For years, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, a conservative, has competed domestically with his right-wing rivals in backing settlement building all over the occupied West Bank while professing support for a two-state solution with the Palestinians. Now, with the stinging UN Security Council resolution Friday condemning Israeli settlement construction, Israeli politicians and analysts on the right, the left, and in the political center say Netanyahu’s game might soon be up. The Israeli right, feeling empowered by the advent of the Trump administration, which is expected to be more sympathetic to Israel’s current policies, is pushing Netanyahu to abandon the idea of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, long considered the only viable solution to the conflict. For a second consecutive day Sunday, Netanyahu lambasted the departing Obama administration, publicly accusing it of having orchestrated the Security Council resolution, despite denials from Washington. The United States refrained from using its veto power, as it had done many times before to

shield Israel, and abstained in the 14-to-0 vote. “From the information that we have, we have no doubt that the Obama administration initiated it, stood behind it, coordinated on the wording, and demanded that it be passed,” Netanyahu said at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting. Referring to the US secretary of state, Netanyahu added, “As I told John Kerry on Thursday, friends don’t take friends to the Security Council,” and he said he was looking forward to working with President-elect Donald Trump’s administration when it takes office next month. The Israeli Foreign Ministry summoned ambassadors of countries that had voted in favor of the resolution for personal meetings with ministry officials in Jerusalem, despite the Christmas holiday, which some of those countries celebrate. In a highly unusual move, Netanyahu, who is also the foreign minister, summoned the US ambassador to Israel, Daniel B. Shapiro, for a meeting, though it was not immediately clear when that would take place. Netanyahu also instructed his ministers to suspend their diplomatic activities and contacts with counterparts from

the countries that had voted for the resolution for the next three weeks, until the US administration changes, and to suspend travel to those countries, according to Israeli news reports. Netanyahu is hoping for a new American policy under the incoming president, Donald Trump, who has supported Israel’s nationalist right and its West Bank settlements. Israeli news reports Sunday said the defense minister, Avigdor Lieberman, had instructed Israel’s agencies to sever contacts with Palestinian Authority representatives on civil, not security, matters. The ministry did not immediately confirm the reports. Saeb Erekat, a senior Palestine Liberation Organization official and the Palestinians’ veteran negotiator, called on Israel “to seize the opportunity, to wake up, to stop the violence, to stop settlements, and to resume negotiations.” Netanyahu says he is ready for negotiations anytime but with no preconditions. Naftali Bennett, the leader of the prosettlement Jewish Home party in Netanyahu’s go v e rn i ng co al it io n, w i t h whom Netanyahu and his Likud Party compete for votes, is goading him to take on more extreme positions like annexing parts of the West Bank, adding

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The prime minister lambasted the Obama administration for the second straight day.

to a sense in Israel that the real Netanyahu might have to stand up and decide which side he is on. “He has to choose between the international community and Bennett,” said Shlomo Avineri, a professor of political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. “It is not an easy choice, but he has to make a choice,” Avineri said, adding, “Is Israel going to alienate itself from the whole world for the sake of settlement activity? And it is the whole world. Is this what Zionism is about?” The Security Council vote seemed to have caught Israel off-guard. “I hope for Netanyahu’s sake

[and also for ours] that he knows the truth at least deep in his heart — it was the chronicle o f a f a i l u r e f o r e t o l d ,” B e n Caspit, a political commentator, wrote in the Maariv newspaper Sunday. Many commentators said the Security Council vote partly reflected a history of conflict between Netanyahu and President Obama over the settlements and Netanyahu’s anger over the Iranian nuclear deal. They also pointed to Netanyahu’s increasingly vocal backing for the settler cause. That includes his advancement of highly contentious legislation, known as the Regulation Bill, that would retroactively legalize settler outposts and homes

built on privately owned Palestinian land and force the owners to accept compensation. Netanyahu and his attorney general had previously warned that the bill, which recently passed a first reading in Parliament, contravenes international law and could land Israeli officials in the defendant dock of the International Criminal Court in The Hague. “After he said it, he rushed to vote in favor of the bill. Why?” Caspit wrote in Maariv. “Because of Bennett. The fear of the possibility that he would not be able to siphon seats from Bennett next time on Election Day caused him to act like a small-time grocery owner, instead of a national leader.”

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Typhoon slams eastern Philippines MANILA — A powerful typhoon struck eastern Philippines on Christmas Day, spoiling the biggest holiday in Asia’s largest Catholic nation, where a governor offered roast pigs to entice villagers to abandon family celebrations for emergency shelters. Typhoon Nock-Ten was packing maximum sustained winds of 114 miles per hour and gusts of up to 158 miles per hour when it made landfall Sunday night in Catanduanes province, where fierce winds and rain knocked down the island’s power and communications, officials said. There were no immediate reports of injuries. After Catanduanes, the typhoon, which had a 300-mile rain band, was expected to barge westward across the

mountainous southern plank of the Philippines’ main island of Luzon and blow close to the capital, Manila, on Monday, before starting to exit toward the South China Sea. Nock-Ten may weaken after hitting the Sierra Madre mountain range in southern Luzon. Heavy rainfall, destructive winds, and battering waves were threatening heavily populated regions, where the Philippine weather agency raised typhoon warnings, stranding thousands of people in ports as airlines canceled flights and ferries were prevented from sailing. Officials warned of storm surges in coastal villages, flash floods and landslides, and asked villagers to evacuate to safer grounds. ASSOCIATED PRESS

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RIGHT JOLLY YOUNG ELVES — A group of runners, anything but “chubby and plump,’’ took a moment for a photo before the start of a Santa Claus race in Skopje, Macedonia, Sunday.

40,000 hear pope’s plea for end to suffering produced by wars, terrorism VATICAN CITY — Decrying the suffering in Syria, Pope Francis on Sunday wished Christmas peace for all those scarred by war and terrorism, which he said is sowing ‘‘fear and death in the heart of many countries and cities.’’ Some 40,000 tourists and Romans endured long security

lines to enter St. Peter’s Square to see the pope on the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, where he delivered the traditional ‘‘Urbi et Orbi’’ (“to the city and to the world”) Christmas message and blessing. Francis spoke sorrowfully of the pain caused by the Syrian war, especially in Aleppo,

pressing the international community to help negotiate a solution. He urged Israelis and Palestinians to ‘‘write a new page of history, where hate and revenge give way’’ toward building a future of peace. The heavy security at the Vatican reflected apprehension in much of Europe, which is

reeling from extremist attacks. During Christmas Eve Mass in the basilica, Francis said Jesus’ birth in a stable calls to mind how some children today must hide in underground bomb shelters, live on the street, or lie on the bottom of smugglers’ boats. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Illness forces queen to miss service

Berlin suspect’s connections studied

SANDRINGHAM, England — A bad cold kept Queen Elizabeth II from attending the traditional Christmas morning church service near her Sandringham estate in rural Norfolk, England. It is extremely rare for Elizabeth, 90, to miss the service, which is a cornerstone of the royal family’s Christmas celebrations and brings the monarch into contact with residents who gather outside. ‘‘The Queen continues to recover from a heavy cold and

MILAN — Investigators are trying to determine if the Berlin Christmas market attacker got any logistical support to cross at least two borders and evade capture for days before being killed in a police shootout in a Milan suburb. Tunisian fugitive Anis Amri’s fingerprints and wallet were found in a truck that plowed into a market in Berlin last Monday night, killing 12 people and injuring 56 others. Despite an intense, Europewide search, Amri fled across

will stay indoors to assist with her recovery,’’ Buckingham Palace said. ‘‘Her Majesty will participate in the royal family Christmas celebrations.’’ Elizabeth has been in generally good health and has maintained an active schedule in the last year despite traveling less often than in the past. Her husband, 95-year-old Prince Philip, was also suffering from a heavy cold earlier in the week, but he was able to attend the Sunday service. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Germany, into France and then into Italy, traveling at least part of the way by train, before being shot early Friday in a routine police stop. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the Berlin attack, but so far little is known about any support network backing him up. Italian investigators were working to see if the Tunisian had any connections in the Milan area. Italy was his port of entry into Europe in 2011. ASSOCIATED PRESS

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trove of photos maintained by the state Registry of Motor Vehicles — or the equivalent of about one request per weekday. Of that total, 102 requests were from local law enforcement agencies, 84 from state law enforcement officials, and 72 from federal agencies. (The Department of Transportation said it did not have a list of the names of the agencies that submitted the requests.) In their requests, the agencies submitted a total of 331 images, which turned up 101 potential matches. State officials defended their use of the technology and say there are safeguards in place to address concerns about privacy and the technology’s accuracy. “Facial recognition is a valuable tool for identifying suspects, and one that we use with appropriate discretion,” said State Police spokesman David Procopio. “It can help solve serious crimes and bring justice to victims and prevent further crimes from being committed.” Most law enforcement agencies are not allowed to scan the RMV database directly, officials said. “Law enforcement at the local, state, and federal levels may provide an image of a suspect associated with an investigation and request that the ima ge b e c o m p a r e d w i t h t h e RMV’s database of facial images,” Transportation Department spokeswoman Jacquelyn Goddard said in an e-mail. “These are official, case-specific requests.” She said the actual scanning of the RMV’s database of photos is performed jointly by the State Police Compliance Unit and the Registry of Motor Vehicles Enforcement Ser vices Unit, “which consists of staff trained to handle highly sensitive and confidential matters.” She said the system finds potential matches and it is up to the investigative agency to determine if there is a match.

The agency ’s practices are “consistent with federal privacy laws,” she said. But Kade Crockford, of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, criticized the practice. “When you go to the DMV to get your license, you do not expect your photo to be part of what has essentially become a law enforcement database used for criminal investigations,” she said. The RMV first got its facial recognition software in 2006, and its existence has been disclosed before. But officials have described it as a system to fight license-related identity fraud — to ensure, for example, a person does not have multiple licenses under different names. Its broader use for other types of criminal investigations had flown under the radar, Crockford said. “The lack of transparency is seriously troubling — that this has taken place without any public discussion or, to my knowledge, legislative action,” said Crockford. “Maybe the Massachusetts public and legislators think it’s totally appropriate for this to be happening, but I doubt it.” Regardless, she said, “policies around these issues should not be developing in secret.” Separately from the RMV photos, law enforcement agencies also use facial recognition technology to scan a database of police booking photos they have collectively compiled over the years. More than 5,000 analysts and officers from 376 law enforcement agencies have access to a database of 2.6 million photos of people who were arrested and booked in Massachusetts, said Procopio. Some of the database’s photos — including side or profile views, or photos of people’s tattoos or other distinguishing marks — are not useful for facial recognition software purposes, he noted. Agencies with access include not only local police de-

partments, but also federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which gain access to the database via the Commonwealth Fusion Center. Law enforcement officials use facial recognition scans of the database “to further criminal or counterterrorism investigations,” said Procopio. “Any potential match provided by the technology between a suspect image and a prior booking photo is categorized as just that — a potential match only,” he said. “All image matches must be further corroborated by other investigative means.” He said training sessions are offered regularly for officials who access the database, which is part of a broader statewide law enforcement intelligencesharing network that was created in 2004. Crockford questioned whether it was appropriate for police to store photos of people who are arrested for relatively minor offenses, such as trespassing, or those who wind up not being convicted. “Plenty of people are arrested falsely and the charges are dropped soon after they ’re booked,” she said. “So the idea that simply being arrested is justification enough to include you in a forever digital dragnet does not make sense.” A report published in October by Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy & Technology found that nationwide the driver’s license and ID photos of at least 117 million people — or half of American adults — across at least 26 states can be searched using facial recognition software for law enforcement purposes. That estimate, however, didn’t account for Massachusetts because the authors of the report said they were not able to verify if law enforcement officials here were allowed such access. The report’s authors noted that law enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology

can be beneficial and said they did not want to see use of the technology stopped altogether. “It has been used to catch violent criminals and fugitives,” the report said. “The law enforcement officers who use the technology are men and women of good faith,’’ it said. “They do not want to invade our privacy or create a police state. They are simply using every tool available to protect the people that they are sworn to serve.” But the report called for lawmakers to adopt rules to improve oversight of law enforcement use of facial recognition, which the report described as largely unregulated. The report noted concerns raised by a 2012 study that facial recognition may be less accurate on photos of black people. “With only a few exceptions, there are no laws governing police use of the technology, no standards ensuring its accuracy, and no systems checking for bias,” Clare Garvie, a coauthor of the report, said in a statement when the report was released. “It’s a wild west.” Fa c i a l r e c o g n i t i o n h a s turned up false positives before, prompting police to investigate the wrong person just because they looked like someone else. And it’s happened in Massachusetts. The Globe in 2011 detailed how a Natick man received a notice from the state Transportation Department telling him his license had been revoked. But he later uncovered that it was due to an error. Facial recognition technology had mistakenly flagged his image as a possible case of fraud because he looked like another driver. It took the man 10 days of bureaucratic struggle to prove who he was and get his license back. Matt Rocheleau can be reached at matthew.rocheleau@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @mrochele.

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she wanted to complete was finding more opportunities for students, more schools to participate, and more money to get them there. With affordable housing scarce around Boston, many communities are still not racially or economically integrated, she said. “If housing is integrated, you don’t need to run buses between Boston and Marblehead, and Scituate, and Cohasset, and Brookline, and Wellesley,” she said. “That’s what I get upset about: that we have failed the citizens here about freedom and access to the Boston metropolitan area.” McGuire’s departure from the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity Inc. marks the passing of an era for the state’s decades-long efforts to integrate public schools. McGuire began as executive director of Metco in 1973, one

year before court-ordered busing ripped Boston apart. Over the course of the next four decades, she oversaw the voluntary placement of tens of thousands of students of color from Boston, who were desperate to get out of the Boston school system for an education in the suburbs. To generations of education advocates, McGuire is a trailblazer. In 1981, she became the first black woman elected to the Boston School Committee, where she quickly earned a reputation during her nearly 10-year tenure as a tireless champion for education, even as she waved off criticism at times that she lacked political tact. She became a role model in other ways. For a time, she was a single mother, scraping money together to feed her two young children and eventually earning an education degree

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mary goal was to make sure McGuire left with her integrity intact. “Jean was like a second mother to a lot of people,” Walker said. “Everyone speaks affectionately of her and it was hard for her to leave. “What do you say about a champion, an icon, and a dedicated and courageous leader who was there almost from inception?” he added. “She’s a real hero.” But by many accounts, she also is a fighter. The retirement talks this year marked the second time in two years that the board raised the specter of leaving with McGuire. The previous attempt — initiated by the board when it was composed of many different members — quickly grew combative, according to the organization’s most recent audit, filed with the state attorney general’s office earlier this year. On April 6, 2015, the board

entered into an executive session and presented McGuire a retirement and separation contract with the hope she would sign it within three weeks. But three days before the deadline, according to the audit, McGuire countered with her own settlement offer that characterized the retirement package as part of a pattern of age discrimination. That turn of events prompted the board to notify its insurance company about the potential for a lawsuit. McGuire said this week that she’s moving on. Other organizations have contacted her about jobs, she said, and she added that she’d run again for the school board if the panel, now appointed by the mayor, was ever opened up for voters again. She’s working on disentangling her life — and her identity — from her storied role at Metco. She’s been saving news clippings about the program

for years, she said, and still has some waiting to be filed. “Most people don’t know I’m gone,” she said. “They stop me in the store, tell me about their graduates. Can I get their kids into high school?” Mel King, the activist and former state lawmaker, credits McGuire with helping to build an educational program that provided quality schools to students who otherwise would not have had the chance to attend one. “ There are thousands of young people who can attest to the value of the experience they had,” King said. “She really has a belief in the capacity of the children to have the best education possible.” James Vaznis can be reached at james.vaznis@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @globevaznis. Andy Rosen can be reached at andrew.rosen@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter at @andyrosen.

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By Ivan Nechepurenko SOCHI, Russia — A Russian aircraft bound for Syria and carrying a famed military music ensemble to entertain Russia’s forces there crashed into the Black Sea moments after takeoff Sunday, and authorities said all 92 people aboard were believed dead. Officials said they were investigating ever y possible cause for the crash, including a terrorist attack. Several analysts noted factors that suggested possible terrorism, including the crew’s failure to report any malfunction and that plane debris was scattered over a wide area. The military plane, a Russian-made Tupolev Tu-154, disappeared from radar two minutes after taking off from the resort town of Sochi. Russia’s weather forecast agency said conditions near the airport were “normal, easy,” the Interfax news agency reported. The airplane was technically fit, the Defense Ministry said. Wr e c k a g e o f t h e p l a n e , which was carrying 84 passengers and eight crew members, was found in the sea, most of it about 1 mile from shore, officials said. Eleven bodies were recovered and no survivors have been found at the crash site, Russian news reported. The Defense Ministry said more than 3,000 rescue workers on 32 ships were searching the crash site at sea and along the coast. Helicopters, drones, submersibles, and powerful searchlights were brought in to assist the effort. The Russian military has had only minor casualties throughout its deployment in Syria, but the country has experienced a series of setbacks in recent days. On Dec. 19, the Russian ambassador to Turkey was as-

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Russian rescuers carried a stretcher with a body recovered from the Black Sea on Sunday. sassinated at an art exhibit in Ankara, with the killer yelling “Don’t forget Aleppo, don’t forget Syria!” That came not long after forces from the Islamic State recaptured the storied city of Palmyra, forcing out the Russian garrison that had been stationed there since helping to take the city last spring. Passengers on the flight, which originated in Moscow and stopped in Sochi to refuel, included 64 members of the Alexandrov Ensemble, a military orchestra and choir, who were traveling to Russia’s Khmeimim Air Base in Syria’s Latakia province. The group planned to serenade Russian personnel in Syria on New Year’s Eve. Russian President Vladimir Putin deployed Russian armed forces in Syria in September 2015, ostensibly to fight terrorism but primarily to prop up President Bashar Assad of Syria, the leader of the lone remaining Russian ally in the region, whose forces have been

fighting an insurgency for nearly six years. Russian forces have been helping the Damascus government regain the initiative, with the final rebels expelled from the besieged city of Aleppo on Thursday. Three journalists from Channel One, Russia’s main television station, were on the plane, as were journalists from the Zvezda and NTV television networks, news reports said. Ye l i z a v e t a P. G l i n k a , a prominent Russian philanthropist and a member of the presidential council on human rights and civil society, was als o o n t h e l is t of p e op l e o n board. Glinka emigrated to the United States in 1986 and was married to Vermont lawyer Gleb Glinka. Putin recently honored Glinka with a state award for her human rights and charity work. Valery V. Khalilov, the ensemble’s artistic director, was also on the plane, according to the list of passengers. Putin expressed his condo-

lences to relatives of the victims, and he declared Monday a national day of mourning. (Christmas is not celebrated as a holiday in Russia on Dec. 25, because the Russian Orthodox Church observes it on Jan. 7.) “First of all, I would like to express my sincere condolences to the families of our citizens, who died today, as a result of an aviation catastrophe over the Black Sea this morning,” Putin said, according to rem arks publish ed on the Kremlin’s website. He also ordered Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to establish a state commission, headed by the transportation minister, Maxim Sokolov, to investigate the crash. A makeshift memorial was installed inside the Sochi airport, and people brought candles and flowers. Relatives of the victims were whisked away by authorities to a specially designated zone, where they were treated by psychiatrists. Sokolov told journalists inside the terminal building that

the rescue effort would not stop at night. “It is premature t o s ay a ny t h i n g a b o u t t h e causes of this tragedy,” he told reporters, adding that all possibilities were being examined. Founded in the Soviet era, the Alexandrov Ensemble, which had performed in Syria earlier this year, is the official band of the Russian armed forces. It consists of an orchestra, a choir, and a dance ensemble, and is one of the two Russian orchestras allowed to use the title “Red Army Choir.” The ensemble was founded by Alexander Alexandrov, a prominent Soviet composer and author of the music of the Russian anthem; his grandson Yevgeny told Meduza, a Russian news website, that “the best members of the ensemble died.” “Everything will collapse now. The best ones are gone.” Several independent news outlets in Russia reported that the Ale xan dro v Ens emb le planned to give a concert in Aleppo. In May, the Russian military had flown a symphony orchestra led by one of its best known conductors, Valery Gergiev, to mark the reclaiming of Palmyra. Until recently, the Tu-154, which was designed in the 1960 s, was one of the most

widely used civilian aircraft in Russian aviation. The plane that crashed on Sunday was m a d e i n 1 98 3, u n d er went planned maintenance work in the fall, and was operated by an experienced pilot, the Defense Ministry said. Russian airlines have mostly replaced outdated Soviet planes with new ones in recent y e a r s a n d h av e v a s t l y i m proved the overall safety record. Many government agencies continue to fly the Tu-154 and other old Soviet aircraft, however. The age and reputation of the Tu-154, as well as the fact that the aircraft had flown out of secure military airfields, meant most senior officials speaking publicly ruled out the possibility that an attack had caused the crash. But there was speculation by a few aviation analysts, echoed by some officials, that terrorism could not be ruled out given the suddenness with which the plane disappeared and the size of the debris field. “For us the worst version is an act of terrorism, because if this is the case, this will mean that we have paid another bill f o r A l e p p o ,” Va d i m L u k a shevich, an aviation expert, told Dozhd, an independent television station.

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An acclaimed Russian doctor with ties to Vermont was among 92 people presumed dead Christmas morning, after a Russian Tu-154 plane headed from Moscow to Syria crashed into the Black Sea, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense. Dr. Yelizaveta Glinka’s aid foundation — Fair Aid — said in a statement that the doctor was traveling with a shipment of medicine for a Syrian hospital. Glinka was married to Vermont lawyer Gleb Glinka, a partner of Glinka & Schwidde

in Rutland, Vt. According to a Russian human rights council, where she served on the board of directors, Glinka emigrated to the United States in 1986. The couple lived in Cabot, Vt., at that time, and her husband taught at Vermont Law School, according to his law firm’s website. The cause of the crash wasn’t immediately known. According to the Ministry of Defense, eight crew members and 84 passengers were on board. Fair Aid was founded by Glinka in 2007 to implement charity programs for the homeless as well as seriously ill or dying patients, according to the

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foundation’s website. Beginning in March 2014, Fair Aid assisted in treating children injured in southeast Ukraine war zones. That year, she served on the board of a temporary human rights group that helped address the crisis in Ukraine by monitoring and reporting human rights violations. Glinka also founded the first free hospice program in Ukraine in 2001, where she worked to help terminally ill patients. Earlier this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin presented Glinka with an award for her charity work, including

missions to war zones in Ukraine and Syria. ‘‘We never feel sure that we will come back alive,’’ she said at the Kremlin award ceremony. ‘‘But we are sure that kindness, compassion, and charity are stronger than any weapon.’’ Material from the Associated Press was used in this report. Samantha J. Gross can be reached at samantha.gross@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @samanthajgross. Reena Karasin can be reached at reena.karasin@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @ReenaKarasin.

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found educators moved to new schools after they were fired for misconduct, sometimes with glowing recommendations from their old employers. Child welfare advocates, attorneys, and law enforcement officials say outdated statutes across the region make it too easy for abusive educators to avoid prosecution and continue working with children. And private schools are often exempt from many of the safeguards that do exist, such as requirem e n t s t h at t e a c h e r s b e l i censed. “There are major gaps in the current laws across all six New England states,” said Jetta Bernier, executive director of Massachusetts Citizens for Children, which is working with Lovely to help revamp the laws in Massachusetts. “This should be a no-brainer. We are way past the time when we should have passed this kind of reform.” S u c h e ff o r t s a r e t a k i n g shape across the region. In Connecticut, two state lawmakers said they want to extend what some call the “passing the trash” law to cover pri-

vate schools. The law, approved in June, bars public schools from signing confidentiality agreements that cover up allegations of sexual misconduct. It also requires schools to share information when teachers accused of misconduct apply for new jobs. But the provisions do not apply to private schools. “I think private schools should live up to the same standard as public schools,” said Senator Cathy Osten, Democrat of Sprague. Representative William Tong, Democrat of Stamford, said he also supports changing the law to cover private schools. A spokeswoman indicated Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy would also support extending some provisions of the law to private schools. “Our children’s safety and well-being is one of our most paramount responsibilities,” said Kelly Donnelly, a spokeswoman for Malloy. In Maine, state Senator Scott Cyrway said he plans to introduce a bill soon that would prohibit schools from signing confidentiality agreements to resolve allegations of sexual abuse. “This information should be

able to be put out to other schools,’’ said Cyrway, a Republican from the Waterville area and a retired deputy sheriff. “Most people who are sexual predators have a disease, and it’s very difficult to treat, so they tend to do it over again.’’ And in Vermont, Senator Dick Sears, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said his committee plans to study proposals to reform state laws next year, potentially including a ban on confidentiality agreements, an end of the statute of limitations on sexual abuse of children, and changes to ensure background checks are conducted on both private and public school employees. In New Hampshire, officials at the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence said they hope to work with lawmakers to eliminate the criminal statute of limitations on sex crimes. Statutes of limitations vary widely from state to state, but a growing number are doing away entirely with the deadlines for rape and some other sex crimes, especially those involving children, where it can often take victims years to come forward. Finally, in Rhode Island, the

head of Day One, a nonprofit focused on sexual assault issues, said the group plans to collaborate with lawmakers to make a number of changes, including requiring schools to share allegations of employee misconduct with one another and barring confidentiality agreements that cover up abuse. “There is a lot to be done,” said Peg Langhammer, executive director of Day One, “and we want to provide real solutions.” Many schools are already taking action on their own in New England and beyond. The Association of Boarding Schools and the National Association of Independent Schools appointed a joint task force to study the sexual misconduct issue nationally. And more than two dozen schools in New England have launched investigations of sexual misconduct this year. Most recently, the Rivers School in Weston said in a letter this month to the school community that it fired a high school teacher after he acknowledged having an “inappropriately close relationship” w i t h a s t u d e n t t h at b e g a n

shortly after she graduated in June. The school said it had not found evidence the teacher was involved with other students but was continuing to investigate. Lovely said she’s optimistic the Massachusetts Legislature will change the law in the next session to help deter teachers from abusing students and to make it harder for schools to hide the incidents. Her bill would make it illegal for high school educators to have sex with students who are 19 years old or younger. Currently, it is legal for educators to have intercourse with students who are at least 16, so long as the student consents. The proposal would also bar both private and public schools from signing confidential settlements that require victims and others to keep allegations of sexual misconduct secret, and it would require schools to share information on employees accused of abuse with other schools when employees apply for new jobs. Lovely’s bill would also eliminate the criminal statute of limitations on sexual abuse involving children, giving prosecutors the option of pursuing

charges in cases that happened many years ago. Currently, prosecutors are legally barred from filing criminal charges in Massachusetts after 27 years, unless there is independent corroborating evidence, such as video or DNA. In addition, Lovely said the bill would strengthen requirements to report abuses of children under 18 to the state Department of Children and Families. For instance, the bill would expand the list of professionals who must report child abuse to include coaches and increase the maximum fines for institutions that flout the law to $100,000. A spokesman for Governor Charlie Baker said he was not ready to propose or comment on any specific measure to deter sexual misconduct in schools. “ The administration believes that any teachers or educators who abuse their position to engage in inappropriate behavior with students should be held fully accountable,” spokesman Billy Pitman said. Todd Wallack can be reached at twallack@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @twallack.

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Now, it’s found a tiny toehold in Vermont, which, it turns out, has a climate much like northeastern Iran’s. To her delight, UVM researcher Margaret Skinner discovered that saffron planted in the greenhouse had up to four times the yield of that grown in Iran and withstood the Vermont cold much better than expected. “We didn’t want to start promoting it until we had data,” Skinner said. “But saffron has incredible potential to fit into a unique niche.” At $19 a gram and $100,000 of estimated revenue per acre, saffron also has a chance to be uniquely profitable in Vermont, the scientist said. “You can start making money the first year. To me, it’s a no-brainer,” Skinner said. The saffron flower, which blooms and is harvested in late October to early November, could benefit Vermont farmers as a complementary crop, Skinner said. “If I want to make a living as a farmer, I have to do a bit of everything,” said Skinner, who grew up in the state. “They are looking for new cropping ideas, and this doesn’t take a lot of science or education.” The saffron experiment would not have started without a simple question from an Iranian who came to Vermont two years ago to visit his wife, who was studying at the university. The query came from Arash Ghalehgolabbehbahani, a postdoctoral associate who works with Skinner and knows the spice from his time in Mashhad, a city in northeastern Iran where saffron plays an important economic and cultural role. “I always was thinking about saffron, the most expensive legal crop in the world,” Ghalehgolabbehbahani said with a smile. “One day he asked, ‘Why don’t you grow saffron in Vermont?’ ” recalled Skinner, who

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codirects the university’s Entomology Research Lab. “My initial thought was ‘Nah, I’ve tried to grow it in the backyard.’ ” Growing the delicate purple flower is one thing. Extracting by hand its three reddish stigmas — the threads where pollen germinates in reproduction — is another. Still, Ghalehgolabbehbahani’s question and its possibilities lingered with Skinner, and she began searching for ways to investigate. The means were supplied by Bob Roberts, a 71-year-old retiree whose dream is to create a research and innovation center in the St. Albans area. Roberts offered the greenhouse and has supplied more than $140,000 in funding over two years. “This can be a huge cash crop,” Roberts said. Saffron plays an integral role in the daily Iranian diet and is used in risotto and paella dishes that are better known among Americans, who consume about 25 tons of saffron a year. But part of what attracted Roberts to the experiment is its medicinal potential. “There’s a lot of cancer in my extended family,” Roberts said. Many regard saffron as a cancer-fighting agent and treatment for depression and high blood pressure, Skinner said. The benefits of growing saffron in Vermont — medicinal, financial, dietary — are obvious to the scientist. But finding a way to cultivate the flower in a northern New England climate was the tricky proposition. T he answers have come from the greenhouse — a pro-

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tective “high tunnel,” in Skinner’s terminology — and the use of milk crates to provide a roadblock against predatory rodents. Not only did saffron corms, or bulbs, show a resistance to the cold, but the projected revenue per square foot was 15 percent higher than for tomatoes and more than twice the value of winter greens, Skinner said. Most of the small amount of saffron being grown in the United States is planted primarily by Amish farmers in Lancaster County, Pa. The findings from Vermont startled Susan Liechty, past president of the Herb Society of America, which gave Skinner and her team a $5,000 grant this year. “I was thrilled. The results they are getting are pretty spectacular,” said Liechty, who has been experimenting with the plant in her Ohio garden. “Saffron about four years ago became a passion of mine,” Liechty said. “I visited a saffron farm in Italy and was so intrigued by the whole thing.” Skinner knows saffron is a difficult match for Vermont farmers. The crop is sensitive, the winters are formidable, plucking the stigmas is laborintensive, and there are the costs of marketing and packaging. Still, she is excited: The ancient spice of saffron, contrary to expectations, grows in Vermont. “Why didn’t they do it 20 years ago?” Skinner asked with a smile. “Because no one had thought about it.” MacQuarrie can be reached at brian.macquarrie@globe.com.

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N WITH the new, and out with the old . . . vocabulary? Why not? Here is an annotated list of tired words and clichés we wouldn’t care if we never heard again until 3017, or later:

Yuge/Huge Transparency Remember when John Glenn was orbiting the earth and transparency was an innocent little noun the Kodak company used for “slide”? When the corporate flacks start talking about transparency, you know the shredders are running full blast. Did someone say opaque? That would be the Obama administration, condemned by The Guardian and others for talking the transparency talk and practicing greater institutional secrecy than any previous presidency.

OK, the “yuge” is a pronunciation issue, just as linguists finally determined that President-elect Donald Trump wasn’t really saying “bigly,” but “bigleague,” on the campaign trail. Trump’s linguistic self-confidence (“I know words, I have the best words”) matches his egomania in other pursuits, but he and his speechwriters need to summon Mr. Roget to Trump Tower for a chinwag. The Thesaurus could help put “huge” in the rearview mirror, forever. Consider “gargantuan,” “cyclopean,” and “elephantine,” just for starters. Come on – “The Huge Seven”? Denzel Washington would have never appeared in that movie.

The sharing economy “ze” and “zir” Ze and zir are examples of gender neutral pronouns currently fashionable on college campuses. Nonconformist students occasionally sport “Ask Me About My Pronouns” buttons, signifying their gender liberation. One wag at the University of Michigan chose “his majesty” as his personal pronoun. “He” and “she” still pass muster here, as at other newspapers. Ze, zir, or “Latinx” for a Hispanic person of indeterminate gender — let’s clip their wings before they can gain any linguistic altitude.

The sharing economy refers to services such as Uber and Airbnb, where drivers and homeowners share their cars and apartments with paying customers. It has a kind of post-dharma ring to it. I guess “mindfulness economy” was already taken. Cynics have suggested that the sharing economy is actually the old-fashioned taking economy, rebranded. The Nation magazine called it “a grand appellation for gussied-up rental operations.” But loopy feel-good euphemisms are the mother’s milk of the Millennial Economy. Startups don’t fire employees, they “deactivate” them. In his book “Disrupted: My Adventure in the Start-Up Bubble,” Dan Lyons reported that online marketing firm Hubspot used the verb “graduate” instead of “fire.” Yuge!

Pivot This is an odious word that long ago wore out its welcome in the business world — failed startups inevitably “pivoted” into new markets. But pivot loomed, well, elephantine, in the 2016 election. “I’m getting a little tired of all this pivoting,” NPR’s Scott Simon wrote this summer, after seeing headlines such as “E-mails Block Clinton’s Pivot to Positive,” which seems singularly opaque. People change; politicians pivot. A suggested substitute: pirouette.

We’ll talk offline Or “ping me;” or my absolute favorite, when the rusty links of an e-mail chain start to dissolve into total gibberish: “Let’s go to voice.” I actually used the phrase “F2F” in an e-mail recently. It’s netspeak for “face to face” and is a common transition line used in flirtatious online chat, e.g., let’s get our noses out of our smartphones and actually meet. FYI, I don’t do F2F, I don’t want to talk offline, and without belaboring the obvious, I don’t “bro-hug” either.

One could go on and on. I’d love to retire the ur-cliché “resilience,” although knowing that the Rockefeller Foundation has thrown $500 million at resilience-related rubbish whets my appetite for a piece of that particular pecuniary payout. I’ve railed against “eponymous” (“Hey! Look at me! I know what ‘eponymous’ means”!) in the past, to no avail. I’ve also inveighed against “going forward,” “impactful” and “hardscrabble,” that predictable adjective that writers dredge up to describe the upbringing of people who actually had to work for a living. I noticed that the website Wordnik will allow you to “adopt” a word for $25. They will print you out a certificate of adoption, and attach your chosen word to your Twitter handle. Wordnik adoptions last only a year, but perhaps for $100 I could pay to have the bogus-analytical term “optics” never used again when reporting on political events. I propose to adopt “optics” and gently lay it to rest, forever. That would be logo-euthanasia — a neologism for our linguistically challenged times. Alex Beam’s column appears regularly in the Globe. Follow him on Twitter @imalexbeamyrnot. Gary Clement is cartoonist and illustrator based in Toronto.

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HE CONTRACT between the Boston Public Schools and the Boston Teachers Union expired in August, but anyone curious about the issues at play or the state of negotiations finds him or herself left in the dark. In a recent meeting with Globe columnists and editorialists, Mayor Marty Walsh was reluctant to say anything about the ongoing contract negotiations. Spokeswoman Laura Oggeri noted later, via e-mail, that “at the onset of the negotiations, both BPS and the BTU agreed to ground rules prohibiting either side from publicly divulging details of contract discussions.” That has largely been Walsh’s style as mayor. A former labor union official, he prefers to stay mum about labor negotiations. In this case, however, that’s a counterproductive strategy. Even if contract negotiations weren’t bogged down — and they certainly seem to be — it’s important for a mayor to lay out, publicly, the things he hopes to achieve in a new contract, to explain why they are important, to make it clear, periodically, whether progress is being made toward those goals. BTU can then make its case public as well, if it so desires. That’s hardly a betrayal of the negotiating process. Rather, it’s letting the public, in whose name all this is being done, in on the process. Similarly, as he runs for reelection next year, Walsh needs to let Boston citizens know what he hopes to achieve in terms of educational changes if reelected. The Boston Municipal Research Bureau has highlighted some of the district’s contract needs. For example, BPS must be able to discharge the teachers who, after a certain period, can’t find a lead teaching post. Currently the city is spending around $10 million a year to employ teachers who aren’t the primary teacher in a classroom, money that could be spent in far more effective ways. In previous contract talks, BPS and the BTU had discussed tying pay more to performance and ability and less to a teacher’s length of employment and level of education. Other districts are moving in that direction. Progress is needed on that in Boston as well.

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In fairness, Walsh has been able to accomplish something that his predecessor could not: He has gotten an agreement that will extend the short Boston school day for elementary, middle, and K-8 school students. That said, the 40-minute expansion is relatively modest, particularly compared with the extra learning time that charter-school students get, and, in part because of cost, its implementation thus far has been limited to fewer than 20 schools. Walsh says the longer day will take effect in another 39 schools next fall. That means virtually all BPS elementary, middle, and K-8 schools will have some form of longer day. BPS has also made some noteworthy progress this year. Graduation rates hit an all-time high of 71 percent. Twelve schools have jumped to the top performance level, while another nine pulled themselves out of Level 3 (low performing) status. Still, more than half of BPS’s 125 schools, serving more than 27,000 students, are rated low or underperforming. What’s the plan for improvement, and how will the new contract advance that? City Hall simply won’t say whether progress is being made on those issues or any others. “The city feels strongly that the Boston Public Schools and the Boston Teachers Union will reach a fair contract that will benefit students,” was all Oggeri would offer, via written statement. Let’s hope so. But in light of credible reports that talks are stalled, the lack of any kind of public progress report is worrisome. Here’s a glimmer of good news, however: Walsh says he won’t kick tough educational choices, such as the need to rightsize a district that currently has excess building and teaching capacity, down the road because of next year’s election. “I don’t have the luxury, and the kids of Boston don’t have the luxury, of me putting their future on hold because I am running for reelection,” he said. Those are encouraging words. Voters should hold the mayor to them in 2017.

JEFF JACOBY foresees a positive impact of President-elect Trump’s choice of his bankruptcy lawyer, David Friedman, as the next US ambassador to Israel (“Trump’s envoy to Israel will slay sacred cows,” Opinion, Dec. 21). Some have argued that, by appointing a hard-line settlement advocate, the United States would be coming out in favor of what the government has been tacitly condoning all along — namely, the incremental absorption of what remains of British Mandatory Palestine into Israel. Indeed, early in his first term, President Reagan similarly declared Israel’s West Bank settlements “not illegal.” But much has changed since then. In fact, two years later, Reagan called settlement expansion an “obstacle to peace.” This view continued under George H. W. Bush and culminated in the Oslo accords, which came early in President Clinton’s first term and helped set the optimistic tone for his presidency. After Sept. 11, 2001, the US administration bought into the “clash of civilizations” narrative long touted by opponents of the peace process. The result was that this country lost its way as an honest broker. Now, the incoming Trump administration wants to be to the right even of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is not known as a friend of the Oslo accords but still believes in a two-state solution. It is understandable that American presidents feel called upon to play a significant role in Middle East peace-making. But it cannot be good for the United States to ditch the Palestinians. It is also not good, in the long run, for the democratic state of Israel.

MICHAEL ZANK, Boston

The writer is a professor of religion and the director of the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies at Boston University.

Hardline stance from US envoy would do Israel no good RENÉE LOTH

IN “TRUMP’S selection of Israel envoy suggests big shift” (The World, Dec. 17), David Friedman, Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador, is described as a “hard-line proIsrael advocate.” Given Friedman’s support for settlement expansion and Israeli annexation of parts of the West Bank, not to mention his stated intention to move the US embassy to Jerusalem, Friedman is indeed properly characterized as hard-line. The more vexing question is whether his views can validly be called “pro-Israel.” Is it really in Israel’s interests, let alone those of the United States, to espouse policies and actions that will lead inevitably to greater resentment and hostility toward Israel and its increased isolation in the world? Friedman apparently declines to recognize, as Trump’s pick for defense secretary, General James Mattis, does, that continued settlement expansion, and the failure to reach a two-state solution, will lead either to the end of Israel as a Jewishmajority state or to its hardening into an apartheid state. As Mattis said, that didn’t work too well the last time he saw it practiced in a country. The United States, Israel, and all the peoples of the region will be far better served by an ambassador intent on respectfully finding a way forward with the Palestinians, rather than one apparently inclined, from the outset, to poke a finger in their eye.

Resolved: No more resolutions

T’S THE TIME of year for summing up; for taking stock of our lives and noting the lacunae. With the dying of the light we feel our mortality ever more acutely; it’s why we dig deep for charity, call distant relatives, and make resolutions and to-do lists for the coming year. But like everything else, this quaint annual tradition has been distorted by the Internet into a competitive frenzy to seedo-buy-improve, with endless “best of” lists that mock us with what we’ve missed, pinups of must-see exotic locales, and checkpoints to pass before our last breath. How I loathe these digital balance sheets of life — and not just because the spool of things I won’t be doing grows longer every day. Reading the endless listicles of posted resolutions (and their close cousin, the bucket list) is just another social pressure. It forces us to compare ourselves to some unattainable fantasy of what a “complete” life looks like, to succumb to the delusion that achieving this or that goal will make us happy. You either feel a smug sense of superiority at the stranger who thinks nirvana is learning to yodel, or an ache over the woman just your age who moved to a hill town in Italy. Wanting is addictive; when you indulge it you always only want more. The rapid technological “improvements” of every gadget and widget on the market make it impossible to keep up anyway; you’ve barely unwrapped v2 when v3 catches your eye. It’s the trap of desire: You want something new, you get it, and then everything else looks shabby by comparison. It’s easy enough to agree with the holiday chestnut that experiences are better than things. But experiences can be commodified too. Is it cynical to think that most popular resolutions — lose 10

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Forget ‘peace process’ — push for justice, and hold Israel accountable I AGREE with Jeff Jacoby that the “peace process” in the Middle East is dead and it’s time to recognize that (“Trump’s envoy to Israel will slay sacred cows”). But that’s where my agreement stops. No, Israel didn’t make endless efforts to secure peace. It used the illusion of a peace process to cover for its endless construction of new settlements and seizure of Palestinian homes and land. As UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said this month, Israel’s settlement activity beyond the 1967 line is in flagrant violation of international law and the Fourth Geneva Convention. Jacoby celebrates the nomination of the extremist David Friedman as someone who will legitimize the annexation of the West Bank. What we need is not a phony “peace” process but rather a justice process — one that holds Israel accountable for its aggression.

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Across Massachusetts, thousands of people typically find themselves homeless during the Christmas holiday. These include single adults, mothers with young children, people struggling with addiction. At shelters in Boston this weekend, residents described their hopes for a better year ahead — and gratitude for the help they have received.

Homeless families housed at state expense on Christmas Massachusetts is the nation's only right-to-shelter state. The law mandates the state provide accommodations for poor families — parents with kids and pregnant women — who meet specific criteria for being homeless. Those include not having a place to stay because of domestic violence, natural disaster, no-fault eviction, or health and safety risks. The state contracts only a limited number of rooms in homeless shelters, so some families have gotten placed in hotels or motels when shelters are full. The state spent more than $300 million on housing homeless families and programs to help get them back on their feet last year. Many private shelters provide housing for individuals, as opposed to families, who are homeless. But the state collects daily data only on the families it pays to house.

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Angela J. found herself homeless on Christmas Day, but amid the jewelry, scarves, hats, gloves, toiletries, purses, and bags — all presents donated by the community — she could have been forgiven for forgetting that fact, at least temporarily. “You know that you’re in a homeless situation, transition, but it doesn’t feel that way,” Angela said. A guest at Rosie’s Place, Angela, 48,

spent Christmas Day at the nation’s oldest shelter for women. Sporting a purple dress topped with a floral blouse, hues of blue and purple splashed on her shirt, and gemstones shining brightly on her left shoulder, she sat on the couch in a sitting area and called the shelter a “lighthouse.” Angela and her family were evicted in 2014 when their landlord, who was selling the house, wanted to make repairs. She suffers from psoriasis, asthma, migraine headaches, depression, high

Christmas is hard, Dorice M. said.

She’s planning for better times ahead By Joshua Miller GLOBE STAFF

Dorice M. struggled to make ends meet while taking care of her children and working near-minimum-wage jobs for 10 or 12 hours a day. But when she became unemployed, times grew more dire for the 42-year-old and her two youngest children, a 12-year-old boy and an 8year-old girl. Dorice and her kids ended up sleeping in the emergency room at Boston Medical Center for two nights this year. She then qualified for emergency housing assistance from the state, and was placed at a shelter at St. Mary’s Center for Women and Children in Dorchester. She said she feels blessed to have a warm place to stay, but Christmas is hard — not being able to host family gatherings, or cook a big meal for relatives and friends, or give to charity. “We miss a lot of those things we had when we were self-sufficient,” she said. “It hurts.” Dorice, a Roxbury native, is hopeful. She said she’s two weeks away from completing a technical education program readying her for better-paying jobs in health administration. And despite being homeless, her kids have not missed any days in school and kept good grades, she said with a smile. As for next Christmas, Dorice said she hopes to be “gainfully employed and being able to give back to another family in need — maybe revisiting here and blessing someone that is in my situation.” Joshua Miller can be reached at joshua.miller@globe.com.

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blood pressure, and Stage 3 kidney disease. This Christmas marks her third stay at Rosie’s Place, which allows guests to stay for up to three weeks. “The people that I’ve met here, on this journey, have become my family and also friends as I go through the process of being homeless,” she said.

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Judi V., 52, walked into Rosie’s Place on Christmas Day not as a guest but as a volunteer, a welcome change from last year. Living in transitional housing since October, Judi is no longer homeless, but she hasn’t forgotten the support she received or friendships she made at the shelter for women. “I came here giving out Christmas gifts and getting Christmas gifts,” she said. “It’s really nice, everything that they put out for everybody,” she said. Homeless since 2012, Judi stayed at Rosie’s Place six times, taking advantage of the shelter’s programs such as the Leadership Institute, which teaches residents about finance, goal-setting, and how they can use their own voice to achieve their goals. It’s also where she met her best friend. “We were here at Christmas time, and the last thing we said was for the CRAIG F. WALKER/ GLOBE STAFF new year, for 2016, we were going to Judi V. is no longer get apartments — homeless. 2016 was our year,” Judi said. “And sure enough, we both ended up with apartments.” Wearing a red gift bow in her hair, Judi checked her phone for messages from her son and reminisced about what she called the good years, the 12 years that they lived in the same home. “You can get so down because you take two steps forward and three steps back sometime,” she said. “It feels really good to have a place. It reminds me of when my kid was really small,” she said. “I’ve got the tree and his presents under there and he’s on his way now.”

Samuel R. spent more than 20 years as a truck driver before a back injury ended his career and left him without a steady income. “I’ve always been used to making money, so it makes you feel bad not having anywhere to go in the morning. Now, when I wake up, I don’t have anything to do but lay around here,” he said, sitting at the Pine Street Inn, where he has lived since June. Samuel, 69, returned to Boston this summer from Georgia, where he JONATHAN WIGGS/GLOBE STAFF had been living Samuel R. lives at the with his sister for Pine Street Inn. several months. Before that, he lived in Dorchester, but he left when his landlord sold the building and raised the rent. This was the first Christmas that Samuel spent at a shelter, but he said he tries to stay optimistic. “I’ve always felt lucky,” he said. “I’ve always had a good life, even when I’m living here.” He wants to move back to Georgia in a couple of months and looks forward to living closer to his children, grandchildren, and 13 brothers and sisters. “It’s just tiring being in here,” he said. “It’s not bad if you have somewhere you’re going soon, but if you have no place to go, it’s bad.” For Samuel, Christmas has never been a major celebration, but it’s a reason for his large family to come together each year. And by next Christmas, he hopes to be back with family, maybe even in his own home. “Next year, I’ll have my own home,” he said, nodding his head, with a smile. “I’ve been saving money. I’m looking at it with a good attitude.”

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A shelter is “just a stop,” Glen M. says.

He dreams of a home, and drum set By Felicia Gans GLOBE CORRESPONDENT

At the end of Glen M.’s performances as a drummer decades ago, his bandmates would leave the audience with an invitation: “Party at Glen’s house!” It’s a phrase he misses: “Glen’s house.” But he doesn’t want a house for the parties; he just wants a quiet place to call his own. “You’re never ready to become homeless,” Glen said at Pine Street Inn, where he has been living steadily for two years, and on-andoff for many years prior. “It just happens.” Glen said spending Christmas at a shelter was a hard experience, but tries to stay positive. He said he loves his life and feels lucky for the opportunities he has had to turn his life around, including an alcohol abuse treatment program and the support of staff and volunteers at Pine Street Inn. “This is just a stop for about everybody,” said Glen, 63. “It’s a very hard thing to get through, and if you can get through and be successful, you’ll be happy to get out, but grateful for all the people here that helped you.” Glen said this Christmas feels like a chance to start over. His dreams for 2017 are to stay sober, move into his own home, and buy a drum set. “I want to do it all again,” he said, “but just for the love of music.” Felicia Gans can be reached at felicia.gans@globe.com.

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Whether you like to party or take a brisk winter’s walk, there are plenty of ways to usher 2016 out the door and welcome 2017. Boston’s venerable First Night gets a new twist this year. Due to funding limitations, there will be no midnight fireworks on the waterfront. Instead, you can watch a display of music, light, and pyrotechnics above Copley Square and the Boston Public Library. “We light up the face of the library and do a countdown in color with the lights, and the clock, and it’s really neat,” said Dusty Rhodes, president of Conventures Inc., which is organizing the event. The two-day festival kicks off Saturday with music, dancing, ice sculptures, and a grand procession to the Boston Common for a 7 p.m. fireworks display produced by the Mugar Foundation. The evening culminates with the “Copley Countdown” at midnight. For more information, including Sunday’s schedule, visit www.firstnightboston.org. All events are free. The town of Needham offers one of the biggest New Year’s Eve festivals of its kind in the Boston suburbs. A full day of events, ranging from step-dancing to opera, begins at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday and continues until the midnight countdown party. For a full schedule and more information, go to www.newyearsneedham.org. Sunday is the start of a new year, and what better way to begin than by burning off a few calories? The city of Salem, in partnership with the National Park Service, is kicking off New Year’s Day with a First Day Hike. Lacedup participants can meet at 10 a.m. at the Salem Common Playground on North Washington Square for one loop around the common before heading to the Derby Wharf Lighthouse. First lit in 1871, the lighthouse will be opened to hike participants. For more information, call 978-745-9595.

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Shayne Bowen (left) and Rob Nyekan (right) sang to Bob Hudson outside of Emerson Hospital last week.

Singing hospital valets bring cheer By Steve Annear GLOBE STAFF

CONCORD — Beneath the papers on the Towne Park valet desk that’s near the main entrance to Emerson Hospital is a list of core values for employees to remember as they interact with people. The last one on the laminated sheet is “Good enough never is.” No need to tell valets Shayne Bowen and Rob Nyekan. Each shift, the pair goes beyond their duties as parking attendants. They spontaneously burst into song, crooning holiday tunes or throwback classics to worried patients, anxious visitors, and busy staff who are coming and going from the building. “It could just brighten somebody’s day, and put a smile on people’s faces. I always say, ‘Use the gift that God gave you for a great reason,’” said Nyekan, 29. “And why not make other people happy?” Added Bowen, 42, his hands stuffed into the pockets of his blue fleece, “You don’t know what they’re going through. . . . By me singing and putting a smile on their face, it really means a lot.” Their melodies have been embraced by the valet company’s supervisors and by hospital workers. “They’re happy. You come in and they have great presence, and you get the feeling that everything is good,” said Loretta Ybarra, a secretary on the hospital’s transitional care unit. “You’re giving [patients] a little bit of individual attention, and a lot of them like that.” The duo didn’t know each other before working together. And their de-

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QUOTE OF THE DAY ‘Today is a good day for citizens of all beliefs. Our right to practice our religion and honor loved ones in accordance with our Islamic faith has been affirmed.’ DR. KHALID SADOZAI, of the Islamic Society of Greater Worcester, on an agreement with the town of Dudley allowing the society to erect a small cemetery with the right to expand later. The deal caps an 11-month saga that has pitted town officials against the Islamic Society, which had sought 55 acres for a large cemetery in this small, largely rural town in Central Massachusetts.

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Historic farm will be permanently preserved A large farm in Rhode Island is now permanently preserved for agriculture and environmental conservation. The state Department of Environmental Management says the historic Broadwall Farm in Coventry, R.I., was one of the last large unprotected farms in Rhode Island. The state purchased the 224-acre property for $660,000 in partnership with The Nature Conservancy. Broadwall Farm includes an 18th-century farmhouse, beef heifer operation, and wetlands. (AP)

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sire to sing to patients and visitors began for entirely different reasons, in completely separate parts of the same building. Nyekan, an assistant account manager for Towne Park, said for him, the singing started as a solo gig around Christmas last year. While helping a patient outside the hospital, he began singing “Jingle Bells.” The woman suddenly joined in as she climbed into the car. “It just accelerated from there,” Nyekan said. Seven months ago, Bowen joined the hospital kitchen staff, delivering meals personally to patients’ rooms. One day, he decided randomly to showcase a talent that he’s groomed since he was 13. “I just went into a patient’s room, and started singing,” said Bowen, who later picked up work as a valet.“The next day, she was leaving and she asked me to sing her a song, and I sung a song, which was “Happy Days.” . . . Ever since that day, I was, like, you know, why not?” Last week, as a woman exited her vehicle and gave her information to the valet team, Bowen and Nyekan approached and began to serenade her. Debbie Toohey, of New Hampshire, was at Emerson on business. The free performance was a bonus. “You guys are awesome. That was great. You made my day,” she said, as she made her way inside. “I never valet. I said, ‘I’m going to valet today.’ It all happens for a reason.”

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Trooper delivers Christmas Eve baby A Connecticut state trooper made a very special delivery in time for Christmas. State Police say a woman was on Route 2 in Glastonbury Saturday, on her way to the hospital to give birth, when she

N E WI N GTO N , N . H. realized the baby wasn’t going to wait. Her brother, who was driving, pulled over on the highway and waited for help to arrive. Trooper First Class Greg Capps arrived just in time to deliver the 6-pound, 2-ounce baby boy. Mother and baby were resting comfortably at a hospital. (AP)

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Group makes another bid for new casino Organizers of an effort to permit slot machines or a casino in York County have told the state they have enough signatures to put the issue before voters statewide. The Maine Secretary of State’s office says it has received petitions from a group that led a costly effort that failed last spring. The office has 30 days from when the petition was submitted to certify signatures. The Maine Senate this year rejected a bill to create a casino in Cumberland or York counties. A separate effort to put a casino on the ballot failed because supporters didn’t get enough signatures. (AP)

Gunmaker to expand to Arkansas to save costs A New Hampshire firearms manufacturer that employs 1,400 people is expanding to Arkansas, where electric power is less than half the cost. Sig Sauer facilities director Jeff Chierepko said the company, with US headquarters in Newington, had hoped to expand in New Hampshire, but less expensive power in Arkansas would save the company about $1 million a year. (AP)

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Cleanup of nuclear plant may be speeded up The company looking to buy the closed Vermont Yankee nuclear plant says it hopes to demolish it and clean up the site more than 30 years sooner than its current owner had planned. NorthStar Group Services Inc. has told state regulators it hopes to finish the job by 2026. (AP)

POLICE BLOTTER MAN KILLED BY TRAIN A man was hit and killed by an MBTA commuter train in Attleboro on Christmas Eve, according to MBTA Transit Police. The man, who was in his 30s, was hit on the tracks near 700 S. Main St. at about 10 p.m., police said in a statement. Police said that foul play is not suspected. TEEN STABBED TO DEATH The body of a young man who was apparently stabbed to death was found near Logan International Airport Saturday night, officials said. The victim, who was pronounced dead at the scene, was in his late teens, Boston police said in a statement. Police said they responded to the area of 99 Airport Way near Hilton Boston Logan Airport at about 10:45 p.m. on Christmas Eve. Boston police spokeswoman Rachel McGuire said the investigation is ongoing.

CARBON MONOXIDE EMERGENCY High levels of carbon monoxide displaced 16 people from a Hull apartment building Christmas morning, Fire Chief Chris Russo said. Fire officials responded at 9 a.m. to calls from residents who heard carbon monoxide detectors sounding, Russo said. They detected a high level of carbon monoxide and evacuated the 13-unit Westminster Road building. A 27-year-old resident was taken to South Shore Hospital, where he died, Russo said. The man had an existing illness, and officials have not yet determined whether his death was related to the carbon monoxide. STOLEN MONEY REPLACED The victim of a purse snatching in Manchester, N.H., received a Christmas surprise from the local police. The manager of the Dunkin’ Donuts inside the Elliot Hospital had her purse stolen Friday. Rebecca St.

Laurent said it contained her life savings. Manchester Police Patrolman’s Association president Ron Chamerblain told WMUR-TV that after seeing a news article about it, he and a group of officers raised $500 in gift cards and $1,000. Police are still searching for the suspect. (AP) MOTEL ARMED ROBBERY A Worcester man is facing multiple charges after allegedly threatening family members with a gun early Christmas Day, officials said. Police have not identified the 26-year-old male suspect in order to protect the identity of the victims, according to the Worcester police. The victims said the suspect became angry with some family members and kicked one of them in the head. He then brandished a gun, according to the police. Officers arrested the suspect without incident and found three loaded and unsecured firearms in his bedroom.

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O’Malley visits Boston shelter By Nicole Fleming GLOBE CORRESPONDENT

Before Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley led Christmas Mass on Sunday morning for hundreds of parishioners in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, he first offered his homily to an intimate group of residents and staffers at the St. Francis House homeless shelter in downtown Boston. The cardinal’s address on the welfare of children, particularly homeless children, noted that God had encompassed all of his love for humanity in the gift of a small homeless child — his baby son, Jesus Christ. “Jesus wants us to see our homeless brothers and sisters through his eyes,” said O’Malley, wearing simple brown vestments with a silver cross dangling from his neck as he addressed the small gathering in

the shelter. “Jesus himself was homeless at birth.” Following carols, residents and staff quietly approached the cardinal, shaking his hand and asking for blessings. Karen LaFrazia, president and chief executive of St. Francis House, said the cardinal’s annual Christmas visit is deeply meaningful to many of the shelter’s residents who “feel like ever ybody ’s forgotten them.” “There’s no poverty greater than the feeling of being unloved,” LaFrazia said. “That pain is especially ac ute at Christmas. So for us to mark this occasion with something just a little bit more special — it really does send a message of love.” An hour later, O’Malley led a procession through the South End church under ornate architecture and colorful stained glass windows as parishioners sang “O Come All Ye Faithful.” He wore a red and gold mitre with white and gold vestments

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Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley met with a guest Sunday at the St. Francis House homeless shelter in downtown Boston. but preached the same message. “ The Christmas stor y is about a homeless child,” O’Malley said. “There are so many homeless in our city — so many homeless because of economic distress, mental illness, addictions, lack of affordable hous-

ing, unemployment.” The Diocese has a housing division that assists in converting buildings to low-income housing, O’Malley said, including a par tnership with St . Francis House to develop a 46unit building — visible from the window of the fifth-floor

room of the shelter where he gave his homily — with residences for the homeless as well as subsidized units for working people. “Every time we try to convert a building into housing with maybe a hundred units, there will be 5,000 applications,” O’Malley said after the service at the church. “There are many people who are working full-time and homeless.” Attending Mass on Christmas Day “fills our life with the spiritual truth of Christmas, instead of concentrating so much on materialism,” said Marisol Blake of Amherst, who attended the service with her husband, Charles Blake. Nicola De Santis, the Italian consul general in Boston, had already visited a church in the North End with his family earlier Sunday morning, but he also attended the Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross to hear the cardinal speak.

“It’s very important for all of us, Catholic and non-, to remember what’s the real meaning of the holiday, which is giving love — and giving love to those who don’t have much,” said De Santis, accompanied by his wife, three children, parents, and brother. During his homily, O’Malley spoke about how a homeless woman came to the cathedral rectory last week because she wanted to give a gift to a child at the church’s “giving tree.” It reminded him, he said, of Jesus bringing his disciples to a temple to see a widow giving her last penny to the collection. “ W h e n y o u g i v e g i f t s at Christmas, don’t always give to those who can reciprocate,” O’Malley said. “Give to those who receive from no one and cannot give you anything in return.” Nicole Fleming can be reached at nicole.fleming@globe.com.

Menorah lights up Boston Common Hanukkah’s 2nd night celebrated By Felicia Gans GLOBE CORRESPONDENT

A 22-foot menorah lit up Boston Common on Sunday night, marking the second n i g ht o f Ha n u k k a h w i t h a grand celebration. Nearly 100 people gathered around the menorah around 4 p.m., as the sun began to set. Children danced to festive music, and Rabbi Yosef Zaklos, director of Chabad of Downtown Boston, told the crowd about the meaning of Hanukkah. “Lighting the Hanukkah menorah reminds us and serves a symbol for the triumph of freedom over oppression, of spirit over matter, and of light over darkness,” he said before lighting the menorah. “I encourage each and every one of you to take that little candle within, that light, that goodness that you have within, and share it with others,” he continued. “A little bit more goodness and kindness will definitely tip the scale. It’s just one candle, but collectively, before you know it, the entire world is bright.” In its 33 rd year near the MBTA’s Park Street station, the annual candlelighting ceremony is put together by Chabad of Downtown Boston and the Chabad House of Greater Boston, an Orthodox Jewish movement. Sunday ’s ceremony was geared toward families, with music playing in the background and traditional Han uk k a h ge l t , o r c h o c o l at e coins, given to children. Dinah Berch, who came to the program with her husband, Joshua, and 2-year-old daughter, Kira, said their fami-

ly gives small gifts to one another, but they also try to focus on giving back to the community. “It’s always been the root of a lot of Judaism is giving back and being aware of the people who are more needy than you,” said Berch, who lives in Quincy. “It’s a really central tenet.” Berch said the public candlelightings bring all sects of Judaism together, in addition to non-Jewish or nonobservant community members. “It’s a nice reminder that we’re here,” she said. “It’s a nice public display of public

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Christmas blaze sweeps North End apartment building By Jeremy C. Fox and Reena Karasin

Firefighters battled a five-alarm fire at 52 Hull St. in the North End early Sunday. Two of them suffered minor injuries.

displaced from 33 Snow Hill St. T he four-s tor y apar tme nt building, which is downhill from the fire, has pools of water in its basement that damaged its utilities. Residents should be able to return to the building in a day or two, MacDonald said. People who lived in the 50 Hull St. and 33 Snow Hill St. buildings were home during the fire but were able to safely evacuate. The American Red Cross was on hand to offer assistance, but MacDonald said it didn’t have to assist anyone because the residents of all three buildings were able to stay with friends or family. The North End’s narrow streets typically make tackling fires in the area challenging, but firefighters had an easier time because of 52 Hull St.’s corner location. Crews were able to approach the fire from four directions, MacDonald said. MacDonald said crews would remain throughout the day to monitor the scene.

The building contains four units, three of which were occupied by two people each, according to the department. The fourth unit was vacant. The six women who lived in the building and were displaced will be

Jeremy C. Fox can be reached at jeremy.fox@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @jeremycfox. Reena Karasin can be reached at reena.karasin@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @reenakarasin.

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Boston firefighters battled a five-alarm blaze in the North End on Christmas morning, according to fire officials. Crews arrived at the intersection of Hull and Snow Hill streets in the historic neighborhood about 4:15 a.m. to find heavy fire on the roof and top floor of 52 Hull St., a four-story brick apartment building, according to Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald. Flames spread across all floors, but by about 5:15, the heavy fire had been knocked down. Firefighters continued to train their hoses on hot spots into midmorning. The blaze caused the building’s roof to collapse, and firefighters were concerned that a rear wall could be unstable, the department said. Because of the holiday no one was home when the fire began, and no residents were injured, the department said. Two firefighters sustained minor orthopedic injuries, one to a shoulder and one to an arm. “It’s great that no one was injured. The sad thing is that it’s Christmas Day and some lives have been disrupted because of the fire,” MacDonald said.

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able to spend the holiday with friends or family. Fire Chief Joseph Finn estimated the damage to the building at $4 million, according to the department. Another 12 adults who live

in two adjoining buildings were also displaced, MacDonald said. Five adults were displaced from 50 Hull St., a neighboring three-story apartment building. Because the roof of 52 Hull St.

At Globe Santa benefit, a handmade ornament makes for special moment By Thomas Mulvoy GLOBE SANTA STAFF

The emotions of the holiday season and their effect on Globe Santa were on full display last Thursday night at Improv Asylum’s 12th annual “No Rest for the Wicked Funny” 24-hour show to benefit the Santa program. Following a comedy set featuring WBZ-TV’s Lisa Hughes improvising with Improv Asylum’s 24-hour cast, the auction portion of the show kicked off in magical fashion. The first item up for bid was a holiday ornament handcrafted by an 8-year-old girl who made it specifically for the auction, said Chet Harding, co-owner of the North Endbased Improv Asylum. “She knew the show raises money for kids to receive holiday gifts and helps families who are less fortunate, so

‘It was the one day of the year that gave me hope, and I counted down the days every year.’ DAN FANEUF Improv alumnus who bid $10,000

she created a special ornament for the event. We thought it would be a nice, symbolic way to start the bidding on the way to the bigger main items.” As the bidding rose to $30, then $40, Improv alumnus Dan Faneuf stunned the crowd with a bid for $3,000, Harding said. Auctioneer and 24-hour cast member Evan Kaufman, who has performed on stage with Faneuf in the past, gave the microphone to Faneuf to address the crowd. He talked about how he grew up less fortunate than a lot of the kids in his neighborhood. His family did not have much, he said, but always wanted to make the holidays special. “It was the one day of the year that gave me hope, and I counted down the days every year,” Faneuf told the gathering, adding that to him, the joy that Globe Santa brings goes beyond the actual presents, allowing kids to hope and dream and giving families the chance to celebrate without worrying about

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Make a secure credit card donation online: www.globesanta.org. Send check or money order made payable to Globe Santa to The Boston Globe Foundation c/o Globe Santa Fund PO Box 491 Medford, MA 02155-0005 By phone 617-929-2007 This season, help Globe Santa bring books and toys to children in need. Because joy is a gift that every child deserves.

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Members of the cast of the Improv Asylum’s “No Rest for the Wicked Funny” 24-hour show from Thursday night to Friday night joined Globe Santa program director Bill Connolly (with tie) in hailing the raising of more than $27,000 to benefit Globe Santa.

money for presents they want to give. He talked about how the theater and the casts he has performed with had helped him over the years, Harding said. Now, as a successful lawyer with his own law firm, he said he saw a chance to give back in a significant way. He then increased his bid to $10,000. By the end of the show on Friday evening, the event had generated some $27,000 for Globe Santa. In the 12 years that the Improv Asylum has hosted this benefit, more than $300,000 has been raised for the benefit of deserving children at Christmastime. “It was amazing,” said Stacey Princi, coproducer of the event. “For him to be so generous to such a great cause as he came back to visit former castmates and colleagues — what a special moment.” Thomas Mulvoy can be reached at thomas.mulvoy@globe.com.

collapsed, engineers will evaluate the stability of the neighboring building to de termine whether it’s safe for the residents of those apartments to return, MacDonald said. Another seven adults were

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Chess notes By Chris Chase

The talk of the London Chess Classic, besides Wesley So’s great result, was the brilliant Fabiano Caruana v. Hikaru Nakamura game that featured a positional queen sacrifice. Though very entertaining, it did bring to mind how we define “brilliant,” as the sacrifice was the product of home preparation, probably by Caruana’s second, Rustam Kasimdzhanov. I was reminded of the 1958/59 US Championship game between Bobby Fischer and Sammy Reshevsky: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 Na5? 9.e5 Ne8 10.Bxf7+! Kxf7 11.Ne6! 1-0, 42. Brilliant? Certainly shocking but also published Russian analysis that the obsessed Bobby knew and

Reshevsky, with his day job, didn’t. It seems to me that “brilliant” should be the product of over-the-board inspiration and point-on calculating, not pre-game preparation. 2016 London Classic, London, England Fabiano Caruana (2823) — Hikaru Nakamura (2779) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 The Najdorf Sicilian 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 h6!? This is a favorite move of Maxime Vachier-Lagrave these days. 8.Bh4 Qb6!? So begins the “Poison Pawn,” long a favorite of Bobby Fischer and of those who like to analyze endlessly. 9.a3 Trying to maintain some level of sanity. 9.Qd2 would be the interestingly insane way to continue allowing 9…Qxb2. Now 9…Qxb2 is bad due to

10.Na4 trapping Black’s queen. 9...Be7 10.Bf2 Qc7 11.Qf3 Nbd7 12.0–0–0 b5 13.g4 We have reached a somewhat normal Najdorf 6.Bg5 type of position. 13...g5 Very provocative with his king still in the center but life is never dull for Black in the Najdorf. 14.h4! White’s very determined to get in g5. 14...gxf4 15.Be2 b4!? There is

a very deep tactical reason for this somewhat artificial sacrifice. 16.axb4 Ne5 To the dream square, but this is not all she wrote. 17.Qxf4 Nexg4 Black’s idea. 18.Bxg4 e5 Now to explain 15...b4 - the tactic 19.Nd5 is not so strong here due to 19...Nxd5 20.Qf3 Bxg4 21.Qxg4 Nxb4 not possible without 15…b4 19.Qxf6! Very nice but the product pregame preparation. For the queen, White has two pieces, a pawn and the dreaded “Bind.” 19...Bxf6 20.Nd5 Qd8 According to reports, all moves to this point were played very quickly, but after White’s next, Nakamura came to a screeching halt. 21.Nf5! A shocker as he must have been expecting 21.Nc6 regaining the queen but after 21…Bxg4 22.Nxd8 Bxd8 Black

is doing OK. 21...Rb8?? To my mind, this is the losing move and made after more than 30 minutes’ thought. Essential was 21…Bxf5 22.Bxf5 Rb8 when with 23.Rd3 White is much better, perhaps even winning, but Black is still playing. It’s never very good when your first move after preparation, when you have to think for yourself, is a terrible mistake. 22.Nxf6+ Qxf6 23.Rxd6 Be6 Sadly forced, and now Black’s queen is “stuck.” 24.Rhd1 0–0 What else? Black is amazingly short of useful moves, i.e. 24...Rg8 25.Bh5 Rg2 26.Bc5 Ra8 27.Ne3 Rg8 28.Nd5 Qg7 29.Nc7+ Ke7 30.Rxe6# 25.h5! Threatening 26.Bh4 25...Qg5+ Not good. The computer “feels” that 25...Rfe8 26.Bh4 Qh8 27.c3 Kf8 is the only way for

Black but h8 is such a sad square for the queen. 26.Be3 Qf6 27.Nxh6+ Kh8 28.Bf5?! Missing 28.Nxf7+ Rxf7 29.Rxe6 Qh4 30.Bf5 28...Qe7?! 28...Rfe8 to defend against Nf7 29.b5?! Again Nf7 is strong, even stronger than a move ago; 29.Nxf7+ Bxf7 (29...Qxf7 30.Rxe6 Qxh5 31.Rh6+ 30.Rh6+) 30.Rh6 Kg8 31.Rg1+ 29...Qe8 Capitulation. The computer suggests 29...Rbe8 to keep playing. 30.Nxf7+ Finally! 30...Rxf7 31.Rxe6 Qxb5 32.Rh6+ Black resigned as after 32...Kg8 33.Rg1+ Kf8 34.Rh8+ Ke7 35.Rxb8 Qxb8 36.Bc5+ Kd8 37.Rg8+ Kc7 38.Bd6+ Kxd6 39.Rxb8 It’s over; 1–0 Chris Chase can be reached at BostonGlobeChessNotes@gmail .com.

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Of Winchester on December 21, 2016 at age 71. Beloved husband of Lynn (Mullen) and devoted father of their son John Battinelli of New York, NY. Loving father of Mark Battinelli and his wife Kara of Yorktown Heights, NY, Peter Battinelli and his wife Amy of Swampscott, and Gina Battinelli of Billerica. Brother of Thomas Battinelli and his wife Evelyn of Somerville, Joseph Battinelli of Arlington, and Salvatore Battinelli of Cambridge. Also survived by eight grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. A funeral will be held from the Lane Funeral Home 760 Main St. (Rte. 38) WINCHESTER on Wednesday, December 28th at 10am. Followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Mary’s Church, Winchester at 11am. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. Visiting hours will be held at the funeral home on Tuesday from 4-7pm. Interment in Wildwood Cemetery, Winchester. Memorial donations may be made in memory of Cos to Winchester Sports Foundation (winchestersportsfoundation.com). For online condolences please visit www.lanefuneral.com

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BRADY, Patricia A. (Gavin) Of Burlington, MA (originally of Revere, MA) passed away peacefully on December 21, 2016. Loved by all, Pat always had a warm smile and kind word to make anyone feel welcome. She was predeceased by her husband of 63 years, George Brady. Beloved mother to three children; Michael and wife Karen of Tyngsboro, MA, Mark and wife Robin of Laconia, NH, and Kathleen Porzelt and husband Mark of Brockton, MA. She is also survived by her grandchildren; Katie, Dan, Elizabeth, Kurt, Brian, Kevin, Brooke, and Zander; her great-grandchildren Alexis, Willow, and Abigail and many generations of nieces and nephews. She was sister to four brothers and three sisters; Tom Gavin, Bill Gavin, Dick Gavin, Paul Gavin, Joan Bruce, Dotti Milobar, and the late Ruth Gavin. Visitation will be held at Keefe Funeral Home in ARLINGTON on Wednesday, Dec. 28th from 4:00 to 7:00 pm. Service will be at St. Agnes Church in Arlington on Thursday Dec. 29th at 10:00 am, reception to follow at Sons of Italy in Arlington. Relatives and friends are welcome to attend both. Donations may be made to the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund (http:// www.curealz.org/) in lieu of flowers. To send an online condolence visit www.keefefuneralhome.com

NEEDHAM ANDLER, Beatrice (Massef) BUCHANAN, James G. O’NEILL, Annettte M. (Beaulieu) WHITEHEAD, Louise M. (Ficcardi) NEWTON ANDLER, Beatrice (Massef) BUCHANAN, James G. CARDUCCI, Daniel S. COUFOS, Nicholas G. COWAN, Lesley Elizabeth HARRINGTON, Joan E. (Kelly) HOCHBERGER, Ellen (Freedman) NORTON, Priscilla M. (Hopkinson) SAMPSON, Robert W. WHITEHEAD, Louise M. (Ficcardi) WOMBOLDT, Dorothy B. (Piecewicz) NORFOLK ALLEGRETTO, James G.

BUCHANAN, James G.

Of Needham, December 21, 2016. Beloved husband of the late Eleanor J. (Timothy) Buchanan for 48 years. Devoted father of Janet E. Taylor of Harwich Port, Brian T. Buchanan and his wife Darci of Newport, RI and John S. Buchanan of Franklin. Grandfather of Ryan, Brooke and Cole Taylor. Brother of Robert S. Buchanan and his wife Jean of Harwich. James was a graduate of Milton High School Class of 1949, former member in the Navy Reserve at the South Weymouth Naval Air Station. Retired from the Mass. Turnpike Authority. Funeral from the George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home, 1305 Highland Ave., NEEDHAM, Tuesday, Dec. 27 at 9:30am followed by a Funeral Mass in St. Joseph Church, Needham at 10am. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Visitation prior to the Mass, in the funeral home, from 8am-9:30am. Interment private. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made in James’ memory to the Jimmy Fund, 10 Brookline Pl. Brookline, MA 02445. For directions and guestbook gfdoherty. com.

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BURKE, Jeanette “Jean” (LaRosa)

QUINCY BURKE, Jeanette (LaRosa) PINATO, Robert M.

SOUTHBOROUGH NORTON, Priscilla M. (Hopkinson)

WESTWOOD DeVOY, Robert W. HELSMOORTEL, Frances Grace (Doyle) WILLIAMSON, Mary Kelly (Blackham)

TYNGSBOROUGH BRADY, Patricia A. (Gavin) WABAN COWAN, Lesley Elizabeth

Lifetime Newton resident, Dec. 25, 2016. Beloved husband for 64 years to Phyllis (Frullo) Carducci. Devoted father of Sandra Cane and her husband Brian of Waltham, Deborah Carducci and her husband Joseph Petrillo of Natick. Loving Grandfather of Jessica, Tracy and Daniel; and Great-Grandfather of Aiden. Daniel was the youngest of six children and was predeceased by Mary, Theresa, Viola, Alfred and Joseph. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews. Daniel was a veteran of WWII for the US Army, a retired Newton Firefighter and worked for many years at Charles Contracting in Watertown. Visiting hours Wed., Dec. 28 from 4-8pm in the Magni FH, 365 Watertown St., NEWTON. Funeral Mass Thursday, Dec. 29, at 10am in Sacred Heart Church, Waltham. Burial in Newton Cemetery.

Of Chestnut Hill, passed away on December 23, 2016. Beloved husband of the late Eugenia (Theophiles) Coufos. Loving father of George Coufos and his wife Karen, Peter Coufos and Eleni Coufos-Meletis and her husband Georgios. Cherised grandfather of Evyenia and Nicholas Coufos and Panagiotis, Yeoryia and Nikos Meletis. Brother of Anastasios Koufos and Panos Coufos. Also survived and loved by man, nieces and nephews. Funeral at the Taxiarchae Greek Orthodox Church, 25 Bigelow Ave., Watertown, MA, at 11:00am on Tuesday, December 27th. Visiting hours prior to the funeral service in church from 9:30-11:00 am. Burial in Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, MA. Donations in his memory may be made to the above named church or the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. For online guestbook, please visit www.faggas.com

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Of Waban died on Dec 23, 2016 at the Faulkner Hospital after a long illness. Lesley was the daughter of Marion L. (MacDonald) Cowan and the late William M. Cowan of Waban, and the sister of Christina Margaret Cowan of Minneapolis MN. A memorial service will be held on June 15, 2017 at a place and time to be announced.

DeMODENA, Nancy J. (Grifoni) In Hingham, formerly of Winthrop, Dec. 21, devoted wife of the late Silvio DeModena. Loving mother of Marietta Burns and her husband Richard of Hingham. Dear sister of Anthony Grifoni of East Boston, Vincent Grifoni of Peabody, and the late Pat Grifoni, Joseph Grifoni, Salvatore Grifoni, Gina Piwowarski, Nicki Turner, Gilda Hallmark and Rosalie Colvin. Cherished grandmother of Robert D. Burns. Also survived by many loving nieces and nephews. Visiting Hours: Family and friends are cordially invited to attend the visitation from the Ernest P. Caggiano and Son Funeral Home, 147 Winthrop St., WINTHROP, on Tuesday from 4:00 to 8:00 PM. The funeral will be conducted from the funeral home on Wednesday at 9:00 AM followed by a funeral mass in St. John the Evangelist Church, Winthrop, at 10:00 AM. Interment to follow the mass in the Belle Isle section of Winthrop Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, Source Code: IIQ160788777 or to the Alzheimer’s Association, 480 Pleasant St., Watertown, MA 02472. For directions or to sign the online guestbook, go to www.caggianofuneralhome.com.

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COWAN, Lesley Elizabeth Of Medford, December 23rd. Loving companion of Mary Denaro. Father of Greg Cavalieri and his wife Stacy, William J. Cavalieri Jr. and his wife Nancy and Kristin Abruzzese and her husband John, all of York, ME. Grandfather of Shayna, Cara, Olivia, Elaine, Matt and Renee’. Brother of Sylvia Cranfill and Paul Cavalieri, both of Malden and the late Frances Picardo and Eleanor Robinson. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews. William was raised and educated in Malden, graduating from Malden Catholic High School, Class of 1958. He worked for the Polaroid Company for several years and was a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Malden. Relatives & friends are invited to attend his funeral from the Breslin Funeral Home, 610 Pleasant St., MALDEN, on Wednesday, Dec. 28th at 8:30 AM followed by a Funeral Mass celebrated at Immaculate Conception Church, 600 Pleasant St., Malden at 10 AM. Services will conclude with interment in Oak Grove Cemetery in Malden. Visitation will be held at the funeral home prior to the Mass on Wednesday only.

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COUFOS, Nicholas G.

CAVALIERI, William J.

NEW HAMPSHIRE KING, George E. Sr. PROVIZER, Marcia (Yoffee)

WINCHESTER BATTINELLI, Cosmo P. LEVAGGI, Ronald A.

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Of Bridgewater, formerly of Canton and P.E.I., Canada, passed away December 23rd surrounded by his loving family. Beloved husband of 65 years to Jeanne T. (MacDonald). Father of Lynne Weitz (Gary Hutchinson) of Dennis, James “Jay” Cavanagh, Jr. (Barbara “Barbie”) of Canton, Lois Gorman (Chris) of Wrentham, Mark Cavanagh (Lynda) of Clearwater, FL and Maureen Cavanagh (Tim Cutter) of Canton. Brother of Stella Sobey of P.E.I., Leona Adams and Roma Naylor both of Ontario, and the late Mae Sherry, Reta Murphy and Mary Currie. Grandfather of Jerry and Jonathan Weitz, Amanda and James Cavanagh, Rich, Delia, and Kelly Gorman and Ernie Cavanagh. Also survived by 3 great grandchildren. Visiting hours at the Dockray & Thomas Funeral Home, 455 Washington St., CANTON, Wednesday 4-8 pm. Funeral mass at St. Gerard Majella Church Canton Thursday morning at 10. Burial Canton Corner Cemetery. He was a life member of the Knights of Columbus and a devout Catholic. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to the Doolittle Home, 16 Bird St., Foxboro, MA 02085. For complete obituary and guestbook see www.dockrayandthomasfuneralhome.com

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72, of Brockton, Dec. 23, 2016; native of Quincy, daughter of the late Joseph & Mary (Fantucchio) LaRosa; beloved wife of John E. Burke for 48 years; loving mother of Ann Marie Locke & Patrick J. Burke; devoted grandmother of Shannon J. & Kelly A. Locke, all of Brockton; sister of Angelina Guzzo of Beverly & the late Vincent James, John, Joseph, Marion, and infants Raymond & Vincent LaRosa; & an aunt of many nieces & nephews. Honoring Jean’s wishes, services are respectfully omitted. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts to Animal Protection Center of Southeastern Massachusetts, 1300 West Elm St. Ext., Brockton, MA 02301, would be appreciated. http://www.apcsm.org/ donate.html Visit www.waittfuneralhome.com or call 508-583-7272.

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DeTUCCI, Richard C. Age 66, died December 21, 2016 in Portsmouth, NH. Born May 28, 1950, son of late Frank and Muriel (Cameron) DeTucci. Richie grew up in Revere, lived in Medford, MA, and Spring Hill, FL. Survived by a fiancé, 3 siblings, and was a step-father to 6, step-grandfather and great-grandfather to many. Visiting hour on Thursday, December 29, 2016 from 2:00-3:00 PM at Brewitt FH, 9 Pleasant St., EPPING, NH. www.brewittfuneralhome.com

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DEVOY, Robert W.

73, of Westwood, formerly of S. Boston and Canton, Dec. 22. Survived by his wife Victoria (Wilhelm) and their children, Daniel and Malcolm; his son, Liam, and his wife Petra, of Nuremberg, Germany; his daughter, Kathleen Avila, and her husband Jerry, of Milford; his sisters, Elizabeth Smith of S. Boston, and Ruth Ann Wisnaskas, and her husband Bill, of Whitman; his daughterin-law, Mimi DeVoy of N. Attleboro; his sister-in-law, Wendy Wilhelm, of Westwood; and his grandchildren, Siobhan, Devin, and Fionn. Brother of the late James, John, David, Ronald, and Margaret DeVoy. Visiting hours Tues. 2-4 & 7-9 at the Folsom Funeral Home, 649 High St., WESTWOOD. Relatives and friends are invited to attend his funeral Weds. at 10 am at the First Baptist Church, 808 High St., Westwood, followed by interment in Old Westwood Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Westwood Lions Club, PO Box 432, Westwood, MA 02090 for the Tot Lot would be appreciated. For directions, obituary and guest book, please visit website.

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DUNN, Kathryn F. (Michaels) Of Bellingham, formerly of Franklin, December 21. Beloved mother of Nancy Dunn of Franklin and the late Tracy Michaud. Grandmother of Nicholas, Emily and Sarah Michaud. Services in the Ginley Funeral Home of Franklin, 131 Main St., FRANKLIN Wednesday at 1. Visitation Wednesday, 10:30-1:00 p.m.

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FELDMAN, Lennard “Lenny” 80, died Friday, December 23, at the Delray Medical Center, following a brief illness. Lenny was born in Boston, Massachusetts and has lived happily in Boca Raton, Florida for the past 38 years. A “big” man with an even bigger heart, Lenny was a dedicated father and grandfather as well as an avid athlete and weightlifter. A consummate joke teller, Boston Patriots fan, and tire salesman extraordinaire, Lenny had a compassion for dogs, especially German Shepherds. His lust for life was evident in everyting that he did. He is survived by his daughter, Jill Feldman, and beloved granddaughter, Ava Shane Abramovitz of New York City; his son, Scott Feldman of Wellington, Florida, his brother and sister-in-law, Jerald and Jan Feldman of Weston, Massachusetts; and his cherished nieces, nephews, and lifelong friends. Funeral services will be held at the Gutterman-Warheit Memorial Chapel on Tuesday, December 27, at 12:45 p.m. Interment will immediately follow at South Florida National Cemetery. Following the burial, family and friends are invirted to join Lenny’s family for a late lunch at Renzo’s, located at 6900 North Federal Highway in Boca Raton.

Announcements LOCAL UNION 103, I.B.E.W. We regret to announce the death of Brother James J. Nee, Jr. (Ret.) Visiting hours will be held tomorrow, 4-7 PM at the Sullivan Funeral Home, HANOVER. A Graveside Service will be held on Friday 10:45 AM at Couch Cemetery, Marshfield. Brother Nee was a member of IBEW for 47 years. Chuck Monahan Financial Secretary

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FRANCO, John P.

Age 66, of Green Harbor, died December 23, 2016 at Plymouth Rehabilitation and Health Care Center following a period of failing health. Born and raised in Brockton, John was the son of the late Sam P. and Gladys M. (Bates) Franco. John was a graduate of Brockton High School and a Navy veteran. For over 25 years, he worked in the research department at the Brockton VA Medical Center. John loved the beach and for over 15 years he enjoyed living in Green Harbor. He was a casual reader, enjoyed listening to music (his favorite being Diana Ross & The Supremes), and loved visits with his life-long friends from Brockton, as well as neighbors and friends in Green Harbor. John is survived by his uncle, Phil Franco and his wife Idamae of Brockton, brother, James Franco and his wife Madge (Walker) Franco of Hanson, and sister, Jeanne (Franco) Folloni and her husband Dan of Marshfield. He was the uncle of Jacqueline Folloni, Maria (Franco) Garcia, Christina (Franco) Lane, Jessica (Folloni) Savill, James Franco and Joseph Folloni and great uncle to many great nieces and nephews. He was the brother of the late Joseph A. Franco. Visitation will be held in the Conley Funeral Home, 138 Belmont Street (Rte 123), BROCKTON, Wednesday (December 28) 9-10am followed by a funeral Mass in St. Edith Stein Parish at 10:30am. Burial in Calvary Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations in John’s name to the Parent Advisory Group at the Floating Hospital for Children, 755 Washington St., Boston, MA 02111. For condolences & directions, visit www.conleyfuneralhome.com or on Facebook at Conley Funeral & Cremation Service.

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HELSMOORTEL, Frances Grace (Doyle)

Of Newtonville, died unexpectedly but peacefully in her sleep, on December 22, 2016 of complications from cancer and heart disease. Her three surviving children and six grandchildren were able to visit with her shortly before her death. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Peter F. Harrington, her children: John and his wife Sarah; Maura and husband Tom Tucker; and Matthew, and her grandchildren: Maeve & Frances Harrington of Terrace Park, Ohio; Matthew & Kyle Harrington (sons of her deceased son, Attorney James P. Harrington), of Bedford; and Nicholas & Johnny Saralidze, of Newtonville. Joan’s parents were both deceased. Her father lost his right arm in the Battle of Chateau Thierry in WWI. Her mother was a Boston School Teacher. Her sister Ann, of Seattle Washington, predeceased her. She is also survived by 21 nieces and nephews, including her sister’s surviving children: Lisa Pruett of Pacifica, CA, Carol Traulsen of Tacoma, WA, Michael Scheinholz, of Gold Bar, WA, and Gretchen Lorna of Seattle, WA. Born in West Roxbury, Joan attended Girl’s Latin School. She received an RN degree from New England Deaconess Hospital, where she served as Class President her last year, a BA from Boston College and a Master’s degree from Emanuel College. She spent her life reaching out to help family, friends, classmates, and acquaintances she hardly knew. She was active in the Newton community for more than 50 years. She helped establish the first playground at the Horace Mann School. She worked on innumerable political campaigns, and ran herself for State Representative in 1978. She was appointed to the Board of Library Trustees by Mayor Concannon, fulfilling a lifetime personal bucket-list item made when she was just four years old. After her statutory period of service she volunteered at the Newton Free Library until her death. She thought of libraries as personal friends and visited many throughout the world. Ever the competitive sports enthusiast (in the early 1950’s she helped her team retire the Boston CYO Girls Basketball Cup by winning the league title three years in a row), she joined a Senior Bowling League sponsored by the Newton Recreation Department 10 years ago. A week before her death she discovered that her team had captured first place for the first half of the season. She loved bowling and those that participated with her. Joan had many friends around the world and she will be missed, near and far. A wake will be held for Joan on Tuesday, December 27, 2016 from 4-8pm at Andrew J. Magni & Son Funeral Home, 365 Watertown Street, NEWTON. The funeral service will be held on Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at 12 noon, at Our Lady Help of Christians Church, 573 Washington Street, Newton. In lieu of flowers, Joan would have preferred a donation be sent to the Friends of the Newton Free Library, (www.newtonfreelibrary.net/ friends/). Burial Private.

Of Watertown, December 20, 2016, age 79. Devoted mother of Cathleen Marie Hickey & her husband David of RI, Ruth A. Wisialko & her husband Albert F. of Westwood, Martin L. & his wife Virginia of Watertown, Robert E. & his wife Taryn S. of Watertown, Michael J.K. & his wife Marta of Allston, and the late Catherine Mary Helsmoortel. Dear sister of James R. Doyle of GA, Kenneth E. Doyle of ME, and the late Jeanne A. Mercer & Janet L. Rountree. Loving grandmother of David & Ethan Hickey, Albert, Joseph, & Nicholas Wisialko, Kristen DiVecchia-Helsmoortel, & Michelle Joy Helsmoortel. Funeral from the MacDonald, Rockwell & MacDonald Funeral Home at 270 Main St., WATERTOWN on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016 at 9 AM followed by Funeral Service in the Mount Hope Christian Center, 51 Lexington St., Belmont at 10 AM. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Visiting hours Tuesday from 4 -7 PM. Interment Ridgelawn Cemetery. For complete obituary & guestbook, please visit: www.macdonaldrockwell.com.

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HOCHBERGER, Ellen (Freedman)

KEYES, Lea Elisa (James)

LEVAGGI, Ronald A.

Nov. 12, 1927 - Dec. 18, 2016 In Camaguey, Cuba, she was the eldest child and daughter of Ethelyn and Sanford James. Her family later immigrated to Jamaica at the age of ten. When she turned 18, Lea returned to Cuba as a young woman and became a nanny for a United Fruit Company executive. While employed as a domestic, she met her husband, Irving M. Keyes (Keise), a butler who worked for the same employer. They married in 1951. She is survived by her sister, Irene (James) Johnson; her children, Sharon C. Keyes, of Dorchester, Linda Keyes-Mewborn of South Orange, NJ, Irving M. Keyes Jr., and Steven R. Keyes of Mattapan; sons in law, James D. Ford of White Plains, NY, Robert A. Mewborn of South Orange, NJ; grandchildren, Whitney E. Ford, Simone G. Ford, Tyler D. Ford, all of White Plains, New York and Kai R. Mewborn, and Marcus T. Mewborn of South Orange, New Jersey; and an Aunt, Lydia Dinnall of Springfield, MA. She was pre-deceased by her daughter, Marcia Keyes-Ford. She will also be missed by her nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. There will be a Viewing on Tuesday, December 27, 2016 from 10:00 to 11:00am followed by Funeral Service at 11:00 O’clock at Tremont Temple, 88 Tremont Street, Downtown Boston, MA 02108. Interment: Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, MA. Funeral arrangements entrusted to Riley-Antoine Funeral Home. For online condolences, please visit www.rileyantoinefuneralhome.com.

Of Winchester, Massachusetts and Naples, Florida, passed away on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 in Naples. He was born on July 28, 1935, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Joseph and Santina (Sciaba) Levaggi. He had one brother, Anthony, who predeceased him. Ronald attended elementary school in Medford, Massachusetts, and then graduated from Newman Preparatory School in Boston in 1952. He received his engineering degree from Wentworth Institute in Boston in 1956. After graduation, Ronald worked for Boston construction and development firms for six years before starting his own company, Ronal and Co., in 1962. He married JoAnn Ferrino of Winthrop, Massachusetts in 1962 and had three daughters, Lisa, Lori and Lesli. Ronal and Co. became Ronal Realty as Ronald acquired small retail and office properties in the greater Boston area over the next thirty-five years. He reluctantly retired in December, 2015. He is survived by his wife JoAnn of 54 years, his daughters, Lisa Levaggi Borter and her husband, Ted of Fairfield, CT, Lori Levaggi MacIsaac and her husband, Tom of Newtown, PA, Lesli Levaggi Porterfield and her husband, Thom of Las Vegas, NV and six grandchildren, Gabriella, Aidan, Dylan, Ainsley, Christopher and Jack. He will be much missed by family, friends and business associates. Family and friends may visit at the Dello Russo Funeral Home, 306 Main Street, MEDFORD, on Tuesday, December 27 from 4-8 PM and again on Wednesday morning, December 28 at 10:30 AM followed by a funeral mass celebrated at St. Joseph Church, 118 High Street, Medford, at 11:30 AM. Services will conclude with burial at Wildwood Cemetery, Winchester. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent in Ronald’s name to Avow Hospice, 1095 Whippoorwill Lane, Naples, FL 34105 or to the hospice of One’s choice. To leave a message of condolence visit www.dellorusso.net

KING, George E. Sr.

Age 81, of Newton, on Friday, December 23, 2016. Beloved wife of the late Fred Hochberger, Jr. Loving mother of Fred Hocherger, III & his wife Elizabeth, Nancy Hochberger, Amy Givoni & her husband Elisha, and Benjamin Hochberger. Cherished grandmother of Marjorie, Colleen, Katherine, Andrew, Maya, Jade, Jacob, Talya, Daniel, Nathan, and Samuel. Dear sister of Melvin Freedman & his wife Lila. Fond aunt to her nieces and nephews. Ellen was the founder and President of Hostess Helper, Inc. since 1973, a company that plans and staffs parties with the motto: “Be a guest at your own party.” Services at the Chapel at Sharon Memorial Park, 40 Dedham Street, Sharon, on Tuesday, December 27 at 10:00am. Following burial, shiva will be at her late residence. Complete shiva times to be announced. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, www.wish.org.

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88 of Lynnfield formerly of Revere, devoted husband of the late Mary A King. Born in Revere, he was the son of the late George and Julia (Trobasso) King. He is survived by his two sons, George E King, Jr and his wife Maureen of Boxford and John King of Lake Oswego, OR, his sister Patricia King of New Hampton, NH, 9 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews and his dear friends, Evelyn Malveira of Lynnfield and Patricia Bettencourt of Peabody. He was predeceased by his son Thomas King, his daughter, Julie Filmore and by his sister Barbara Young. His funeral will be held on Wednesday at 11:00 AM at the Conway, Cahill-Brodeur Funeral Home, 82 Lynn St., PEABODY to which relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. Visiting hours will be held on Tuesday from 4:00 until 7:00 PM. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery, Lynnfield. For directions and on on-line obituary, visit www.ccbfuneral.com

LANG, Paul Ernest Of Melrose, 12/17/16. Visitation @ Gately Funeral Home, Tues. 12/27/16 from 4-7PM with a funeral service at 7PM. Info @ 781-665-1949 or www.gatelyfh.com

HARRINGTON, John F. Of Saugus, peacefully, surrounded by his loving family on Dec 22. Funeral Thursday; visiting hrs. Wednesday, 4-8. Complete notice in Tuesday’s edition. For more info: www.ruggieromh.com.

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JOSEPH, Nesly Nesly Joseph past October 9th, 2016. A hard worker who always had a smile on his face. He left loving family behind. Nesly is at rest at The Garden of Gethsemane in West Roxbury.

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LEWIS, Eleanor Levinson (Age 79), of Providence, died on December 24, 2016. She was the wife of David C. Lewis, MD for 57 years and the daughter of Hannah Aronson Levinson Quint and Dr. Tobias Levinson. Her family includes her children Deborah Lewis (Martin Myers), Rabbi Steven Lewis (Laura Wiessen); grandchildren – Frieda Myers, Levi Myers, Noa Lewis and Rose Lewis; brother Eliot Levinson (Bryna Brennan); nephews Andrew Tobias Levinson (Stephanie Avila) and Jesse Levinson (Emanuelle “Manu” Silva). A graduate of Brown University and the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Eleanor taught elementary school music in the Newton Public Schools and English as a Second Language to adults. Eleanor was actively engaged in both music and Jewish community throughout her life. She served as a lay leader at Temple Sinai, Brookline and Temple Emanu-El, Providence and taught music in both communities. She was chair of the editorial Board of the local Jewish community paper in Providence and sang in the alto section of the Providence Singers for 25 years. The funeral will be at Temple Emanu-El, 99 Taft Avenue, Providence on Tuesday, December 27th at noon. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to New Israel Fund; Temple Emanu-El, Providence, RI; or Temple Ahavat Achim, Gloucester, MA. Shiva will be observed at her late residence on Tue. 7-9 and Wed.-Thur. 2-4 & 7-9 PM. For information and condolences, www.SugarmanSinai.com.

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Member of Carpenters Union Local #40 & Navy Vet of Korea In Revere, at 85 years, December 22, following a lengthy illness. Beloved husband of 61 years to Madeline B. (Hurley) Long. Cherished father to Nancie Long-Manning & her husband John J. Manning, Robert J. Long & his wife Jane & Devorah E. Long-Hodson & her husband Andrew Hodson. Adored & devoted grandfather of Cassandra Long, John J. Manning, Jr. & Victoria E. Simmons & her husband Michael. Dear brother of the late Frances A. Shoohigh, Frank Luongo, Angelina Kelley & Phyllis Augello. Also lovingly survived by his great granddaughter, Biancca Long & many nieces & nephews. Family & friends are invited to attend a Visitation in the Vertuccio & Smith Home for Funerals, 773 Broadway (Rt. 107), REVERE, on Wednesday, December 28, beginning at 9:30 a.m., followed by a Funeral Mass in St. Anthony of Padua Church, 250 Revere St., Revere, at 11 a.m. Parking available left of the funeral home. Interment in St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Stoneham. Navy Veteran of the Korean Conflict & member of Int’l Union of Carpenters, Local #40. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to the New England Center & Home for Veterans, PO Box 845257, Boston, MA 022845257. Please visit www.vertuccioandsmith.com

MOIDEL, Verna Caryl (Brodsky) Age 86, of Wellesley, formerly of Hartford, CT, on Dec. 23, 2016 from Alzheimers. Daughter of the late David & Isabelle (Nusbaum) Brodsky. Loving mother of Jan & Steve Schwartz, Wellesley; David Moidel, Edgemont, NY. Proud grandmother of Erica, Jesse and Bailey; loving and loved aunt to her nieces and nephews. Predeceased by Norma Fedor, sister; and Jacob Moidel, former husband. Gratitude to Hartford and Boston caregivers. Services at Levine Chapels, 470 Harvard St., BROOKLINE, on Tuesday, December 27 at 1:30pm. Shiva to be announced. In lieu of flowers, please consider a gift to Camp Laurelwood, as she cherished her one summer there on scholarship, www.camplaurelwood.org/forverna/. She was the best of mothers.

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NORTON, Priscilla M. (Hopkinson) Lifetime Newton resident, Dec. 21, 2016. Beloved wife of the late Thomas L. Norton. Devoted Mother of Steven Norton of Newton, Robert Norton of Bellingham, William Norton of Southboro, and Lynda Berg of Natick. Loving Grandmother of 6. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Visiting hours in the Magni FH, 365 Watertown St, Rt. 16, NEWTON, Wednesday, Dec. 28, from 4-8PM and again Thursday morning at 9:30AM, before proceeding to Our Lady Help of Christians Church, 573 Washington St, Newton for a 10:30AM Funeral Mass. Burial Calvary Cemetery, Waltham.

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O’NEILL, Annettte M. (Beaulieu)

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Of Wellesley, December 24th. Beloved wife of the late Daniel J. O’Neill, Retired Wellesley Firefighter. Loving mother of Daniel J. O’Neill, Jr. and his wife Lisa of Wellesley, Deborah M. Hullinger of Georgia, Karen J. Salvi and her husband Stephen of Natick. Sister of the late Albert and Roger Beaulieu. Also survived by 8 loving grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. Funeral from the George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home, 477 Washington St., (Rt. 16), WELLESLEY, Wednesday at 9 a.m. followed by a funeral mass in St. Paul Church, Wellesley, at 10 a.m. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Visiting hours Tuesday 5 to 8. Interment Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne, Wednesday, December 28th at 1:15 p.m. Expressions of sympathy may be made in Annette’s memory to Salmon VNA & Hospice, 37 Birch St., Milford, MA 01757. For directions & guestbook, www.gfdoherty.com.

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PAGLIARINI, Salvatore M. Dec. 23rd, of Malden. Beloved husband of Rose (Capobianco). Devoted father of Mary Ann Seavey and husband David of Norwell, Rosemary Scurini and husband Stephen of N. Andover, and Jean Roy and husband Kevin of Middleton. Cherished twin brother of the late Domenic Pagliarini. Proud Grandfather of Stephen Scurini and wife Jessica, Laura Scurini, Dylan Roy, Jarrod Seavey, Alison Roy, and Jack Scurini. Loving uncle of Theresa Kelley and many other nieces and nephews. Funeral from the Weir-MacCuish Golden Rule Funeral Home, 144 Salem St., MALDEN, on Wed., Dec. 28th, at 9AM followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Joseph’s Church, Malden, at 10 AM. Interment to follow in Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Tues., Dec. 27th, from 4-8 PM. Late WWII Veteran, US Army. In lieu of flowers, donations in Sal’s memory may be made to The American Heart Association, 300 5th Avenue, Suite 6, Waltham, MA 02451-8750 or the National Kidney Foundation, 85 Astor Ave, Norwood, MA 02062. For obituary and directions, www.weirfuneralhome.com

PICARDI, Aldo Of Georgetown, formerly of Saugus, age 72, December 20. Loving husband of Alice (Theodore) Picardi. Beloved father of Marc Picardi & his fiancé Kristen of Georgetown, Michelle Schepis & her husband Gary of Georgetown. Cherished grandfather of Gabriella, Isabella & Sarina. Dear brother of Maria Picardi of Italy, John Picardi of Saugus, Robert Picardi of Revere & the late Juliana Dragani. Relatives & friends are invited to attend visiting hours in the Bisbee-Porcella Funeral Home, 549 Lincoln Ave., SAUGUS on Tuesday, 4-8 p.m. Funeral from the funeral home on Wednesday at 9 a.m., followed by a Funeral Mass at St. Anthony’s Church, 250 Revere St., Revere, at 10 a.m. Entombment Woodlawn Mausoleum, Everett. Please omit flowers. Donations in Aldo’s memory may be made to Northeast Animal Shelter, 347 Highland Ave., Salem, MA 01970 or to Care Dimensions, 75 Sylvan St., Ste. B102, Danvers, MA 01923. For directions & condolences www.BisbeePorcella.com.

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Robert M. Pinato, “Buddy” to his friends, born on September 5, 1934 in Boston, formerly of East Boston, Quincy, Brockton & presently Kingston, MA, passed away on Wednesday, December 21st with his loving family at his side. He is survived by his life partner of 32 years, Dotti Miller, 4 children: Robert, Theresa, Joseph & Audrey, Buddy’s grandchildren; Shannon, Ikumi, Tennille, Jake, James, Carissa & Pryce Christopher, as well as two great grandchildren, Ariella & Aidan; his brother, Kenneth Pignato, two sisters, Katherine Hellmuth and Ann Garrity, and his brotherly cousin, Phillip Carfagno. In addition, all of Dotti’s children, grandchildren and great grandchildren who loved “Papa” very much as their own. Buddy was previously married to Audrey Jamieson, deceased in 1987; he is pre-deceased by his parents, Michael Pignato in 1977 and Josephine (Carfagno) Pignato in 1943. He grew up in East Boston and Dorchester, graduated from Dorchester High School, entered the Army and was a Korean War Veteran. He had been a US Postal Employee, as well as a union representative, for over 40 years, with most of his career spent in Quincy. He was also a strong vocal & vital cog in the community he lived, the Town of Kingston, over the past 18 years. His greatest love is his family; grandchildren & great grandchildren, all of whom will miss him, his wisdom and humor, dearly. His sharp mind and wit was kept alive by the challenge of crossword puzzles and Jeopardy. Buddy’s funeral services will be held at Shepherd Funeral Home, 216 Main Street, KINGSTON, MA, on Tuesday, December 27th from 3pm until 7pm. Further details are available on the Shepherd Funeral Home website at: www.shepherdfuneralhome.com. A short memorial service will be held at the funeral home on the 27th of December at 6pm. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Robert’s name to the Veterans Association or the American Cancer Society.

72, Of East Boston and Revere, passed away on Sunday, December 18, 2016 after a long illness. She was born January 23, 1944, the daughter of the late Louis O. and Mary (DeLorenzo) Piretti. She is survived by her loving brother, Ronnie; predeceased by Louis, Jr. and Rose Piretti Bowes. Also survived by many loving cousins, Fiorino’s, Bondi’s, Dinarello’s and DeMaria’s, who remember her kindness to them. Family and friends will honor Marilyn’s life by gathering in Vazza’s “Beechwood” Funeral Home, 262 Beach Street, REVERE, on Tuesday, December 27 for a memorial visitation from 4 pm to 8 pm. A prayer service, in Marilyn’s honor, will be held at 7:00 pm in our Chapel of the Resurrection. Late employee of Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Inurnment will be private. For online guestbook and directions: www.vazzafunerals.com.

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Passed away on December 24, 2016. Marcia, a Brookline resident for 65 years, was born in Portsmouth, NH on July 9, 1923; dear daughter of the late Maurice and Annie Yoffee; beloved wife and soul mate of the late Max Provizer. Marcia was loving mother to Marlene Provizer & her husband Alex Trilling of New York City and Stephen Provizer & his wife Patricia Wellenkamp of Brookline. She was the cherished grandmother “Bobo” of Zofia Provizer; dear sister of the late Jeanette Dubick and the late Bernard Yoffee and loving aunt to many nieces and nephews. Marcia was a long time recreation supervisor for the Town of Brookline. Services will be at the Levine Chapels, 470 Harvard St., BROOKLINE, on Tuesday, December 27, at 10:30am. Burial at Lindwood Memorial Park, Randolph. Following burial, memorial observance will be at Stephen’s residence until 4:00pm & 7-9:00pm, Wednesday 1-4:00pm & 7-9:00pm and Thursday 1-4:00pm. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The Ward Children’s Fund, c/o Joanne Ward, Mutual One, 49 Main St., Natick, MA 01760.

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REPETTO, Walter Larry Of Arlington, passed away peacefully at Soldiers Field Home of Holyoke. Beloved husband of the late Edith (Ferguson). Loving father of Richard (Ellen), Jack (Dotti) and Jim. Also survived by 5 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. Larry loved all Boston sports. Former President and Coach in Arlington Little League for 40 years. There will be a private Family Service honoring his Service at the Soldiers Home of Holyoke. Any donations may be sent to Soldiers Home of Holyoke in the name of Larry Repetto, 110 Cherry St., Holyoke, MA 01040

SIRAGUSA, Gloria L. (Assanti)

Of Brighton, December 20, 2016. Beloved wife of the late Peter Siragusa. Devoted mother of Stephanie of Boston, Peter and his wife Pam of CA, Mark of NH, Gloria Rufo and her husband Joseph of Brighton and the late Francis X Siragusa. Sister of the late Philip and Alma Assanti. Loving grandmother of Cody, Jordan Siragusa, Stephanie, Joseph and Gabriela Rufo. Funeral from the Lehman Reen & McNamara Funeral Home, 63 Chestnut Hill Ave. (nr. Brighton Courthouse), BRIGHTON, Wednesday, December 28th at 9 am. Followed by Funeral Mass in St. Ignatius Church, 28 Commonwealth Ave., Chestnut Hill, at 10 am. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. Visiting Hours Tuesday, December 27th from 4-8 pm. Interment Newton Cemetery. Late member of the Boston University Women’s Council, Pirandello Lyceum, Dante Alighieri Society of MA. Gloria worked for the US Government as a Librarian during the War, Archdiocese of Boston, and at Boston College in the registrar’s office and with Women in Politics and Government office. One of Gloria’s many interests was helping children grow and develop. If desired donations in memory of Mrs. Siragusa may be made to St Jude Children’s Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Funeral Home Handicapped Accessible. For directions and guest book please visit www. lehmanreen.com

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WHITEHEAD, Louise M. (Ficcardi)

94, a long-time resident of Needham, died peacefully on December 16, 2016 in the presence of her two daughters and niece Elaine Ficcardi at her daughter’s home in Medway. Louise was predeceased by her husband William E. Whitehead and her two brothers, Gino and Arthur Ficcardi. She is survived by her daughter, Janice and husband, Robert Mosher of Medway and daughter Nancy and husband Kenneth Hartshorn of Medway, her grandchildren, Scott and his wife Elizabeth and their two children, Matt and Michaela; Robert and his wife Amy and their two children, Emma and Ryan; Alison and her husband Daniel Murphy and their daughter, Abigail, and many extended family members and friends. Louise was well known in the Needham community. She worked at Calvert’s Dept. Store in Needham for 41 years and volunteered at BIDHMC for twenty years helping those in need. She enjoyed spending time with family, friends and could be spotted walking around town throughout her 94 years. She was a member of Carter Memorial Methodist Church. A memorial service will be held in the Eaton Funeral Home, 1351 Highland Ave, NEEDHAM, on Wednesday, December 28th at 1:00PM. In lieu of flowers, donations in Louise’s memory may be made to Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation at ccfa.org. For obit, directions or to share a memory of Louise, please visit www.eatonfuneralhomes.com

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75, formerly of Newton, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Dec. 22, 2016. He leaves behind his beloved wife of 54 years, Palmina (Mucci) Sampson, his daughters Lisa Gadbois and her husband Peter of Chelmsford and Nicole Champagne and her husband Daniel of Redondo Beach, CA and three grandchildren Tyler, Isabella and Jack. Bob loved his family and vacations, his Corvette, and his career that took him over one million miles around the world. Fondly known as the “Rib Baron”, Bob was in the footwear industry for over 50 years starting at Odell-Williams in Watertown, MA and then joining Worthen Industries as a business unit manager for the Sampson Rib Group. With his persistence and dedication, he built his brand, “Sampson”, to be the best machinery and rib product used by almost every major brand around the world. Visiting hours in the Andrew J. Magni & Son Funeral Home, 365 Watertown St., Rt. 16, NEWTON, Thursday, Dec. 29 from 4-8PM. Funeral Mass Friday, Dec. 30, at 9AM in Our Lady Help of Christians Church, 573 Washington St, Newton. Entombment Calvary Cemetery Mausoleum, Waltham. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital.

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Of Milton, passed peacefully on Dec. 20th, 2016. Beloved wife of the late Theodore J. Suchecki. Devoted mother of Theodore J. Suchecki, Jr (ret. Lt. Col. USAF) & his wife, Sonja of CA and Phillip P. Suchecki & his wife, Judith of Wellfleet. Loving grandmother of Christopher, Sonja, Nicholas, Kiana and the late Dave Suchecki. Also survived by 4 great grandsons. A Funeral Mass at St. Agatha Church, Milton Friday, Dec. 30th at 10:30AM. Visiting Hour: at the Alfred D. Thomas Funeral Home, 326 Granite Ave., Milton 9 to 10 prior to Mass. Ret. Auditor for the U.S. Government. Burial Milton Cemetery. In lieu of flowers expressions of sympathy may be made to the Lompoc Museum Assoc., 200 South H St.. Lompoc, CA 93436. For directions and guest book please see:

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TEDESCO, Elizabeth “Lisa Lipps” Of Andover, formerly of Melrose & Stoneham, 12/20/16. Sister of MaryEllen Doyle & her husband Henry. Visitation @ Gately Funeral Home, MELROSE, Tues. 12/27/16 from 9-10AM, followed by a Mass @ St. Mary’s Church at 10:30AM.

Of Yarmouth Port, formerly of Belmont, Dec. 22, 2016. Beloved wife of Richard Williamson and the late William F. Kelly Jr. Loving mother of William F. Kelly III of Yarmouth Port, Katie Kelly Cartwright of Ohio, and Joseph B. Kelly of Westwood. Grandmother of Jennifer Kelly, Nicole Taylor, Gregory Kelly, Kelly Cartwright, Keith Cartwright, McKenna Kelly, Cameron Kelly and Ian Kelly. Sister of Elizabeth Collins of Belmont and the late Joseph Blackham. Step-Mother of Paul, Jane and John Williamson and Ann Hibbard and their families. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Funeral from the Brown & Hickey Funeral Home, 36 Trapelo Road, Belmont, on Wednesday, Dec. 28, at 9:30 AM. Followed by a funeral mass in St Joseph Church, 128 Common Street, Belmont, at 10:30 AM. Relatives and friends invited. Visiting hours Tuesday from 4:00 - 7:00 PM. Interment Belmont Cemetery, Belmont. On line guest book at www.brownandhickey.com

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TYNAN, Patricia M. (O’Neill) Of Mansfield, formerly of Devon, PA. December 22, 2016. Wife of the late retired United States Army Colonel James D. Tynan. Mother of Patricia A. Daoust and her husband Paul of Boston and Timothy A. Tynan of Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Grandmother of Michael Daoust and his wife Lynn, Mark Daoust and his wife Shawna, Erin Comella and her husband Greg, Brian Daoust and his wife Marzi, and Kate Borrero and her husband Gustavo. Her funeral Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, December 29th at 11:00 A.M. in St. Mary’s Church, 330 Pratt St. (Route 106) Mansfield. Burial will be at a later date at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia along side her husband. Visiting hours will be held on Wednesday, December 28th from 3:004:30 P.M. at the Sherman & Jackson Funeral Home, 55 North Main St., MANSFIELD. In lieu of flowers, Pat’s family has requested that donations in her memory be made to Seed Global Health/Nursing Scholarship Fund. 20 Ashburton Place, 6th floor Boston, MA. 02108. For complete obituary, please visit www.shermanjackson.com

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On Dec 17, 2016, in Framingham formerly of Natick, Salem and FL. Beloved wife of the late Vincent Paul Womboldt. Loving mother of Patricia J. Womboldt of West Roxbury, Sr. Mary Rose of the Discalced Carmelite Convent of Denmark WI, and John M. of Jacksonville, FL. Sister of Helena F. Ruane of Mansfield and the late Dr. John M. Piecewicz. Also survived by nieces and nephews. He funeral will be from the Eaton & Mackay Funeral Home 465 Centre St NEWTON CORNER on Wed Dec 28 at 9:30 AM followed by her Mass of Christian Burial in Our Lady Help of Christians Church, 573 Washington St Newton at 10:30 AM. Relatives and friends are kindly invited. Interment St. Mary’s Cemetery Needham. Visiting hours Tues 4-7 PM. In lieu of flowers, a donation in memory of Dorothy to St. Patrick’s Manor 863 Central St. Framingham MA 01701 would be appreciated. For directions or to share a memory of Dorothy, please visit www. eatonandmackay.com

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George Michael, 53, charttopping pop singer By Nekesa Mumbi Moody and Gregory Katz ASSOCIATED PRESS

L ONDON — G eorge Michael, the British pop superstar who reached early fame with Wham! and went on to a solo career lined with controversies and chart-topping hits that blended soul and dance music with social commentary, has died, his publicist said Sunday. He was 53. Mr. Mi c h a e l d i e d at h i s home in Goring, England. His publicist, Cindi Berger, said he had not been ill. Mr. Michael’s manager, Michael Lippman, said the cause of death was heart failure. His family issued a statement through Thames Valley Police saying that he ‘‘passed away peacefully at home over the Christmas period. ‘‘The family would ask that their privacy be respected at this difficult and emotional time. There will be no further comment at this stage.’’ Police issued a statement calling the death ‘‘unexplained but not suspicious’’ and that ‘‘a post mortem will be undertaken in due course.’’ Mr. Michael enjoyed immense popularity early in his career as a teenybopper idol, delivering a series of hits such as ‘‘Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go,’’ ‘‘Young Guns (Go For It),’’ and ‘‘Freedom.’’ As a solo artist, he developed into a more serious singer and songwriter, lauded by critics for his vocal range. He sold more than 100 million albums, earned numerous Grammy and American Music Awards, and recorded duets with Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Luciano Pavarotti, and Elton John among others. Throughout his career, his drug use and taste for risky sex brought him into frequent brushes with the law, most famously in 1998 when he was arrested for public lewdness in Los Angeles. Yet, he managed to turn the incident into fodder for a popular song that poked fun at his behavior, and his acknowledgment of his homosexuality at that time made him even more popular with his fans. Mr. Michael, with startling good looks and an easy stage m a n n e r, f o r m e d t h e d u o Wham! with his school friend Andrew Ridgeley in the early 1980s. Helped by MTV, which was an emerging music industry force at the time, they easily crossed the Atlantic to become popular in the United States with Mr. Michael, as lead singer, usually the focal point. He started his solo career

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Mr. Michael, a teenybopper idol, developed into a more serious singer and songwriter.

shortly before Wham! split, with the release of the megahit single ‘‘Careless Whisper,’’ making a seamless transition. Critics generally viewed his Wham! songs as catchy but disposable pop and gave his solo efforts far higher marks. His first solo album, 1987’s ‘‘Faith,’’ sold more 20 million copies, and he enjoyed several hit singles including the raunchy ‘‘I Want Your Sex,’’ which was helped immeasurably by a provocative video that received wide air play on MTV. The song was controversial not only because of its explicit nature, but also because it was seen as encouraging casual sex and promisc uity at a time

when the AIDS epidemic was deepening. Mr. Michael and his management tried to tamp down this point of view by having the singer write ‘‘Explore Monogamy ’’ on the leg and back of a model in the video. At the time, Mr. Michael had not disclosed his homosexuality, and much of his chart success was based on his sex appeal to young women. His look was raw and provocative, with tight jeans, tight T-shirts, black leather jackets, and designer stubble, and his videos pushed the accepted limits with many lingerie-clad models vying for Mr. Michael’s attentions on screen. But Mr. Michael’s situation

changed abruptly in 1998 when he was arrested for lewd conduct in a public toilet in Los Angeles after being spotted by a male undercover police officer. The arrest received international media attention, and seemed for a brief time to jeopardize Mr. Michael’s stature as a top recording artist. But instead of making excuses for his behavior, he went on to release a single and video, ‘‘Outside,’’ that made light of the charges against him and mocked the Los Angeles police who had arrested him. Like all of his efforts at the time, it sold in prodigious numbers, helping him put the inci-

dent behind him. The arrest also prompted him to speak openly about his sexual orientation. These years represented the height of Mr. Michael’s commercial success, which at times was marred by a protracted legal dispute with his record company Sony. He released dozens of records and toured to adoring crowds despite a growing number of run-ins with police, many of them stemming from a series of driving-under-the-influence-of-drugs incidents, including several crashes. Mr. M i c h a e l w a s a n a c knowledged user of marijuana and prescription sedatives and several times was found slumped over his car’s steering wheel after using both at the same time. His driver’s license was revoked for five years in 2010 after Mr. Michael drove his Land Rover into the side of a photo shop with so much force that his vehicle dented the wall. A passerby remembering Mr. Michael’s early career wrote the word WHAM on the spot his SUV had hit. He was also arrested a second time in public toilets — this time in North London in 2008 for drug use, an incident that prompted him to apologize to his fans and promise to get his life in order. A year earlier, he had told a television interviewer that his problems stemmed from a selfdestructive streak and his attention-seeking nature. He said at a press conference in 2011 that he felt he had let young people down with his misbehavior and had made it easier for others to denigrate homosexuals. Despite these personal setbacks, Mr. Michael’s musical performances remained strong even as his material moved farther from the teen tunes that first brought him to stardom. Mr. Michael, with Greek-Cypriot roots, was born Georgios Panayiotou in England. He and schoolmate Ridgeley formed a ska band called the Executive when they were just 16 before moving on to form Wham! ‘‘I wanted to be loved,’’ said Mr. Michael of his start in the music field. ‘‘It was an ego satisfaction thing.’’ Mr. Michael was active in a number of charities and helped raise money to combat AIDS, help needy children, and support gay rights. He had a longterm relationship with Kenny Goss, but announced onstage in August 2011 that the two had broken up.

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BELGRADE — Vesna Vulovic, a Serbian flight attendant who miraculously survived a plunge from 33,000 feet after her plane exploded in mid-air in 1972, has died. She was 66. Serbia’s state TV said Saturday Ms. Vulovic was found dead by her friends in her apartment in Belgrade. The cause of death was not immediately known. Ms. Vulovic was working as a Yugoslav Airlines flight attendant on Jan. 26, 1972, when the DC-9 airliner she was aboard blew up high above the snowy mountain ranges of Czechoslovakia. All 27 other passengers and crew perished. Ms. Vulovic entered the Guinness Book of Records in 1985 for ‘‘the highest fall survived without a parachute.’’ It was suspected that a bomb was planted inside the jet during a stopover, but no arrests were ever made. Trapped in the plane’s tail cone, she plummeted to Earth in sub-freezing temperatures and landed on a steep, heavily wooded slope near a village. The fuselage tumbled through pine branches and into a thick coating of snow, softening the impact and cushioning its descent down the hill. Ms. Vulovic was rescued by a woodsman who followed her screams. She was rushed to a hospital, where she fell into a coma for 10 days. She had a fractured skull, two crushed vertebrae, and a broken pelvis, ribs, and legs. Initially paralyzed from the waist down, Ms. Vulovic made a near-full recovery and even returned to work for the airline in a desk job. She never regained memory of the accident or her rescue. An instant national heroine, she put her celebrity at the service of political causes, protesting against Slobodan Milosevic’s rule in the 1990s and later campaigning for liberal forces in elections.

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and had lived most of her life in Ashland and Boston. “I often said she was beautiful on the outside, but even more beautiful on the inside,” said her father, Nick. “Her caring heart for other people, and for other people’s plights, was always foremost.” To t h a t e n d , s h e w a s a founder of Friends of the Prouty Garden, a group that tried unsuccessfully to save a place of tranquility she had treasured during her stays as a girl at Boston Children’s Hospital. “I walked into the Prouty Garden while somebody held the boxes attached to my chest tubes,” Caitlin told the Globe in January 2015. “I found peace and reassurance. I felt the inspiration that nature gives you.” Inspirational herself, and as eloquent in person as she was on the page, Caitlin formed bonds of friendship that will endure past her 33 years. “ There aren’ t really any words to descr ibe her as a friend. She was my person. She was my heart,” said Jess Danforth of San Francisco, who attended St. Mark’s School in Southborough and Boston College with Caitlin. “She was the kind of friend who, regardless of what was going on in her life, always made you feel like you were her priority, which is pretty exceptional,” she added. “When Caitlin was sick, I flew to Pittsburgh and was there for eight days or so. I

just told her over and over again, ‘I love you more than life itself. I love you more than the most, and I love you farther than the farthest.’ ” During the lengthy wait for new lungs, Caitlin, her parents, and her friends became ardent advocates for organ donation. In blog posts and interviews, they also challenged the standard procedures for determining who receives available organs, and which patients are considered for transplants. Caitlin moved to Pittsburgh two years ago to join the transplant list at UPMC because her Boston physicians considered her condition and its complications too risky for a doublelung transplant. Her b o y f r i e n d , A n d r e w Sutryn of Wells, Maine, said Caitlin’s family and friends also have been reminding everyone that it’s not enough to simply designate yourself as an organ donor on your driver’s license. Several websites, including organdonor.gov, provide instructions for how people can sign up for supplemental registries that ensure their names are in databases in case, upon death, a driver’s license or donor card isn’t nearby. “This woman had a will to live,” Andrew said of Caitlin’s desire to work and advocate and travel and explore all life’s avenues, when health allowed. “I met her 4½ years ago and I’m realizing now she saved my soul,” he added. “I don’t want to know the man I would have

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been if I had not met Caitlin O’Hara.” Born in Framingham, she was an only child and grew up in Ashland. Her mother, the former Maryanne Bavaro, is a writer who, under her married name, Maryanne O’Hara, has published short stories and the critically praised 2012 novel “Cascade.” Her father, Nick O’Hara, was born in Wexford, Ireland. After moving to the Un i t e d S t a t e s i n 1 9 8 0 , h e founded O’Hara and Co., which has an artistry expertise in masonry. The day Caitlin turned 2, a

doctor called with the cystic fibrosis diagnosis. While the illness presented challenges throughout Caitlin’s childhood, adolescence, and adult years, “She never complained, let me tell you,” her mother said. “She never felt sorry for herself. She often said, ‘I would not change anything about having CF. It made me the person I am, it made me a better person.’ ” Caitlin attended Fay School in Southborough and graduated from St. Mark’s School. “Caitlin was, honestly, a bit of an art history genius,” her m o t h e r w r o t e o n

9LivesNotes.com, a blog she created to provide updates on Catlin’s health, and which draws its name from a play on Caitlin’s nickname, Kitten. An AP art history class at St. Mark’s set Caitlin on her way professionally. She attended George Washington University until her health prompted a return to Boston. She initially attended Northeastern University and worked as an intern at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Ultimately, Caitlin transferred to Boston College and received an art history award up-

on graduating. She worked as a gallery assistant at Polly Latham Asian Art in Boston and launched her own business, Knot Clothing, with a former boyfriend. Switching to graphic design because it allowed her to work from home, she spent a few years with the Center for Digital Imaging Arts, which was affiliated with Boston University. “She was really special: really smart, really funny, and very soulful,” her mother said, adding on the blog that Caitlin once considered pursuing a master’s in philosophy. “She got too sick to really pursue that, but she read deeply, and was only interested in reading good, complicated things.” In 2012, Caitlin lived briefly in Paris, venturing to France alone. Though cystic fibrosis was always present and part of her planning, she noted that the illness could be cloaked in irony. “We with CF are graced with the ability to look great even if we feel miserable,” she wrote in the Cystic Fibrosis Lifestyle Foundation essay. In addition to her parents and boyfriend, Caitlin leaves grandmothers Eileen Hore of Wexford, Ireland, and Florence Bavaro of Scarborough, Maine. The family will hold a private ser vice and announce plans for a public celebration of Caitlin’s life. Bryan Marquard can be reached at bryan.marquard@globe.com.

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An office high atop the Financial District used to be one of the undisputed status symbols of Boston’s business world. Now it’s getting a little lonely at the top. Nearly 20 percent of the office space on the top floors of buildings in the Financial District is vacant, as the city’s blue-chip companies increasingly trade lofty downtown aeries for new but lower-level digs in the trendy Seaport District. Data from the Boston office of Colliers International show that vacancy rates for the upper Endofyear reaches of build- vacancy rates for ings in the Finanspace above the cial District — 20th floor in f l o o r s 2 0 a n d Financial District buildings — above — are at traditionally a their highest in sign of company nearly a decade. status — spiked And as a whole, to nearly the Financial District lost more tenfor the highest ants per square rate in about a foot in 2016 than decade. any other area in t h e c i t y, e n d i n g u p w i t h n e a r l y 850,000 more square feet of vacant space than in 2015. The Seaport District remains the new “it” address, with companies leasing an additional 400,000 feet of office space in 2016. They include tech companies and old-line businesses, such as the century-old law firm Goodwin, which left its State Street location for 100 Northern Ave. Other downtown firms trekking across Fort Point Channel for more modern digs include accounting and consulting firms PricewaterhouseCoopers and Boston Consulting Group. “The Seaport is a truly competitive submarket and has been a draw for tenants from the Financial District,” said Aaron Jodka, director of research at Colliers. “It represents a change in the dynamic within the Financial District itself. Historically, high-rise space is the top-choice space. Firms are [now] paying more attention to their lease costs and have been focusing on the middle of the building or lower portions of the building.” The Financial District’s occupancy numbers took a hit when State Street Co r p. d e c i d e d t o l i s t m o r e t h a n 300,000 square feet for lease at its One Lincoln tower as part of its downsizing, Jodka said. But the lower floors of most Financial District buildings re-

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This tower, set to rise 700 feet in the Back Bay, will see its reflection in a popular nearby watering hole.

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WASHINGTON — Pharmaceutical companies that manufacture or distribute highly addictive pain pills have hired dozens of officials from the top levels of the Drug Enforcement Administration during the past decade, according to a Washington Post investigation. T he hires came after the DEA launched an aggressive campaign to curb a rising opioid epidemic that has resulted in thousands of overdose deaths each year. In 2005, the DEA began to crack down on companies distributing inordinate numbers of pills such as oxycodone to pain-management clinics and pharmacies. Since then, the pharmaceutical companies and their law firms have hired at least 42 officials from the DEA — 31 from the division responsible for regulating the industry, according to work histories compiled by The Washington Post and interviews with current and former agency officials. ‘‘The number of employees recruited from that division points to a deliberate strategy by the pharmaceutical industry to hire people who are the biggest headaches for them,’’ said John Carnevale, a former director of planning for the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy who now runs a consulting firm. ‘‘These people understand how DEA operates, the culture around diversion and DEA’s goals, and they can advise their clients how to stay within the guidelines.’’ PHARMACEUTICALS, Page B10

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Minnesota’s first-in-the nation ban on soaps containing the germ-killer triclosan takes effect Jan. 1, but the people who spearheaded the law say it’s already having a positive effect nationally. The federal government caught up to Minnesota’s 2014 decision with its own ban, which takes effect next September. But manufacturers have largely phased out the chemical already. ‘‘I wanted it to change the national situation with triclosan, and it certainly has contributed to that,’’ state Senator John Marty, an author of Minnesota’s ban, said of the law. Triclosan once was widely used, but studies show it could disrupt sex and thyroid hormones and other functions and contribute to the development of resistant bacteria. In September, the FDA banned triclosan and 18 other antibacterial chemicals from soaps but allowed some triclosan in products such as Colgate Total toothpaste, to prevent gingivitis. — ASSOCIATED PRESS

Israeli courts could demand that Facebook remove content deemed to be incitement under a bill that headed for parliamentary review. It would give Israel tools ‘‘to have content liable to lead to murder and terror removed immediately,’’ Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said Sunday. He and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked have pushed the bill even though Facebook agreed in September to create teams to deal with Internet incitement. Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and YouTube said earlier this month that they were creating a shared database to help enforce policies against terrorist content. On Sunday, Facebook said it hopes to continue a ‘‘constructive dialogue’’ with Israel that includes ‘‘careful consideration of the implications of this bill” for democracy. The Israel Democracy Institute called the bill ‘‘an assault on freedom of expression on an international scale.’’ — BLOOMBERG NEWS

Massachusetts officials say it’s a good time for homeowners and motorists to review their insurance because consumers can be hit with big bills if their policies don’t cover the types of damage winter can bring. Officials say claims should be made as soon as possible; taking notes and photos of damage can be a big help. Some policies cover temporary housing after a damaging storm, they noted. — ASSOCIATED PRESS

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The Alloy, the first condominium building at the Assembly Row complex in Somerville, has a penthouse unit listed for more than $1 million (shown as the bottom building on A1).

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Open-air roof decks are being offered starting at $300,000 to condo buyers at The Pierce Boston in the Fenway (shown as the top building on A1).

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The DEA’s Diversion Control Division, tasked with preventing prescription drugs from reaching the black market, wields enormous power. It can suspend or revoke the licenses of doctors, pharmacies, and pharmaceutical companies that fail to comply with federal law. From 2000 to 2015, nearly 180,000 people have died of overdoses from prescription painkillers in what public health authorities have called an epidemic. It is not unusual for corporations to hire federal employees away from the government. Their expertise and inside knowledge can be invaluable, but there are laws and regulations to slow the ‘‘revolving door’’ in Washington and prevent conflicts of interest. The restrictions include a lifetime ban on participating ‘‘personally and substantially’’ on a ‘‘particular matter’’ the official handled while at the federal government. There also is a two-year ban on switching sides on a wider array of matters that were in the employee’s official purview. State bar associations impose additional post-employment restrictions for government lawyers. An industry spokesman said former DEA diversion officials are hired for their expertise. ‘‘Our industry is highly specialized, and the function of drug-diversion experts even more so,’’ said John M. Gray, chief executive of the Healthcare Distribution Alliance, which represents drug distributors. ‘‘As such, for these individuals who want to continue to grow in their areas of expertise, it is logical for them to pursue government and industry roles that are closely aligned with their professional experience.’’ While the Post did not find evidence that the officials violated conflict-of-interest regulations, the number of hires from one key division shows how an industry can potentially blunt a government agency’s aggressive attempts at enforcement. The DEA diversion officials who have gone to the industry since 2005 include two executive assistants who managed day-to-day operations; the deputy director of the division; the deputy chief of operations; two chiefs of policy; a deputy chief of policy; the chief of investigations; and two associate chief counsels. ‘‘It’s obvious that they targeted the office,’’ said Joseph T. Rannazzisi, who ran the diversion division for a decade before he was removed from his position and retired in 2015. ‘‘If you want to understand how we were doing our investigations, the best way to do it is to take our people who are doing the investigations and put them in place in your company. It’s not difficult to understand why you would take these guys. They know the law.’’ Most of the officials went to work for the pharmaceutical industry and law firms within weeks of leaving the DEA. The Post found that several highranking DEA supervisors from outside the diversion division also took top jobs with industr y: four special agents in charge and three assistant special agents in charge of field operations in some of the nation’s largest cities. The DEA said in a statement that former employees must follow the law and ethics regulations in taking jobs in the private sector. ‘‘Many who serve in government possess expert knowledge in a wide variety of fields. It is not uncommon for former government officials to use or rely on such expertise when they transfer to the private sector following their public sector service,’’ DEA spokesman Rusty

Payne said in the statement. ‘‘Employees who leave DEA and other government agencies for private sector work are expected to abide by the applicable laws and ethics rules that govern their private sector activities.’’ At least five of the 31 DEA employees were hired by McKesson, the nation’s largest drug distributor. McKesson has been the subject of two publicly disclosed DEA enforcement actions, which resulted in $163 million in fines after allegations that the firm failed to report hundreds of suspicious orders for millions of pain pills from Internet pharmacies and others. ‘‘McKesson has put significant resources towards building a best-in-class controlled substance monitoring program to help identify suspicious orders and prevent prescription drug diversion in the supply chain,’’ the company said in a statement. ‘‘It is only natural that this team is comprised of a broad range of experts, including individuals who have spent time at DEA, as they bring deep knowledge of effective strategies to prevent diversion. Our team is deeply passionate about curbing the opioid epidemic in our country.’’

‘I don’t feel like I took off the white hat and put the black hat on.’ LARRY P. COTE, who left the DEA to be a partner at a law firm that drug makers hire

Only a few former DEA officials agreed to be interviewed. Those who did said they followed federal ethics guidelines. ‘‘I don’t feel like I took off the white hat and put the black hat on,’’ said Larry P. Cote, who left as the associate chief counsel of the diversion division in May 2012 to become a partner at the law firm Quarle s & Brady, which advises some of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical companies. ‘‘That’s really not what’s going on. It’s trying to get the best people in place to make sure that companies are staying compliant. And frankly, that benefits the DEA as much as it benefits the companies.’’ Cote said he obtained an ethics opinion from the DEA that advised him on which cases he could and could not handle in the private sector. Ethics experts said revolving-door issues have been a long-standing concern across the government. Presidentelect Donald Trump recently criticized the revolving door at the Pentagon, for example, saying high-ranking officials ‘‘should never be allowed to go work’’ for defense contractors. Scott H. Amey, general counsel for the Project on Government Oversight, a watchdog group in Washington, said the trend at the DEA is “disturbing.” ‘‘It’s also another reminder of how well the revolving door is greased and how the revolving door can negatively impact government operations. It’s not a surprise that DEA isn’t as vigilant as it once was when so many ex-feds are working for the companies that they once investigated.’’ Once senior employees leave for jobs in the industry, they are in positions to help pharmaceutical companies comply with the complex laws and regulations that govern controlled substances. But ethics experts said they also can exploit weaknesses they are aware of within the DEA. Josephine Peterson contributed to this report.

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main well filled, so the overall vacancy rate for the city’s traditional business home was 11.7 percent at year’s end, compared with 10.8 percent for the Seaport. The business district with the highest vacancy rate in 2016 was the Back Bay, at 14.3 percent, according to Colliers. Despite a booming real estate market with soaring rents, there is more empty office

space in Boston at the end of 2016 than a year ago. While that raises questions about demand for space in all of the buildings under construction or being proposed, real estate specialists say any softening of the market is temporary. Office inventory in the Seaport alone has grown by 55 percent over the past five years, and by 78 percent over the past decade, Jodka said. Ongoing

projects at 121 Seaport, Pier 4, and 22 Boston Wharf Road are poised to add 825,000 square feet to the area. But Lisa Strope, director of research at the real estate firm JLL, said she isn’t worried. “In Boston, the pipeline is not huge for new space; there’s not a lot of land around to build,” she said. “We’re not at point where oversupply is going to be a concern.” Leasing in Greater Boston

picked up momentum only in the last quarter of the year, as uncertainties driven by the Chinese economy, Brexit, and the presidential election kept most people on the sidelines for the better part of 2016, Strope said. She expects that leasing momentum to continue in 2017. Five large lease deals of over 200,000 square feet closed in Greater Boston in the last three months of the year, including Akamai Technologies Inc. and

Business Shire PLC in Cambridge. Reebok also announced this month that it plans to move its headquarters to the Innovation and Design Building in the Seaport. Meanwhile, asking rents in Boston, even among high-rise downtown towers, remained high but have flattened out, averaging $56.02 per square foot. Average rents in Cambridge, a magnet for tech companies, rose by about 7 percent from 2015 to $66.47, according to JLL. Downtown, and Boston in general, stands to benefit from what Strope called the spillover

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121 Grandview Rd.

www.amctheatres.com

ASSASSIN'S CREED (PG-13) G 11:30, 5:00, 10:45 ASSASSIN'S CREED 3D (PG-13) G RealD 3D 2:15, 7:45 MOANA (PG) 10:30, 1:15, 4:00, 7:00 PASSENGERS (PG-13) G 1:00, 7:15 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) G RealD 3D 10:45, 5:30, 10:50 SING (PG) G 10:00, 4:00, 10:30 SING 3D (PG) G RealD 3D 10:50, 1:45, 8:15 FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (PG-13) 9:45 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) G 9:30, 12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:15 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) G RealD 3D 11:30, 2:30, 4:30, 7:45, 11:00 WHY HIM? (R) G 12:00, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:00 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) G 9:50, 12:20, 2:50, 5:15, 8:05, 10:30 OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (R) 12:30, 3:00, 5:45, 8:20, 11:00 FENCES (PG-13) G 9:30, 4:30, 7:40, 11:00 FENCES (PG-13) 1:30

BROOKLINE

COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE 290 Harvard St. 617-734-2500 5 6 www.coolidge.org

LA LA LAND (PG-13) 12:00, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 LION (PG-13) 11:15, 2:00, 4:45, 7:15, 9:55 JACKIE (R) 11:45, 2:10, 4:30, 6:45, 9:15 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) 12:30, 3:15, 6:15, 9:00

BURLINGTON

AMC BURLINGTON CINEMA 10

20 South Ave. 5 6 DIG

www.amctheatres.com

ASSASSIN'S CREED (PG-13) G 10:45, 4:45, 10:20 ASSASSIN'S CREED 3D (PG-13) G RealD 3D 1:45, 7:30 MOANA (PG) 10:05, 12:45, 3:30, 6:15 PASSENGERS (PG-13) G 10:10, 12:50, 6:30 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) G RealD 3D 3:40, 9:15 SING (PG) G 10:30, 1:10, 3:50, 6:45, 9:20 SING 3D (PG) G RealD 3D 11:00, 1:45, 4:20, 7:20 FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (PG-13) 9:10 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) G 10:00, 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) G RealD 3D 11:00, 2:00, 5:00, 8:00 WHY HIM? (R) G 10:15, 12:55, 3:35, 6:10, 9:00 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) 11:40, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (R) G 10:05 FENCES (PG-13) 10:00, 1:05 FENCES (PG-13) G 4:15, 7:25, 10:35

CAMBRIDGE

APPLE CINEMAS CAMBRIDGE 168 Alewife Brook Parkway. 5 6 DOL DIG DSS www.applecinemas.com

ASSASSIN'S CREED (PG-13) 10:15, 1:30, 4:15, 7:15, 10:00 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) 12:40, 11:00 WHY HIM? (R) 10:30 WHY HIM? (R) 1:00 WHY HIM? (R) 3:30 WHY HIM? (R) 6:00 WHY HIM? (R) 8:30 WHY HIM? (R) 11:00 FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (PG-13) 11:30, 6:00, 10:45 PASSENGERS (PG-13) 10:00, 3:20, 6:00, 8:30 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) 11:00, 1:20, 3:40, 8:45, 11:00 MOANA (PG) 10:10, 12:45, 3:20, 6:00, 8:20 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) 10:00, 11:00, 1:00, 2:00, 4:00, 5:00, 7:00, 8:00, 10:00, 11:00 OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (R) 2:30, 11:00 DANGAL (NR) 10:00, 12:45, 4:00, 7:15, 10:30 SING (PG) 10:00, 12:30, 3:00, 5:00, 6:05, 7:30, 8:30, 10:00

KENDALL SQUARE CINEMA

1 Kendall Square at 355 Binney St. 617-621-1202 5 6 G DOL DIG DSS www.landmarktheatres.com

LION (PG-13) 5 (1:20, 4:20) 7:05, 9:50 JACKIE (R) 5 (2:00, 4:15) 7:10, 9:55 LA LA LAND (PG-13) 5 (2:10, 5:00) 8:00 LA LA LAND (PG-13) 5 (1:15, 4:10, 5:30) 7:00, 9:40 MOONLIGHT (R) 5 (4:45) MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) 5 (1:30, 2:15, 4:30) 7:30, 8:30 FENCES (PG-13) 5 (1:00, 1:45, 4:00) 7:00, 7:45, 9:30 ARRIVAL (PG-13) 5 (1:40, 4:25) 7:10, 9:45

CHESTNUT HILL

SHOWCASE SUPERLUX 55 Boylston St.

http://www.showcasecinemas.com/

ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) 11:20, 3:00, 7:00, 10:00 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) 11:20, 3:00, 7:00, 10:00 PASSENGERS (PG-13) 1:00, 4:00, 7:30 PASSENGERS (PG-13) 1:00, 4:00, 7:30 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) 10:20 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) 10:20 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) 11:40, 2:30, 5:30, 8:30 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) 11:40, 2:30, 5:30, 8:30

MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 FENCES (PG-13) 11:00, 2:00, 6:00, 9:00 FENCES (PG-13) 11:00, 2:00, 6:00, 9:00 SING (PG) 10:40, 1:30, 4:30, 8:00, 10:40 SING (PG) 10:40, 1:30, 4:30, 8:00, 10:40

JACKIE (R) 2:00, 4:15, 7:00 TROLLS (PG) 11:45

DANVERS

www.nationalamusements.com

AMC LOEWS LIBERTY TREE MALL 20 100 Independence Way 5 6 8 DOL DIG DSS www.amctheatres.com

ASSASSIN'S CREED (PG-13) G 1:15, 4:00 ASSASSIN'S CREED 3D (PG-13) G RealD 3D 10:15, 6:45, 9:30 MOANA (PG) 10:30, 1:40, 4:20, 7:00 MOANA (PG) G 9:45 PASSENGERS (PG-13) G 11:30, 1:30, 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 9:50, 10:30 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) G RealD 3D 10:45, 4:15, 7:00 SING (PG) G 10:30, 1:00, 3:45, 4:45, 6:30, 9:15, 10:15 SING 3D (PG) G RealD 3D 11:15, 2:00, 7:30 FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (PG-13) 12:10, 6:30 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) G 10:30, 12:45, 1:45, 5:00, 8:15, 10:30 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY -- AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (PG-13) G 10:00, 1:15, 4:30, 7:45, 11:00 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) G RealD 3D 11:15, 2:15, 4:15, 6:00, 7:30, 9:15 LA LA LAND (PG-13) G AMC Independent 10:15, 1:15, 4:15, 7:20, 10:20 WHY HIM? (R) G 11:00, 1:45, 4:30, 7:30, 10:15 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) G 11:50, 2:40, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 LION (PG-13) G AMC Independent 11:55, 3:10, 6:00, 8:45 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) AMC Independent 11:20, 2:50, 6:10, 9:20 OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (R) 10:45, 1:30, 4:00, 7:15, 10:00 HACKSAW RIDGE (R) 3:20, 9:40 ARRIVAL (PG-13) 10:15, 1:30, 4:15, 7:10, 10:00 FENCES (PG-13) G 10:30, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 JACKIE (R) G AMC Independent 10:20, 1:00, 3:40, 6:20, 9:00

DEDHAM

SHOWCASE CINEMA DE LUX LEGACY PLACE

670 Legacy Place 800-315-4000 5 6 8 I K DIG DSS

www.nationalamusements.com

FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (PG-13) 9:35 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) 11:55, 12:55, 3:10, 4:10, 6:35, 7:40, 9:40, 10:35 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) 12:25, 3:35, 7:15, 10:15 OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (R) 1:00, 9:20 MOANA (PG) 10:35, 1:15, 4:00, 7:00 PASSENGERS (PG-13) 11:00, 1:45, 4:30, 7:20, 10:05 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) 10:40, 4:05, 6:50 WHY HIM? (R) 10:55, 1:40, 4:25, 7:10, 9:45 LA LA LAND (PG-13) 10:25, 1:20, 4:15, 7:35, 10:40 LA LA LAND (PG-13) 12:20, 3:40, 7:05, 10:10 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) 12:05, 2:30, 4:55, 7:30, 9:55 ASSASSIN'S CREED (PG-13) 10:20, 3:30, 6:30 ASSASSIN'S CREED 3D (PG-13) 1:25, 9:25 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) 11:20, 2:40, 6:05, 9:10 FENCES (PG-13) 12:15, 3:20, 6:40, 9:50 SING (PG) 10:30, 11:35, 1:10, 2:15, 3:55, 4:50, 6:45, 7:25, 9:30 SING 3D (PG) 10:00

FOXBORO

SHOWCASE CINEMA DE LUX PATRIOT PLACE 24 Patriot Pl. 800-315-4000 5 6 8 I K DIG DSS www.nationalamusements.com

FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (PG-13) 9:35 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) 10:00, 12:00, 1:00, 3:15, 4:15, 6:30, 7:30, 9:45, 10:45 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) 12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:15 OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (R) 10:55, 1:25, 4:05, 6:50, 9:20 MOANA (PG) 10:50, 1:30, 4:10, 6:55 PASSENGERS (PG-13) 11:05, 4:30, 7:10 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) 2:05, 10:10 WHY HIM? (R) 11:20, 1:55, 4:35, 7:20, 9:55 LA LA LAND (PG-13) 12:45, 4:00, 7:05, 10:05 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) 11:40, 2:00, 4:20, 6:40, 9:00 ASSASSIN'S CREED (PG-13) 1:50, 9:50 ASSASSIN'S CREED 3D (PG-13) 11:15, 4:45, 7:25 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) 11:30, 2:50, 6:05, 9:05 FENCES (PG-13) 12:05, 3:25, 6:35, 9:40 SING (PG) 10:30, 11:10, 1:10, 1:40, 3:55, 4:25, 6:45, 7:15, 9:30 SING 3D (PG) 10:00

FRAMINGHAM

AMC FRAMINGHAM 16 WITH DINE-IN THEATRES 22 Flutie Pass

5 6 8 I K DIG

LOWELL

SHOWCASE CINEMAS LOWELL 32 Reiss Ave 800-315-4000 5 6 8 DIG

FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (PG-13) 9:10 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) 10:00, 12:00, 1:00, 3:15, 4:15, 6:30, 7:30, 9:45, 10:30 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) 12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:15 OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (R) 12:50, 3:35, 9:20 MOANA (PG) 10:20, 12:55, 3:40, 6:20 PASSENGERS (PG-13) 1:05, 3:55, 6:50, 9:40 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) 10:30, 7:20 WHY HIM? (R) 11:25, 2:00, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50 LA LA LAND (PG-13) 10:35, 1:25, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) 4:25, 7:05, 9:30 ASSASSIN'S CREED (PG-13) 10:05, 6:40 ASSASSIN'S CREED 3D (PG-13) 1:45, 4:30, 10:05 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) 12:15, 3:25, 6:55, 10:20 FENCES (PG-13) 12:35, 4:10, 7:25, 10:30 SING (PG) 10:10, 10:30, 11:10, 12:40, 1:40, 3:20, 6:05, 8:45 SING 3D (PG) 10:40, 1:10, 3:50, 6:35, 9:15

MILLBURY

BLACKSTONE VALLEY 14: CINEMA DE LUX

70 Worcester Providence Turnpike 800-315-4000 5 6 8 DSS www.showcasecinemas.com

FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (PG-13) 10:00 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) 10:00, 12:00, 1:00, 3:15, 4:15, 7:25, 10:40 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) 6:30, 9:40 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) 9:30, 12:30, 3:45, 6:55, 10:10 OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (R) 11:15, 1:55, 4:55, 7:50, 10:25 MOANA (PG) 10:50, 1:30, 4:20, 7:00 PASSENGERS (PG-13) 9:45, 12:40, 3:40, 6:50, 9:35 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) 6:25, 9:05 WHY HIM? (R) 10:40, 1:20, 4:05, 6:40, 9:30 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) 9:40, 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:40, 10:15 ASSASSIN'S CREED (PG-13) 10:05, 1:05, 3:50, 7:05 ASSASSIN'S CREED 3D (PG-13) 9:50 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) 9:30, 12:35, 3:55, 7:10, 10:20 FENCES (PG-13) 12:10, 3:35, 7:20, 10:30 SING (PG) 9:50, 11:00, 12:45, 1:45, 3:30, 4:30, 7:15, 9:55 SING 3D (PG) 10:30, 1:15, 4:00, 6:45, 9:25

NATICK

SUNBRELLA IMAX 3D THEATRE AT JORDAN'S FURNITURE - NATICK 1 Underprice Way 508-665-5525 5 8 www.jordansimax.com

ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00

NEWTON

WEST NEWTON CINEMA

1296 Washington St. 617-964-6060 www.westnewtoncinema.com

SING (PG) 10:50, 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:15 LA LA LAND (PG-13) 11:30, 1:25, 2:30, 4:10, 5:25, 7:10, 8:15 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) 5 10:30, 1:15, 4:20, 7:25 JACKIE (R) 10:45, 1:00, 3:30, 5:55, 8:15 LION (PG-13) 10:15, 12:40, 3:10, 5:40, 8:15 THE EAGLE HUNTRESS (G) 10:30

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH

SHOWCASE CINEMAS NORTH ATTLEBORO 640 South Washington St. 800-315-4000

5 6 DIG www.nationalamusements.com

ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) 10:00, 12:00, 12:30, 1:00, 3:15, 3:45, 4:15, 6:30, 7:30, 9:45, 10:45 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) 7:00, 10:15 OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (R) 10:10, 10:30 MOANA (PG) 10:45, 1:30, 4:20, 7:05 PASSENGERS (PG-13) 9:45, 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:30 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) 10:15, 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:00 WHY HIM? (R) 10:40, 1:20, 4:05, 6:50, 9:40 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) 12:20, 2:40, 5:05, 7:40, 10:10 ASSASSIN'S CREED (PG-13) 10:05, 1:05, 3:55, 6:55 ASSASSIN'S CREED 3D (PG-13) 9:50 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) 12:40, 3:50, 7:20, 10:25 SING (PG) 11:00, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 9:55 SING 3D (PG) 10:30, 1:15, 4:00, 6:45, 9:25

RANDOLPH

SHOWCASE CINEMAS DE LUX RANDOLPH 73 Mazzeo Dr. 800-315-4000

www.amctheatres.com

5 6 8 DIG

ASSASSIN'S CREED (PG-13) G 12:45, 4:15, 7:30 ASSASSIN'S CREED (PG-13) G 11:15 ASSASSIN'S CREED 3D (PG-13) G RealD 3D 8:45 MOANA (PG) G 12:15, 7:00 MOANA (PG) 3:45 PASSENGERS (PG-13) G 11:30, 1:15, 2:45, 4:45, 6:00, 8:00 PASSENGERS (PG-13) G 10:15 SING (PG) G 9:15, 12:00, 8:15 SING (PG) G 10:15, 11:15 SING 3D (PG) G RealD 3D 10:15, 1:00, 2:45, 3:45, 5:30, 6:15 FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (PG-13) 11:30 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) G 9:00, 9:45, 12:00, 12:45, 3:00, 3:45, 6:00, 6:45, 9:00, 9:45, 11:15 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) G RealD 3D 10:30, 11:15, 1:30, 2:15, 4:30, 5:15, 7:30, 8:15, 10:30 LA LA LAND (PG-13) G AMC Independent 10:00, 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 LA LA LAND (PG-13) G AMC Independent 9:15 WHY HIM? (R) G 1:45, 5:15, 8:30, 10:15 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) G 1:00, 4:00, 7:30, 10:30 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) AMC Independent 11:45, 3:15, 6:45 OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (R) 11:00, 10:45 FENCES (PG-13) G 9:30, 12:45, 4:00, 10:30 FENCES (PG-13) G 7:15 JACKIE (R) G AMC Independent 12:00, 3:00, 6:30, 9:30

www.nationalamusements.com

LEXINGTON

LEXINGTON VENUE

1794 Massachussetts Ave. 781-861-6161 5 DOL DSS

MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) 12:15, 3:30, 6:45

FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (PG-13) 9:25 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) 10:00, 12:00, 1:00, 3:15, 4:15, 6:35, 7:30, 9:45, 10:45 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) 1:00, 4:15, 7:30, 10:45 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY -- AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (PG-13) 12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:15 OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (R) 11:50, 2:30, 5:00, 7:40, 10:25 MOANA (PG) 10:35, 1:20, 4:05, 6:50 PASSENGERS (PG-13) 12:35, 3:40, 6:30, 9:20 PASSENGERS (PG-13) 12:35, 3:40, 6:30, 9:20 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) 10:20, 1:05, 4:10, 7:05, 9:50 WHY HIM? (R) 10:50, 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:55 LA LA LAND (PG-13) 10:55, 1:45, 4:35, 7:25, 10:20 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) 12:20, 2:40, 5:10, 7:35, 10:05 ASSASSIN'S CREED (PG-13) 10:45, 1:35, 4:25 ASSASSIN'S CREED 3D (PG-13) 7:20, 10:10 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) 12:05, 3:20, 6:40, 9:40 FENCES (PG-13) 10:00, 12:50, 3:50, 6:55, 10:00 SING (PG) 10:30, 1:10, 3:55, 6:45, 9:30 SING 3D (PG) 11:00, 1:40, 4:25, 7:15, 10:30 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) 11:30, 2:45, 6:05, 9:15

READING

SUNBRELLA IMAX 3D THEATRE AT JORDAN'S FURNITURE - READING 50 Walkers Brook Dr. 781-944-9090 5 8 www.jordansimax.com

ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00

REVERE

SHOWCASE CINEMAS DE LUX REVERE 565 Squire Rd. 800-315-4000 5 6 8 I K DIG www.nationalamusements.com

FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (PG-13) 9:05 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) 10:00, 12:00, 1:00, 3:15, 4:15, 6:30, 7:30, 9:40, 10:45 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) 10:25, 1:30, 4:45, 8:00 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) 12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:15 OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (R) 7:10, 9:30 MOANA (PG) 12:20, 3:05, 6:20 PASSENGERS (PG-13) 10:20, 1:15, 4:05, 6:55, 9:50 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) 7:25, 10:20 WHY HIM? (R) 10:05, 12:40, 3:25, 6:15, 9:00 LA LA LAND (PG-13) 12:10, 3:10, 6:25, 9:30 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) 11:45, 5:15, 7:40, 10:15 ASSASSIN'S CREED (PG-13) 12:50, 4:10 ASSASSIN'S CREED 3D (PG-13) 7:10, 10:00 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) 10:35, 1:35, 4:40, 7:45, 10:40 FENCES (PG-13) 12:25, 3:50, 7:05, 10:25 SING (PG) 11:15, 1:50 SING (PG) 9:55, 10:30, 12:35, 1:10, 3:20, 3:55, 6:40, 7:20, 9:30, 9:55 SING 3D (PG) 11:00, 1:40, 4:25 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) 11:30, 2:45, 6:05, 9:15 PATRIOTS DAY (R) 4:20 PATRIOTS DAY (R) 12:15, 12:45, 2:10, 3:30, 4:00, 6:45, 7:15, 10:05, 10:35 LION (PG-13) 12:55, 3:35, 6:35, 9:20

SOMERVILLE

SOMERVILLE THEATRE

55 Davis Square 617-625-5700 5 6 http://somervilletheatre.com/

JACKIE (R) 2:15, 5:15, 7:40, 9:50 LA LA LAND (PG-13) 1:30, 4:30, 7:15, 9:55 LION (PG-13) 1:45, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:50 PASSENGERS (PG-13) 2:00, 4:45, 7:20, 9:50

TAUNTON

REGAL SILVER CITY GALLERIA 10

2 Galleria Mall Dr. Suite 2832 844-462-7342-452 5 6 DOL DIG DSS www.REGmovies.com

WHY HIM? (R) (10:35, 1:25) 4:15, 7:00, 9:50 ASSASSIN'S CREED (PG-13) (10:30) 7:15 ASSASSIN'S CREED 3D (PG-13) G (1:20) 4:20, 10:30 PASSENGERS (PG-13) G (12:25) 6:45 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) G (3:35) 9:40 SING (PG) G (12:35, 3:25) 6:15, 9:05 SING 3D (PG) G (11:20, 2:10) 4:55, 7:45, 10:25 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) (10:30) 4:55, 7:25, 10:00 FENCES (PG-13) (12:10, 3:30) 7:05, 9:30 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) G (11:45, 2:50) 6:00, 9:10 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) G (1:05) 4:15, 7:30, 10:10 OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (R) 10:20 MOANA (PG) (10:40, 12:45, 3:45) 6:30 FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (PG-13) (1:35)

WALTHAM

EMBASSY CINEMA

16 Pine St. 781-736-7852 5 6 DOL DIG DSS

www.landmarktheatres.com

PASSENGERS (PG-13) 5 (12:55) 7:10 PASSENGERS 3D (PG-13) 5 (4:10) FENCES (PG-13) 5 (1:20, 4:20) 7:30 COLLATERAL BEAUTY (PG-13) 5 (1:20, 4:30) 7:30 WHY HIM? (R) 5 (1:10, 3:45) 6:45 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) 5 G (12:45, 3:50) 7:00 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY 3D (PG-13) 5 G (1:00) 6:50 ARRIVAL (PG-13) 5 (4:00)

WESTBOROUGH

REGAL WESTBOROUGH STADIUM 12 231 Turnpike Road 844-462-7342-453 5 6 8 DIG www.REGmovies.com

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TV CRITIC’S CORNER

ASK AMY

BY MATTHEW GILBERT

Is sibling obligated to attend brother’s wedding? Q. My brother, “Joe,” recently got engaged to his girlfriend of three years. He asked my parents for my address to send a “save the date.” However, Joe and I have not gotten along much over the last two years. I had a fairly major surgery last New Year’s Eve, and instead of spending the time with my parents and me, Joe and his girlfriend decided to spend a night out in the city because, according to her, “New Year’s Eve is for couples.” This has caused feelings of betrayal and distrust, though when I try to broach the subject, I get brushed off and told to get over it. Since then, I have been happier not spending time with my brother, instead focusing on my health, my friends, and my career. I would prefer to not go to Joe’s wedding, as I do not feel close to him anymore and I am not supportive of the union. Is it all right for me to decline the invitation, given our history? Or am I being selfish in not planning to be present on his big day? ESTRANGED IN ILLINOIS A. You can decline any invitation, but when you ask whether you are “obligated” to attend your brother’s wedding, the answer is yes. A wedding is not an invitation to the movies. It is a major life-chapter in the story of a family, and because you are the groom’s sibling, you should attend. This wedding is both a family and a social obligation. Your brother is fulfilling his side of this obligation by inviting you. It is certainly your right not to honor this obligation, but you should be aware of the consequences if you do: possible total estrangement from your brother, upsetting and disappointing your parents and other family members and denying the possibility that things might ever be different between you. Family members deliberately avoid weddings for big and legitimate reasons — abuse, abandonment, or the total lack of any family relationship. In your case, your brother didn’t honor your relationship when you wanted him to. You don’t like his fiancee. This doesn’t rise to a level whereby you can legitimately refuse to attend his wedding and blame him for your choice. This occasion could serve as a fresh start for both of you. I hope you’ll reconsider your decision.

LEWIS JACOBS/AMC

Anna Gunn and Bryan Cranston in “Breaking Bad.”

You are the one who binges If you’re not working the week between Christmas and New Year’s, and you’re feeling a little too happy about life, and you think that good people are good to the core, and you don’t believe that evil hides in plain sight, I’ve got a prescription for you. It’s called “Breaking Bad,” and AMC is airing the series in its five-season entirety beginning Monday at noon and running through late night on Thursday. Perhaps you’ve heard of the show? It is considered the best scripted TV drama ever made by many — or at least in the Top 5 list of TV dramas, alongside “The Sopranos” and “The Wire.” During its 2008-2013 run, it won a whole mess of Emmys, including two for best drama. There are so many things to recommend this show, including the tight, smart writing, the committed acting by Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, and many others, and the remarkably gradual and tense pacing. I was always particularly spellbound by the look of “Breaking Bad,” especially from the sec-

ond season on, once Michael Slovis took over the cinematography from Reynaldo Villalobos. Every shot was perfectly framed, not just to look great — which they all did — but to tell part of the story. Events might be seen through a window, or in the reflection of a metal paper towel dispenser or a knife, and on occasion Slovis might do something mind-bending and position his camera in a thoroughly unusual place — looking up through a street grate, say, or getting nose-to-nose with a fly. Overall, the camera gave us a vision of contemporary Albuquerque that mingled fast-food joints and mini-malls with the grandeur, foreboding, and violence of the Western genre. By the way, AMC is doing us another favor. On Friday, Dec. 30, the basic cable channel will re-air the first eight-episode season of “Humans,” from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It’s a well-made, fascinating near-future sci-fi series that, like “Westworld,” goes deep into the wonders and dangers of artificial intelligence. AMC will premiere season two on Feb. 13.

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Q. I just started dating a guy. I did a little background investigating through the Internet and found out he has a restraining order on his ex. The restraining order was taken out in another state, but it is recent. His ex lives in the same state we are in, and I am concerned she might be stalking him. If she is stalking him, this places me and my family at risk. I checked local records in our county and did not find anything, but my Internet search in his previous state showed a pending case. I’m not sure what to do with this knowledge. What do you think? UNSURE A. You don’t say what the “pending case” is for, or who might be charged (and with what crime), but the most logical thing to do is to ask this man to answer your questions regarding what your Internet search has turned up. If you are savvy enough to do this, you should be open about it. His involvement in a court case, or swearing out a restraining order on his ex, does not automatically mean that you and your family are in any danger. However, if your search is correct, you have a right to be filled in on all the drama, if you expect to have a long-term relationship with him. Q. Your response to “Dutiful Daughter” was absolutely right on. She should let her mother be independent, and even if she should die at home, that’s preferable to being put in some facility just so that the other children don’t feel guilty. In this society, too many people want to postpone death at all costs. Why? And why shouldn’t the elderly, unless they are senile, be able to make their own choices? INDEPENDENT, TOO A. Letting someone die at home sounds like a binary choice, but it is not. Would you let an elderly person suffer at home through illness or neglect? Would you let your frail parent live alone in unsafe conditions? Aging in place and dying how you want are rational and relatable goals, but getting there is often messy, confusing and heartbreaking. Amy Dickinson can be reached at askamy@tribpub.com.

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Boston’s forecast TUESDAY

TODAY 6 A.M.

NOON

6 P.M.

6 A.M.

Sunshine giving way to clouds as high pressure moves away and a warm front approaches. There will be some rain and drizzle at night.

WEDNESDAY NOON

6 P.M.

6 A.M.

Showers in the morning then clouds breaking for some sun in the afternoon as a cold front moves through. Clear to partly cloudy at night.

HIGH 36-41 LOW 35-40

NOON

6 P.M.

6 A.M.

Mostly sunny, breezy and cooler. A flow of cool, dry air from the west to northwest will prevail. Skies will be partly cloudy at night.

HIGH 51-56 LOW 30-35

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6 A.M.

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BY FRANK STEWART

6 P.M.

South dealer — N-S vulnerable North ♠ A6 ♥ 854 ♦ Q J 10 5 ♣A875

Windy and cooler with a mixture of clouds and sunshine. A strong flow of cooler air will follow the front. Partly cloudy and colder at night.

Periods of rain and snow, mainly from midday on. A front from the west and low pressure from the south will approach. Clearing late at night.

HIGH 39-44 LOW 26-31

DAILY BRIDGE CLUB

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THURSDAY

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HIGH 42-47 LOW 30-35

West

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♠ J 10 9 ♥J 9 7 3 ♦A983 ♣Q 9 South

♠ K87542 ♥AKQ6 ♦ 6 ♣62 South 1♠ 2♥ 3♠

Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.

Tides

TODAY: Clouds will increase with rain breaking out in the southwest and ice and snow farther north. The precipitation will spread east tonight. TOMORROW: The day will start with some showers, especially in the south and east. Clearing will PRESQUE ISLE follow, but northern areas will remain cloudy. 14/11 EXTENDED: Wednesday will be cooler with a gusty breeze and some sunshine. Clouds MILLINOCKET along with some rain and snow will return 17/15 on Thursday.

BURLINGTON 36/34 MONTPELIER 30/28 RUTLAND 34/33

MT. WASHINGTON 22/16 LEBANON 31/29

BAR HARBOR 34/27

LACONIA 29/27 MANCHESTER PORTSMOUTH 34/33 BRATTLEBORO 33/32 32/27 NASHUA 33/31 PITTSFIELD 36/31 BOSTON 38/36 WORCESTER PROVINCETOWN SPRINGFIELD NEW 34/32 34/34 PROVIDENCE 41/39 BEDFORD 41/40 40/39 HYANNIS 40/38 HARTFORD 37/36 NEWPORT 43/40 BRIDGEPORT OAK BLUFFS NANTUCKET 41/39 42/40 45/43

Wind Boston Harbor

SE 6-12 kts.

Seas

Temp

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38/37

9:16 9:51 9:15 9:45 9:01 9:36

Actual Temperatures

Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

9:04 9:04 9:20 9:12 9:11

Degree days Yesterday Monthly total Normal to date Season total Season normal Last year to date

9:39 9:39 9:53 9:45 9:42

8:56 9:29 7:52 8:21 8:48 9:23

High tides

A.M. P.M.

Hyannis Port Chatham Wellfleet Provincetown Nantucket Harbor Oak Bluffs New Bedford Newport RI

9:5910:45 10:0610:50 9:18 9:53 9:07 9:42 10:0010:43 9:44 9:59 5:52 6:07 5:45 6:00

(valid at 7 p.m. yesterday)

Heat Cool 26 0 751 0 733 0 1666 1035 1780 741 1297 921

Normal Temperatures

Dec. readings Avg. daily high Avg. daily low YTD avg. temp.

Actual 41.0 28.4 53.7

Record Temperatures

Yesterday’s high 45°

80 70

Seas

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Vineyard

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2-3 ft.

42/41

SE 10-20 kts.

2-3 ft.

40/37

Nantucket

SE 10-20 kts.

1-3 ft.

42/40

SE 10-20 kts.

1 ft.

40/38

Provincetown

SE 8-16 kts.

1-3 ft.

41/40

Mount Washington (7 p.m. yesterday)

Weather Clear Visibility 130 miles Wind north-northwest at 50 m.p.h. High/low temperature 14/0 Snow depth at 7 p.m. 10.0”

0 -10 -20

Yesterday’s low 33°

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time, and the solution will be clear. Tonight: Tap into your imagination. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You could feel unusually tense when dealing with family. Unexpected events could be the cause of some of the stress. A loved one might be a bit elusive, and perhaps is not aware of how difficult his or her communication style is to follow. Tonight: Hang out close to home. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You exhibit a short fuse, especially with a loved one who has created an unexpected twist or turn. Confusion seems to surround your plans and your schedule. Listen to what a close friend or associate shares, as his or her perspective could be quite helpful. Tonight: Go for mellow. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Be aware of your spending, especially now that Christmas is over.

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You might want to try a different path. You are likely to gain more knowledge if you head in a new direction. In the long run, this path will be more interesting. A conversation could reveal much more of what a higher-up is thinking. Tonight: Say "yes" to a suggestion. CANCER (June 21-July 22) Pace yourself, and get as much done as possible. You could have some special arrangements in mind. If your plans involve a New Year's event, finalize them ASAP. A conversation might not reveal as much information as you would like. Tonight: Off to the gym. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Your love of the good life emerges and might be hard to rein in. Unexpected developments involving communication could cause a problem with someone from a distance. Give this issue some

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tolerate. ARIES (March 21-April 19) Reach out to someone at a distance whom you care a lot about. Excitement seems to happen whenever you are around this person. This individual keeps your life from being staid and dull; be happy that he or she is in your life. Tonight: Your instincts might not be the best. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Close relating takes you down a new path. You could become anxious, as the fear of the unknown is strong right now. If you relax, you'll gain a sudden insight. Try not to become disorganized, or you'll be uncomfortable as a result. Tonight: Walk in someone else's shoes. GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

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Dec. 26, 2016: This year your poise and sense of self emerge and convince others that you know what you are doing, even when you really don’t! You often choose not to reveal your feelings. You might feel like a daredevil at times, but you refuse to take any dramatic risks. Emotional and professional success is likely. If you are single, a friendship could play a substantial role in you changing your status. Look to fall 2017 for a special person to walk into your life. If you are attached, the two of you need much more time alone together than in the recent past. These periods kindle and fuel your relationship. SAGITTARIUS sometimes is difficult for you to

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“How was Christmas at your house?” I asked Unlucky Louie as the club’s penny game began. “Fine,” he said tersely. “It’s that special once-a-year holiday feeling,” Cy the Cynic told me, “the one that comes from having a maxed-out credit card and a zero bank balance.” Louie was today’s South, trying to recover some of his Christmas expenses, and he and North bid boldly to four spades. West led a trump, and Louie won with the ace, took the A-K of hearts, led a club to dummy’s ace and returned a third heart. East ruffed — to discard would have done as well — and the defense also got a club, a diamond and another trump. Down one. Louie has the makings of 10 winners. He can win the first trump in his hand and lead a diamond: three, queen, king. If East returns a heart, Louie wins, goes to the ace of trumps and leads the jack of diamonds, pitching his club loser. His fourth heart goes on the high 10 of diamonds, and the defense gets only three tricks in all.

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You also might have a pile of items to return. A child or loved one absolutely adores all of your attention and wants to keep engaging you in conversation. Friends cannot get enough of you. Tonight: Be playful. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Harness your frustration and/or anger. You could be amazed by what you can accomplish and how motivated you can be as a result. Keep pushing toward a goal. Tap into your sense of humor, and your ability to raise others' spirits will emerge. Tonight: Happy at home. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Knowing when to be discreet is one of your strong suits. You would be wise to verify what you hear today. A comment made indiscriminately might hurt your feelings. Just let it go; the odds are that it was just an impulsive statement not directed at you. To-

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You could be in a somewhat changeable situation. A last-minute get-together might add some confusion to your already hectic day. Be flexible rather than stubborn, and the results will be much better. Tonight: Be willing to air out your feelings, even if you feel vulnerable. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Others might want to dominate the scene and could demand your help in carrying out certain tasks. Stay centered and be clear about what you must do. Sometimes you give a lot, but it is important not to become drained from the experience. Tonight: A must appearance. Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com. (c) 2016 by King Features Syndicate Inc.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, Dec. 26, the 361st day of 2016. There are five days left in the year. The seven-day African-American holiday Kwanzaa begins today. Birthdays: Actor Donald Moffat is 86. Puppeteer Caroll Spinney (Big Bird on TV’s ‘‘Sesame Street”) is 83. Kitty Dukakis, wife of former Mass. governor Michael Dukakis, is 80. Record producer Phil Spector is 77. ‘‘America’s Most Wanted’’ host John Walsh is 71.

Funk musician George Porter Jr. (The Meters) is 69. Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk is 69. Baseball Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith is 62. Humorist David Sedaris is 60. Rock singer James Mercer is 46. ºIn 1776, British forces suffered a major defeat in the Battle of Trenton during the Revolutionary War. ºIn 1865, James H. Nason of Franklin, Mass., received a patent for ‘‘an im-

proved coffee percolator.’’ ºIn 1908, Jack Johnson became the first African-American boxer to win the world heavyweight title, defeating Canadian Tommy Burns in Sydney. ºIn 1990, Nancy Cruzan, a young woman in an irreversible vegetative state whose case led to a US Supreme Court decision on the right to die, died at a Missouri hospital. ºIn 1996, JonBenet Ramsey, 6, was

found beaten and strangled in the basement of her home in Boulder, Colo. (The slaying remains unsolved.) ºIn 2004, about 230,000 people, mostly in southern Asia, were killed by a 100-foot-high tsunami triggered by a 9.1-magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean. ºLast year, an onslaught of tornadoes erupted in the South, hitting parts of five states, including Texas.

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DOONESBURY by Garry Trudeau

GET FUZZY by Darby Conley

BIZARRO by Dan Piraro

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TAKE IT FROM THE TINKERSONS by Bill Bettwy

ARCTIC CIRCLE by Alex Hallatt

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RHYMES WITH ORANGE by Hilary Price

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Local celebrities share holiday party memories After watching the movie “Office Christmas Party,” we asked a few folks if they have a good holiday party story. Longtime Magic 106.7 personality Candy O’Terry told us that for many years she hosted an open-house holiday party for co-workers and friends at her place in Wellesley. Everyone at the radio station would go, including Mike Addams, Gay Vernon, Amanda Giles (who’s on Mix 104.1 these days), Nancy Quill, and Dan Justin (who’s also on Mix 104.1). It was a festive affair, with plenty of food, drink, and singing around the piano. One year, O’Terry asked her daughter Colleen and a few friends to welcome guests and take their coats. Colleen and her pals were all big fans of David Allan Boucher and Bedtime Magic, and they happily obliged. “Now . . . David Allan Boucher was then and still is ‘the mystery man’ of Magic 106.7,’ ” said O’Terry. “He is never seen in pictures on the website, or on social media (unless he’s in disguise), and he never does any appearances because everyone has a ‘vision’ of what he looks like based on the unique sound of his legendary voice.” “David arrived with his wife and handed his coat to one of my helpers and a few minutes later, with her arms full of coats, she asked me: Is David Allan Boucher here? I said ‘Yes, you just took his coat,’ and the girl screamed and dropped all the coats in the middle of the floor. I needed another glass of wine after that.” Legendary WBCN DJ Charles Laquidara said the station’s Christmas party helped him get off drugs. How? One night, Laquidara told us, he and some friends were doing cocaine at his home in the wee hours of the morning when his wife appeared with their baby. She needed him to take over. He begged off, saying he’d been up for two days straight. “If you take the baby, I won’t do coke anymore — except once a year at the WBCN Christmas party,” Laquidara told his wife. And if he broke his promise, he promised to go to rehab. Reluctantly, his wife agreed. “And from that point on, I avoided it,” he said, using less and less at the ’BCN Christmas party. In 1986, after the Celtics’ first-round draft pick Len Bias died from a drug overdose, Laquidara stopped altogether. Bradley Jay is the host of “Jay Talking” on WBZ. But he got his start as a part-timer at WBCN in 1981, and like Laquidara, attended the station’s annual holiday soiree. At one of them, while Jay was still part time, Oedipus got up to announce the folks who’d be going full time. He said Jay’s name. “I remember getting choked up by it,” he recalls. “It was a dream of mine for years and years and years . . . and it came true.” Boston-bred actress Christine Elise McCarthy didn’t have an office party anecdote to share, so we asked: What was the best holiday gift you’d ever received? She said her favorite is the pug puppy she received from her then-boyfriend. “I named him Dempsey. He was my first pug. He lived to be 15 and inspired many of my friends to get pugs,” she said. “He also helped me raise my wolf puppy up as a kind and gentle soul. Dempsey — hands down — the best gift I have ever gotten.” McCarthy sent us a photo of her pooches, along with her “Beverly Hills 90210” costar Jason Priestly.

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Above: Will Gilson (front center) with fellow chefs (clockwise, from left) Nookie Postal, Alex Saenz, Ryan Poutre, Andrew Grosse, Kyle Beechum, and Chris McMullan. At left (from far left): Parul Bhakta of Weston, Rupal Bhakta and Manjari Bhakta, both of Watertown.

Chefs host fundraiser to help victims of Cambridge fire Chefs from several Cambridge restaurants, including Puritan & Company, the Blue Room/Belly, Commonwealth, Craigie on Main, Little Donkey, and BISq, teamed up to raise money for folks displaced and demoralized by the 10-alarm blaze that destroyed dozens of dwellings in Cambridge a few weeks ago. The event, hosted by Puritan & Company’s Will Gilson, raised $13,000 for Mayor E. Denise Simmons’s Fire Relief Fund, which is up over $700,000 so far.

Gronk vs. ‘Madden Curse’ Do you remember when it was announced Rob Gronkowski would be on the cover of Madden NFL 17 and Patriots Nation freaked out? Pats fans familiar with the socalled “Madden Curse” worried that Gronk, like so many NFL stars who’d been on the cover of the popular video game, would be sidelined by a serious BUSINESS WIRE injury. And then it happened! The tight end suffered a season-ending back injury that has dimmed (but certainly not extinguished) the Pats’ Super Bowl prospects. Well, Gronk is at home now recuperating from surgery and, in a new video by EA Sports, the maker of Madden NFL 17, the hard-partying pass catcher is having fun — and poking fun at the idea of the “Madden Curse.”

Kate Skubecz (left) and Erin Hart, both of Cambridge.

Melissa Chamness (left) of Cambridge and Liz Vilardi of West Roxbury.

From left: Jamileh Jemison of Waltham, Deirdre McCarthy of Somerville and Sabrina Zanella-Foresi of Cambridge.

WAAF shakes things up WAAF is shaking things up for the new year. The rock station is bringing on two new on-air personalities — Matty Blake and Nick Stevens — for the afternoon drive and reshuffling others in the lineup. Blake is a comedian and actor (who was raised in Central Mass.) and host of “The Curse of Oak Island: Drilling Down” on The History Channel. Stevens is a South Shore native who will be moving back to Massachusetts from New York, where he’s been doing stand-up for 20 years. Mistress Carrie, who has hosted afternoons on WAAF for the past 11 years, will return to her original midday (10 a.m. to 3 p.m.) slot. Meanwhile, WAAF midday host Mike Hsu will move from the midday shift and return to the Hill-Man Morning Show with Greg Hill. The station says the move will be a reunion of sorts for Hill and Hsu, because Hsu originally served as the program’s news director until 2004. The new lineup will debut Jan. 3. “WAAF has always been a brand built on engaging and unorthodox personalities,” said WAAF program director Ron Valeri, in a statement on the station’s website. “As one of America’s longest standing rock stations, this new line up positions WAAF to thrive in the New Year and for many years to come.”

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Patricia Coutain of Hyde Park and Andrew Sharpe of Mattapan.

Shani Legore of Cambridge and Samuel Awuni of Randolph.

Christmas cheer at Caribbean gala Supporters of the Authentic Caribbean Foundation, the Boston-based nonprofit that helps Caribbean kids with disabilities and HIV/AIDS by providing health and educational support, turned out the other night for the Caribbean Christmas Gala at Flames Restaurant in Mission Hill. The event raised money for the foundation’s Learning Disability and Arts For Kids program.

Russell Fig of Dorchester, with Valerie Mack (left) and Annette Kishosha, both of Boston.

Read local celebrity news at www.bostonglobe.com/names. Names can be reached at names@globe.com or at 617-929-8253.

‘We have to find alternative solutions. We go to hotels, or just use other areas of the house.’ MILLA JOVOVICH, actress, on how she and husband, director Paul W.S. Anderson, manage a romantic life while letting their daughter sleep in their bed

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Patriots look for ways to improve Safety Duron Harmon gave an entertaining quote Saturday following the Patriots’ 41-3 win over the Jets, about how Bill Belichick and the coaches will still find a way to pick out all of the team’s flaws in the film review. “Oh, trust me — all the flaws,” Harmon said. “Flaws that we didn’t even know we had in the game. But they’re going to find them, and they’re going to make sure we learn from them.” It’s easy enough to point out all of the ways the Patriots were great in Saturday’s blowout, but Belichick won’t let his players rest on their laurels as they get ready for the playoffs. There’s always room for improvement. Such as: R The red zone offense could still be better. The Patriots had one drive fizzle out at the 11yard line, and another at the 4. The Patriots reached first and goal at the 4, then threw three

incompletions, forgetting about the running game that has carried the offense this year. They had another red zone possession revived by a Jets holding penalty in the end zone on third down, which led to LeGarrette Blount’s final touchdown. R Tom Brady had a clean pocket for most of the day, but the run blocking was inconsistent. The Patriots rushed 40 times for just 114 yards, an average of 2.9 yards per carry. Of Blount’s 20 carries, 10 went for 2 yards or fewer, plus a stuffed run from the 1. Sheldon Richardson twice blew up run plays by tossing aside Martellus Bennett and Joe Thuney, and safety Rontez Miles stuffed a run play after fighting through Chris Hogan. Richardson was the one Jets defender to play well, powering through Thuney to put a hit on Brady as he threw. R There were some uncharacteristic mistakes. Brady had ON FOOTBALL, Page C4

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Victory over Knicks shows how comfortable Celtics are on the road By Gary Washburn GLOBE STAFF

Celtics 119 NEW YORK — While the Celtics have had Knicks 114 their bouts with in-

consistency, battled injuries, and allowed some games to slip away, they have established themselves as a sparkling road team. In a month that has featured nine road games in 22 days, Boston has

flourished away from TD Garden. After a difficult home loss Friday against Oklahoma City, the Celtics responded Sunday by controlling their 119-114 Christmas Day victory over the Knicks. When the Knicks blitzed them with 11 points in 68 seconds to tie the game with 1:06 left, the Celtics responded with a clutch basket from Marcus Smart and won without

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Isaiah Thomas having to be stellar down the stretch. The victory at Madison Square Garden was the Celtics’ 10th win in their last 13 road games, and their 12 road wins are the most by any Eastern Conference team. They have played 19 of their first 31 games away from TD Garden and have one more this month ( Thursday vs. CELTICS, Page C2

BC’s bowl mission: secure winning year By Julian Benbow GLOBE STAFF

The moment Boston College landed in Shreveport, La., for the AdvoCare V100 Bowl three years ago, the scene, the swag, and the spectacle of the bowl experience made it entirely too easy to forget that the team was actually there to play a football game. The Eagles had missed out on the bowl experience the previous two seasons. So when they finally got back to one, they got swept up. They hopped on a stage with their opponent, Arizona, and squared off in a game of Jeopardy. They went to the Barksdale Air Force Base

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NEW YORK — It seems that Terry Rozier’s shooting slump and Marcus Smart’s versatility have caused a change in CELTICS Brad Stevens’s NOTEBOOK playing rotation. Rozier registered his first DNP-CD (did not play, coach’s decision) of the season in the Celtics’ 119-114 win Sunday in New York. Smart served as the primary backup point guard, with Gerald Green taking Smart’s minutes at forward. Smart finished with 15 points, including the goahead 3-pointer with 47.8 seconds to play. Rozier continues to struggle from the field (30.9 percent in December and 19.2 from the 3-point line), and his minutes have dwindled. He had played at least 20 minutes in 12 of his first 25 appearances but now has played just 56 minutes in the past six games. Rozier began the season as one of the team’s most improved players, shooting 39.5 percent from the 3-point line through November, but Stevens said he prefers Smart as the backup point guard because of his ability to post up smaller guards and create matchup problems. “It was [just Sunday],” Stevens said of the move. “The ability to post Smart is helpful. When Smart can post on [point guards], it’s dif-

ferent than posting on wings [small forwards].” Stevens would not say whether Rozier is permanently out of the rotation. “We’ll see,” he said. “Our bench all has to be ready to play and be ready to play well. Nobody deserved to play [more] than Gerald. Everybody should be happy for him. I think he gave us a great lift.” Smart said that it is a definite advantage playing guard because his size (6 feet 4 inches, 225 pounds) is an issue for players such as New York’s Brandon Jennings or Derrick Rose. “It changes tremendously,” Smart said. “My size creates matchup problems for [opposing teams] and they have to bring help off one our best shooters and now I’m finding people and making plays. “When I post up, it’s to score, but at the same time I’m a point guard, so I know if I’ve been killing them all day in the post, I know they’re going to bring help, and when they do, I’ve got to find the open man.”

game since Nov. 18 against Golden State. “Gerald turned the game around with his energy,” Stevens said. “I thought we were a little slow out of the gate in that first quarter. When Gerald came in and made an offensive rebound, it basically got everybody going, got a couple of shots, and that’s what you need your bench to do.” Green said he was grateful for the chance to contribute. “It means a lot, you know, this is a big win for us,” he said. “You just have to get your extra work in [when you’re not playing]. It’s tough at times, but you’ve got to stay motivated. I give credit to the coaches and the players for keeping me ready, keeping me engaged at all times.” And playing and flourishing on this holiday wasn’t lost on Green. “I love Christmas, man,” he said. “Christmas has always been a special day for me, not only because it’s my mom’s birthday but you get a couple of gifts every now and then, so it’s always pretty good.”

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It’s been a difficult season for Green, who was signed to be a scorer and energy player off the bench. Before Sunday, he had played in just 13 of 30 games and 127 total minutes. Against the Knicks, Green played 11:40 and scored 8 points with four rebounds, a steal, an assist, and a blocked shot. It was also the first time he hit multiple 3-pointers in a

Two days later, Stevens could do nothing but give kudos to Russell Westbrook after his 45-point, 11rebound, 11-assist performance that included two clutch 3-pointers in Oklahoma City’s 117-112 win over the Celtics. “Sweet shots, man,” Stevens said of Westbrook’s 20-point fourth quarter. “We had our moments that we could have controlled. We

gave up a few plays that I thought we could control and be a little bit better, and maybe we had a play or two that we didn’t execute great, but you know what? Tip your hat to that guy. He made a bunch of plays against really good defenders. “That’s part of this league. There are going to be times that really good players make those plays. You have to make it as tough as possible so you can give yourself a chance in those moments, and I thought our guys did. Our guys played really hard, especially coming off the five-day [road] trip. I’m not losing any sleep over those shots Westbrook made.”

Face guarding Smart took an elbow to the face by Rose that drew blood. He remained in the game but said he may need a “stitch or two.” Rose was driving to the basket and charged into Smart . . . In two games against the Knicks this season, Smart has amassed 17 assists . . . Rebounding continues to be an issue for the Celtics. They were outrebounded by the Knicks, 2916, in the second half, including 14-3 on offensive rebounds . . . The Celtics improved to 13-17 on Christmas . . . The Knicks fell to 22-29 in Christmas games. Their 51 Christmas games are the most played by any NBA team. Gary Washburn can be reached at gwashburn@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @GwashburnGlobe.

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EASTERN CONFERENCE

ATLANTIC Toronto BOSTON New York Philadelphia Brooklyn

W 21 18 16 7 7

L 8 13 14 22 22

Pct. GB Streak Home .724 — W3 115 .581 4 W1 66 .533 5½ L1 115 .241 14 L2 514 .241 14 L5 68

Conf. 134 145 88 512 214

CENTRAL Cleveland Milwaukee Indiana Chicago Detroit

W 23 14 15 14 14

L 6 14 16 16 18

Pct. GB Streak Home .793 — W5 162 8½ .500 W1 107 .484 9 L2 115 .467 9½ L3 86 .438 10½ L5 87

Conf. 174 1010 810 109 811

SOUTHEAST Charlotte Atlanta Washington Orlando Miami

W 17 15 13 14 10

L 13 15 16 18 21

Pct. GB Streak Home .567 — W3 106 .500 2 W1 77 .448 3½ L1 106 .438 4 W1 610 .323 7½ L1 511

Conf. 119 117 911 812 513

WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC Golden State *LA Clippers Sacramento *LA Lakers Phoenix

W L 27 5 22 9 13 17 11 22 9 21

Pct. GB Streak Home .844 — L1 122 .710 4½ L1 115 .433 13 W3 66 .333 16½ L4 67 .300 17 W1 59

Conf. 184 154 109 613 317

SOUTHWEST San Antonio Houston Memphis New Orleans Dallas

W L 25 6 22 9 20 12 11 21 9 21

Pct. GB Streak Home .806 — W2 94 L1 103 .710 3 .625 5½ W2 127 .344 14½ W1 710 .300 15½ W2 68

Conf. 144 166 125 418 613

NORTHWEST Oklahoma City Utah Portland Denver Minnesota

W 19 18 13 12 9

Pct. GB Streak Home .613 — W3 126 .581 1 L3 107 .406 6½ L5 86 .400 6½ L2 68 .300 9½ L2 411

Conf. 107 139 914 710 414

L 12 13 19 18 21

* — Not including late game

SUNDAY’S RESULTS BOSTON 119

at New York 114

At Cleveland 109

Golden St. 108

At San Antonio 119

At Okla. City 112

Minnesota 100

LA Clippers

at LA Lakers

Chicago 100

MONDAY’S GAMES Memphis at Orlando

Indiana at Chicago

Milwaukee at Washington

Dallas at New Orleans

8 8

Cleveland at Detroit

7:30

Toronto at Portland

Charlotte at Brooklyn

7:30

Denver at LA Clippers

10:30

Atlanta at Minnesota

Philadelphia at Sacra.

10:30

Phoenix at Houston

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The Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony (left) is forced to deal with Jae Crowder’s defense.

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A loose ball puts (from left) Joakim Noah, Marcus Smart, Amir Johnson, and Kristaps Porzingis on a collision course Sunday.

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Cleveland) before spending most of January at home. The Celtics led most of Sunday’s game before New York’s flurry made things hairy. Smart, who has become the primary backup point guard, took a swing pass from Al Horford and broke a 112-112 tie with a 3-pointer in front of the Celtics’ bench with 47.8 seconds left. Avery Bradley then made another statement in his quest for Defensive Player of the Year consideration by stealing the ball from Carmelo Anthony with 18.8 seconds left, forcing the Knicks to foul. It was a heartening win for the Celtics in their first Christmas game in the Brad Stevens era. The players and coaches all brought their families with them to New York. “I was really pleased,” Stevens said. “I told them in [the locker room] they showed a lot of toughness over the last few weeks but certainly [in the last few days]. We played three games in 60 hours in three different cities. There was never an excuse. We were just going to play as hard and as well as we could.” The Celtics sleepwalked early with the noon start, trailing, 37-31,

Celtics 119, Knicks 114 At Madison Square Garden, New BOSTON FG FT Reb Min MA MA OT A Johnson.......24 36 34 45 3 Crowder......34 16 1 59 34 Horford .......35 713 00 37 5 Bradley .......32 512 00 06 2 Thms ...........33 923 68 03 4 Jerebko .......13 15 00 12 0 Smart ..........28 59 34 12 7 Brown............6 01 00 02 0 Olynyk.........23 79 00 02 2 Green ..........12 36 00 24 1 Totals .......... 4593 1520 1239 25

York F Pt 4 9 3 16 0 15 2 11 3 27 3 2 2 15 0 0 3 16 0 8 20 119

PPG 6.7 13.0 15.7 17.6 27.0 4.5 9.5 5.0 8.2 4.0

FG%: .484, FT%: .750. 3pt. goals: 1436, .389 (Crowder 36, Horford 13, Bradley 11, Thomas 313, Jerebko 03, Smart 24, Olynyk 23, Green 23). Team rebounds: 7. Team turnovers: 8 (11 pts.). Blocks: 3 (Horford 2, Green). Turnovers: 6 (Crowder, Bradley, Thomas 2, Smart, Olynyk). Steals: 10 (Johnson, Horford 3, Bradley 3, Jerebko, Smart, Green). Technicals: Horford, 7:21/3rd. NEW YORK FG FT Reb Min MA MA OT A F Pt PPG Przngs.........37 916 22 312 1 4 22 20.0 Anthny ........39 924 99 27 2 2 29 22.7 Noah............28 34 23 512 2 4 8 4.8 Lee...............34 49 12 13 0 3 11 10.0 Rose.............38 1019 56 35 3 3 25 17.1 Thms .............9 13 11 22 1 2 3 4.5 OQuinn........13 34 00 14 0 3 6 6.4 Jenngs.........16 02 00 02 2 1 0 7.7 Holiday........14 13 44 01 0 1 7 6.7 Hrnngmz.......3 00 00 00 0 0 0 6.0 Kzminsks......9 13 00 11 0 0 3 4.2 Totals .......... 4187 2427 1849 11 23 114 FG%: .471, FT%: .889. 3pt. goals: 823, .348 (Porzingis 24, Anthony 27, Lee 26, Thomas 01, Jennings 01, Hol iday 12, Kuzminskas 12). Team rebounds: 7. Team turnovers: 17 (18 pts.). Blocks: 6 (Porzingis 4, Anthony, Lee). Turnovers: 17 (Porzingis 5, Anthony 2, Rose 3, O’Quinn 4, Jennings, Holiday 2). Steals: 5 (Porzingis 2, Anthony, Jennings 2). Technicals: Lee, 0:27/2nd, Antho ny, 7:21/3rd, O’Quinn, 8:15/4th. Boston.................................. 22 34 32 31 — 119 New York............................. 28 20 34 32 — 114 A — 19,812 (19,763). T — 2:28. Officials — Zach Zarba, Kane Fitzgerald, Marat Kogut.

midway through the second quarter before a 24-9 run gave them the lead until that final minute. The reserves were critical to the victory, as Smart and Kelly Olynyk combined for 31 points on 12-for-18

shooting, while little-used Gerald Green came off the bench with 8 points in 12 minutes. Thomas has carried the Celtics in final quarters this season, tallying 18 against Oklahoma City in the fourth Friday. But he was just 2-for-8 shooting with 9 points in t h a t s p a n S u n d a y, t h o u g h i t seemed the Celtics would coast after Amir Johnson grabbed a Smart pass and scored a dunk for a 10996 lead with 4:58 left. The Knicks then scored 5 straight points, then used an Anthony 3-pointer, a pair of threes from Kristaps Porzingis, and an Anthony layup to tie the game at 112 with 1:06 left. Stevens likes playing Smart late in games because of his defense, but on this afternoon, after Horford found him open, Smart released his pivotal 3-pointer with confidence. “I was going for the shot, and it was one of those things where at the last second I saw [Smart],” Horford said. “You feel the defense out there sometimes, and it’s about making the right, easy play. He hit a huge shot.” Despite allowing 114 points, the Celtics defense was solid against Anthony, who needed 24 shots to score his game-high 29 points. Derrick Rose looked like vintage Rose in stretches with 25 points,

while Porzingis added 22 points, with 12 rebounds and 4 blocks. The Knicks are still trying to integrate ne wcom ers Rose and Joakim Noah, and they are hardly cohesive defensively. The Celtics burned them constantly with the extra pass. Thomas struggled from beyond the arc (3 for 13), while the rest of his teamates were effective (11 for 2 3 ) , i n c l u d i n g t h r e e b y Ja e Crowder in the span of a minute in the second quarter. The Celtics seemed particularly happy with the victory, especially coming off allowing 45 points to Russell Westbrook and blowing a fourth-quarter lead against the Thunder on Friday. “We took shots from them all night, and we knew coming in it was going to be their type of game,” Smart said of the Knicks. “Especially on a very special day and they had the crowd behind them. This team did a really good job of making sure when they punched us, we punched right back. “We can play on a bigger scale. We’re a team that’s fun to watch, especially when we’re playing like that.” Gary Washburn can be reached at gwashburn@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @GwashburnGlobe.

CAVALIERS 109, WARRIORS 108

THUNDER 112, T’WOLVES 100

GOLDEN STATE FG FT Reb Min MA MA OT Green .... 32 79 22 04 Durant... 38 1123 1212 015 Pchli ...... 13 23 00 15 Curry..... 37 411 56 03 KTmsn .. 41 916 12 02 Looney.... 5 00 00 01 McGee .... 9 13 02 23 Igdala.... 25 04 00 14 Clark ....... 9 23 00 00 West...... 14 13 33 12 McCaw ... 1 00 00 00 Lvgstn... 18 02 22 03 Totals .... 3777 2529 542

MINNESOTA FG FT Reb Min MA MA OT Dieng..... 29 37 00 25 Wggns .. 36 1020 38 13 Towns... 32 1020 66 28 Rubio..... 30 14 11 37 LaVine... 31 511 33 01 Hill ......... 19 27 00 36 Mhmd ... 25 58 55 01 Bjelica... 12 12 00 01 Dunn ..... 18 12 00 02 Payne...... 4 01 00 01 Jones....... 4 11 00 01 Totals .... 3983 1823 1136

A 4 3 1 3 1 0 0 4 1 5 0 3 25

F Pt 5 16 2 36 4 4 4 15 1 24 1 0 2 2 3 0 0 4 1 5 0 0 1 2 24 108

FG%: .481, FT%: .862. 3pt. goals: 9 30, .300 (Green 02, Durant 28, Curry 27, Thompson 511, Iguodala 02). Team rebounds: 9. Team turnovers: 20 (21 pts.). Blocks: 4 (Durant, Thompson, Iguodala, Livingston). Turnovers: 19 (Green 6, Pachulia 3, Curry 3, Thomp son 2, McGee, Iguodala 2, West, Liv ingston). Steals: 8 (Green, Durant, Cur ry 3, Thompson, Clark, West). Techni cal: Green, 9:25/1st. CLEVELAND FG FT Reb Min MA MA OT A F Pt Love ...... 32 513 78 16 3 5 20 James.... 40 1222 37 513 4 2 31 Tmpsn... 28 25 46 68 0 2 8 Liggins .. 22 01 02 02 1 2 0 Irving..... 44 1127 11 36 10 0 25 Shmprt.. 29 19 44 35 2 3 7 Jffrsn..... 29 211 44 02 0 3 8 Frye ....... 17 47 00 02 0 2 10 Totals .... 3795 2332 1844 20 19 109 FG%: .389, FT%: .719. 3pt. goals: 12 35, .343 (Love 37, James 48, Irving 25, Shumpert 15, R.Jefferson 05, Frye 25). Team rebounds: 16. Team turn overs: 12 (14 pts.). Blocks: 2 (James, Shumpert). Turnovers: 12 (James 5, Ir ving 2, Shumpert, R.Jefferson, Frye 3). Steals: 14 (Love, James 2, Thompson, Liggins 2, Irving 7, Shumpert). Techni cal: R.Jefferson, 9:20/4th. Golden State ........27 28 32 21 — 108 Cleveland..............25 27 28 29 — 109 A — 20,562 (20,562). T — 2:36. Offi cials — Mike Callahan, Sean Corbin, Matt Boland.

SPURS 119, BULLS 100 CHICAGO FG FT Reb Min MA MA OT Gibson .. 25 513 22 47 Butler.... 36 819 22 15 Lopez .... 19 46 24 34 Rondo ... 30 37 00 26 Wade .... 28 916 55 23 McDmt.. 27 25 00 02 Mirotic .. 32 410 00 05 Felicio ... 18 24 45 23 Grant..... 18 26 00 01 Portis ...... 2 00 00 01 Vlentine.. 2 00 00 00 Zipser...... 2 00 02 01 Totals .... 3986 1520 1438

A 2 3 1 2 6 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 20

F Pt 4 12 3 19 2 10 1 6 2 24 1 5 2 11 2 8 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 100

FG%: .453, FT%: .750. 3pt. goals: 7 18, .389 (Butler 13, Rondo 01, Wade 13, McDermott 12, Mirotic 36, Grant 13). Team rebounds: 8. Team turn overs: 14 (19 pts.). Blocks: 1 (Mirotic). Turnovers: 14 (Gibson, Lopez 4, Rondo 2, McDermott, Mirotic, Felicio 2, Grant, Portis, Zipser). Steals: 9 (Butler, Rondo 2, Wade, Mirotic 3, Grant 2). Technical: def. 3second, 7:10/2nd. SAN ANTONIO FG FT Reb Min MA MA OT A F Pt Leonrd .. 38 714 88 410 4 1 25 Alddge .. 38 1520 36 39 1 4 33 Gasol..... 24 58 13 27 2 1 12 Green .... 24 24 00 03 3 0 6 Parker... 28 615 00 03 8 0 13 Mills ...... 17 13 00 00 5 2 2 Lee......... 16 45 11 02 1 1 9 Smns..... 12 14 00 00 1 3 3 Gnobili .. 20 14 00 02 3 3 3 Ddmon.. 15 45 11 26 2 3 9 KAndsn... 2 00 00 01 0 1 0 Bertans... 2 01 00 00 0 0 0 Murray.... 2 22 00 00 0 0 4 Totals .... 4885 1419 1143 30 19 119 FG%: .565, FT%: .737. 3pt. goals: 9 18, .500 (Leonard 35, Gasol 11, Green 24, Parker 12, Simmons 12, Ginobili 13, Bertans 01). Team rebounds: 5. Team turnovers: 13 (19 pts.). Blocks: 3 (Leonard, Gasol, Ginobili). Turnovers: 13 (Leonard 2, Aldridge, Green, Parker 4, Mills, Ginobili 2, Dedmon 2). Steals: 7 (Leonard 3, Green, Parker, Mills, Ber tans). Chicago.................25 25 26 24 — 100 San Antonio..........36 19 32 32 — 119 A — 18,428 (18,797). T — 2:15. Offi cials — Scott Foster, Tony Brown, Ben Taylor.

A 0 2 0 10 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 19

F Pt 3 6 0 23 1 26 4 3 2 16 5 4 1 15 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 2 21 100

FG%: .470, FT%: .783. 3pt. goals: 4 12, .333 (Wiggins 02, Towns 02, LaVine 35, Muhammad 01, Dunn 12). Team rebounds: 6. Team turnovers: 13 (17 pts.). Blocks: 2 (Muhammad, Dunn). Turnovers: 12 (Dieng 2, Wig gins, Towns 3, LaVine 3, Hill, Bjelica, Dunn). Steals: 11 (Dieng, Wiggins 2, Rubio 2, LaVine, Hill, Muhammad, Dunn 3). Technical: def. 3second, 7:44/2nd. OKLAHOMA CITY FG FT Reb Min MA MA OT A F Pt Sbonis... 20 15 11 17 0 3 3 Rbrsn .... 27 25 00 24 1 3 4 Adams .. 29 912 44 16 1 3 22 Mrrow... 12 14 00 01 0 2 2 Wstbrk.. 33 1125 89 37 15 2 31 Grant..... 28 35 22 04 1 2 9 Kanter... 29 810 47 04 4 2 20 Singler .... 5 00 00 00 0 1 0 Christon 18 13 00 13 3 2 3 Lvrgne... 18 34 00 14 1 1 8 Abrnes .. 21 39 11 02 0 3 10 Totals .... 4282 2024 942 26 24 112 FG%: .512, FT%: .833. 3pt. goals: 8 24, .333 (Sabonis 03, Roberson 01, Morrow 03, Westbrook 14, Grant 12, Kanter 01, Christon 11, Lauvergne 22, Abrines 37). Team rebounds: 9. Team turnovers: 15 (20 pts.). Blocks: 4 (Sabonis, Roberson, Westbrook, Grant). Turnovers: 15 (Sabonis, Rober son, Adams 2, Westbrook 5, Grant, Kanter 3, Christon 2). Steals: 8 (Rober son 2, Adams 2, Westbrook, Grant, Kanter, Abrines). Technical: West brook, 1:34/2nd. Minnesota.............27 26 22 25 — 100 Oklahoma City.....23 34 29 26 — 112 A — 18,203 (18,203). T — 2:20. Offi cials — Tony Brothers, Nick Buchert, James Williams.

LEADERS Not including Sunday’s games SCORING AVERAGE G FG FT Pts. Avg. Westbrk, OKC.....30 313 269 953 31.8 Davis, NO.............30 318 236 891 29.7 Cousins, Sac. ......29 288 215 843 29.1 DeRozan, Tor. .....29 290 212 805 27.8 Harden, Hou. ......31 249 258 849 27.4 Lillard, Por...........32 280 223 865 27.0 Thomas, Bos.......26 217 205 701 27.0 Durant, GS...........31 284 176 802 25.9 James, Cle...........26 243 125 657 25.3 Butler, Chi. ..........29 220 236 709 24.4 Curry, GS.............31 246 147 757 24.4 REBOUNDS G Off. Def. Whiteside, Mia.....31 131 330 Drummond, Det...31 117 299 Howard, Atl. .........26 121 218 Jordan, LAC ..........31 106 298 Gobert, Utah ........31 95 274 Gortat, Was..........29 94 242 Chandler, Pho. .....22 68 186 Davis, NO..............30 63 283 Towns, Min...........29 100 231 Love, Cle. ..............25 61 210 Cousins, Sac.........29 63 243 Vucevic, Orl..........29 73 233

Tot.Avg. 461 14.9 416 13.4 339 13.0 404 13.0 369 11.9 336 11.6 254 11.5 346 11.5 331 11.4 271 10.8 306 10.6 306 10.6

ASSISTS G Ast. Avg. Harden, Hou. ....................31 369 11.9 Westbrook, OKC ..............30 323 10.8 Wall, Was..........................27 261 9.7 Paul, LAC...........................30 288 9.6 James, Cle.........................26 227 8.7 Rondo, Chi. .......................25 186 7.4 Green, GS..........................29 214 7.4 Lowry, Tor.........................29 212 7.3 Teague, Ind.......................31 226 7.3 Frazier, NO........................31 220 7.1 Rubio, Min.........................24 167 7.0 Williams, Dal. ...................22 147 6.7 Dragic, Mia. ......................26 172 6.6 Rodriguez, Phi..................28 178 6.4 Thomas, Bos.....................26 164 6.3 Schroder, Atl. ...................30 189 6.3 STEALS G Paul, LAC...........................30 Wall, Was..........................27 Green, GS..........................29 Ariza, Hou. ........................31 Sefolosha, Atl...................27 Antetokounmpo, Mil. ......28 Leonard, SA ......................30

Stl. 68 61 65 65 56 58 59

Avg. 2.27 2.26 2.24 2.10 2.07 2.07 1.97

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NHL LeBron James (right) and the Cavaliers celebrate after finishing their comeback win over the Warriors Sunday.

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Cavaliers get by Warriors Irving caps rally with late jumper ASSOCIATED PRESS

Six months later, the Cavaliers came back on the Warriors again. Kyrie Irving dropped a fadeaway jumper over Klay Thompson with 3.4 seconds left and Cleveland rallied just the way it did in historic fashion last June in the NBA Finals, beating Golden State, 109-108, on Sunday. The Cavs trailed at home, 94-80, early in the fourth quarter before rallying before a rowdy Christmas crowd. And as was the case in the Finals, it was Ir ving who made the biggest basket. Golden State had one last chance but Kevin Durant lost h i s b a l a n c e c o m i n g o ff a screen and couldn’t get off a shot as time expired. L e B r o n Ja m e s h a d 3 1 points, and Irving added 25 for the Cavs. They were down, 3-1, in the Finals before winning three straight and the championship — the first for a Cleveland team since 1964. Durant had 36 points in his first appearance in the league’s hottest rivalry, and Thompson had 24. The Warriors had their seven-game winning streak stopped. The Cavs couldn’t quite c a t c h t h e Wa r r i o r s u n t i l James gave Cleveland a 105103 lead — its first since the opening quarter — with a monstrous dunk that he celebrated by swinging on the rim like a kid at recess. Stephen Curry’s 3-pointer with 1:14 left put the Warriors up by 3, but Irving scored on a layup and Cleveland forced a 24-second violation. Following a timeout, Irving dribbled deep into the

lane and hit his off-balance shot over Thompson. T h e Wa r r i o r s s e t u p a game-winning chance for Durant, but he stumbled with pressure applied by Richard Jefferson and fell to the floor. The teams will meet again Jan. 16 and then not again unless they make it back to the Finals — a ‘‘three-quel’’ that would be a first for the league. James heated up in the third quarter, with 16 points on four 3-pointers. Durant, though, countered with 11 and helped the Warriors take a 87-80 lead into the fourth. Spurs 119, Bulls 100 — LaMarcus Aldridge had a season-high 33 points and San Antonio held on at home to beat Chicago after nearly blowing a hot start. Kawhi Leonard added 25 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 assists. Tony Parker had 13 points and eight assists. Chicago rallied from a 20point de ficit t o lead by 3 points midway through the third quarter but could not sustain the push. Dwyane Wade led the Bulls with 24 points, including 10 in the final quarter. Thunder 112, Timberwolves 100 — Russell Westbrook had 31 points and 15 assists to help Oklahoma City hold off visiting Minnesota. Westbrook had 10 assists in the second half to help Oklahoma City take control, although he fell short of becoming the first Thunder player to score at least 40 points in four straight games. Steven Adams scored 22 points and Enes Kanter added 20 for the Thunder, who shot 51.2 percent while winning their third straight. Karl-Anthony Towns had 26 points and Andrew Wiggins 23 for the Timberwolves.

ON HOCKEY

ATLANTIC Montreal Ottawa BOSTON Tampa Bay Florida Toronto Detroit Buffalo

GP 34 34 36 35 35 33 34 33

W 21 20 18 17 15 14 15 12

L OL 9 4 11 3 14 4 15 3 14 6 12 7 15 4 13 8

Pts. ROW 46 20 43 17 40 16 37 15 36 12 35 14 34 10 32 11

GF 104 88 85 100 85 97 83 71

GA 76 89 87 98 97 95 96 91

METROPOLITAN Columbus Pittsburgh NY Rangers Washington Philadelphia Carolina New Jersey NY Islanders

GP 32 35 36 32 36 33 34 33

W 23 22 23 20 20 15 13 13

L OL 5 4 8 5 12 1 8 4 12 4 11 7 14 7 14 6

Pts. ROW 50 21 49 20 47 21 44 19 44 16 37 13 33 11 32 12

GF 110 121 119 87 110 88 80 90

GA 65 100 89 69 108 90 102 102

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL Chicago Minnesota St. Louis Nashville Dallas Winnipeg Colorado

GP 36 33 35 33 35 36 33

W 22 21 18 15 14 16 12

L OL 9 5 8 4 12 5 13 5 14 7 17 3 20 1

Pts. ROW 49 20 46 20 41 17 35 14 35 14 35 14 25 12

GF 102 102 98 94 89 95 67

GA 86 66 103 94 106 105 106

PACIFIC San Jose Edmonton Anaheim Los Angeles Calgary Vancouver Arizona

GP 34 36 35 34 36 35 34

W 21 18 17 17 18 14 11

L OL 12 1 12 6 12 6 13 4 16 2 18 3 18 5

Pts. ROW 43 19 42 16 40 16 38 16 38 16 31 11 27 8

GF 87 105 96 87 94 86 75

GA 75 97 99 84 103 109 108

ROW — Regulation plus overtime wins

LEADERS GOAL SCORING

GP Sidney Crosby, Pitt..................29 Jeff Carter, LA ..........................34 Patrik Laine, Win. .................... 36 David Pastrnak, Bos................ 29 Marian Hossa, Chi. .................. 34 Auston Matthews, Tor............ 33 Wayne Simmonds, Phi............ 36 Vladimir Tarasenko, StL......... 35 Cam Atkinson, Colu.................32 Alex Ovechkin, Wash.............. 32 Artemi Panarin, Chi................. 36 Artem Anisimov, Chi............... 32 Leon Draisaitl, Edm. ................ 36 Sam Gagner, Colu.................... 31 Michael Grabner, NYR ............35 Evgeni Malkin, Pitt. .................35 James Neal, Nash. ...................29 Max Pacioretty, Mon. .............34 Rickard Rakell, Ana. ................ 24 Mark Scheifele, Win................ 33

G 24 19 19 19 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14

ASSISTS GP Connor McDavid, Edm............ 36 Evgeni Malkin, Pitt. .................35 Ryan Getzlaf, Ana....................32 Patrick Kane, Chi. .................... 36 Erik Karlsson, Ott..................... 34 Jakub Voracek, Phi.................. 36 Victor Hedman, TB.................. 35 Duncan Keith, Chi....................36 Phil Kessel, Pitt. .......................35 A. Wennberg, Colu. ................. 32 Tyler Seguin, Dal......................35 Vladimir Tarasenko, StL......... 35

A 29 25 24 24 24 24 23 23 23 23 22 22

POWERPLAY GOALS GP Sidney Crosby, Pitt.................. 29 Leon Draisaitl, Edm. ................36 Wayne Simmonds, Phi............ 36 Cam Atkinson, Colu................. 32 Ryan Kesler, Ana. .................... 35 Patrik Laine, Win. .................... 36 Matt Moulson, Buf................... 33 Tyler Seguin, Dal......................35 Shea Weber, Mon....................34

PP 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7

SHORTHANDED GOALS GP Viktor Arvidsson, Nash........... 33 Cam Atkinson, Colu................. 32 Matt Calvert, Colu. ..................27 Andrew Cogliano, Ana............ 35 Michael Frolik, Calg. ............... 36 Mark Giordano, Calg............... 36 Bo Horvat, Van.........................35 Mark Letestu, Edm.................. 33 N. MacKinnon, Colo................. 33 J.T. Miller, NYR ......................... 36 Dominic Moore, Bos................36 Frans Nielsen, Det. ..................34 B. Richardson Arizona ............16 Colton Sceviour, Fla. ............... 35 Zack Smith, Ott........................ 34

SH 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

SHOTS GP Brent Burns, SJ......................... 34 Vladimir Tarasenko, StL......... 35 Alex Ovechkin, Wash.............. 32 Jakub Voracek, Phi.................. 36 Tyler Seguin, Dal......................35 Auston Matthews, Tor............ 33 Joe Pavelski, SJ ........................34 Jeff Skinner, Car. ..................... 32 N. MacKinnon, Colo................. 33 Aaron Ekblad, Fla..................... 35 Patrice Bergeron, Bos.............33 Patrick Kane, Chi. .................... 36 Jeff Carter, LA .......................... 34

S 142 126 125 123 122 121 119 119 117 116 115 115 111

SHOOTING PERCENTAGE GP G S Carter, LA .................34 19 111 Matthews, Tor. ........33 16 121 Malkin, Pitt...............35 14 109 Tarasenko, StL.........35 16 126 Ovechkin, Wash. .....32 15 125

Pct. 17.11 13.22 12.84 12.69 12.0

PLUS/MINUS GP Ryan Suter, Minn..................... 33 David Savard, Colu.................. 32 Jared Spurgeon, Minn............. 29 Jason Zucker, Minn. ................ 33 Jack Johnson, Colu. ................. 32 Justin Schultz, Pitt...................35 Shea Weber, Mon....................34

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Bruins statistics SCORING GP Brad Marchand...............36 David Pastrnak ...............29 David Krejci .....................36 Torey Krug.......................36 David Backes...................31 Ryan Spooner..................35 Dominic Moore ...............36 Patrice Bergeron ............33 Tim Schaller ....................31 Austin Czarnik.................32 Brandon Carlo.................36 Zdeno Chara....................30 Matt Beleskey .................24 JohnMichael Liles..........23 Colin Miller ......................27 Riley Nash........................36 Jimmy Hayes...................31 Noel Acciari .....................18 Anton Blidh........................9 Adam McQuaid...............31 Joe Morrow......................13 Frank Vatrano ...................2 Matt Grzelcyk....................2 Danton Heinen ..................8 Sean Kuraly .......................5 Kevan Miller ....................16 Rob O’Gara ........................3 GOALTENDING GP Zane McIntyre..............3 Malcolm Subban..........1 Anton Khudobin ...........8 Tuukka Rask ...............26

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After break, they need to make some adjustments On Tuesday morning, the Bruins’ three-day holiday break will conclude when they gather at Hanscom Field for a flight to Columbus. It will not be a welcome way to merge back into NHL pace. Claude Julien and his assistants will not be fully recharged following the early-winter pause. Regardless of a mandated breather, coaches simply do not turn off their brains when the best team in the league is looming on the calendar. Tuesday night, the Bruins will resume play against the Blue Jackets, who are on a record-setting pace. On Friday, Columbus rolled off its 12th straight win by beating Montreal, 2-1. The Blue Jackets have recorded points in a franchise-record 14 straight games, giving them a leagueleading 50. They have the league’s best goal differential (plus-45) and its top power play (26.9 percent). Sergei Bobrovsky (21-5-2, 1.87 goals-against average, .935 save percentage) is pushing Devan Dubnyk and Carey Price for the Vezina Trophy, which he has already claimed once. Former Boston College forward Cam Aktinson leads the team with 15 goals and 20 points. Zach Werenski leads all first-year defensemen with 21 points while logging 21:31 of ice time per game, third most among rookies after former Team USA partner Brandon Carlo and Nikita Zaitsev. The promise of such a fearsome opponent is enough to curdle anybody’s eggnog. Boston is one of two teams that have beaten the Blue Jackets in Columbus (San Jose is the other). The Bruins have 24 points on the road, second most in the NHL behind Edmonton (25). They scooped up three of four points in their two-game road set before the break, beating Florida and losing to Carolina in overtime. David Pastrnak and Frank Vatrano have dressed for the last two games, giving the Bruins some much-needed offensive reinforcements. Pastrnak rounds out the NHL’s best 200-foot line. Vatrano, riding alongside former Providence linemate Austin Czarnik, should make the third line an offensive difference-maker once he gets back up to speed. The Bruins scored power-play goals in each of the last two games, which does not exactly qualify as a regular occurrence. So while the Bruins are in relatively good shape to launch their postholiday dash, they still have things to address: R Get more from Anton Khudobin. The Bruins had three back-to-back sets in December. The schedule eases

slightly in January, which has just one back-to-back pair: Florida and Carolina again. The league pauses again late next month for the All-Star break. So while the Bruins can ride Tuukka Rask when necessary, it’s not ideal. In that way, Khudobin has to be better than 1-5-1, 3.06 GAA, and an .885 save percentage. The Bruins believed they had fixed the backup issue that flared up with Jonas Gustavsson and Niklas Svedberg the two previous seasons by bringing Khudobin back. So far, he has not been good enough. Rask is the Bruins’ most important player. That title will be diminished if the coaches don’t have enough trust in Khudobin to give Rask games off. R Make a determination on Ryan Spooner’s future. The center-turnedleft wing was credited with his fifth goal when Torey Krug’s blast caromed off Spooner’s skate and past Cam Ward on Friday. But Spooner was on the ice for two of Carolina’s three goals. Spooner couldn’t get over to challenge Justin Faulk’s shot after a faceoff. In overtime, a flat-footed Spooner couldn’t slow down Teuvo Teravainen before he slipped the winner past Khudobin. The Bruins are desperate for offense on the wings. But if Spooner can’t defend, the coaches won’t put him in enough offensive situations to produce. R Ride the No. 1 power-play unit. The following five have produced recent man-up results: Krug, Spooner, Pastrnak, Patrice Bergeron, and Brad Marchand. They’ve played with pace. They should see most of the ice time over the No. 2 unit of Czarnik, Vatrano, Colin Miller, David Krejci, and David Backes. R Improve around the net. By shot volume, the Bruins are the best team in the league, posting a 55.1 percent Corsi For rating. When Rask is in goal, the defense has not been an issue. The offense, however, is still unable to put pucks in nets consistently. The coaches don’t believe it’s just a matter of bad luck that chances are not turning into goals. The Bruins are not crashing the net with the required level of desperation. R Keep getting Bergeron the puck. The No. 1 center has whistled a team-high 115 shots on net. But only 4.3 percent of those pucks have gone in, the worst percentage of his career. Over 853 NHL games, Bergeron has buried 10 percent of his shots. As long as he remains a high-volume shooter, Bergeron’s luck is bound to change. Five goals is an anomaly. Fluto Shinzawa can be reached at fshinzawa@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @GlobeFluto.

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Hit and miss Martellus Bennett was doubled covered in the middle of the end zone (left), but Tom Brady made a perfect throw (right), putting it only where the 6-foot-6-inch tight end could catch it.

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In the first quarter, however, Brady stared down Chris Hogan over the middle . . .

TOP: The Patriots had some great blocks up front that helped help spring Dion Lewis and LeGarrette Blount. RIGHT: Fullback James Develin was especially impressive, playing 41 snaps and dishing out several key blocks.

Smothering the Jets . . . all the while missing Julian Edelman streaking wide open toward the end zone.

Petty things The Patriots used their dime and even their quarter package — with seven defensive backs — to slow the Jets’ passing attack. The Jets line (above) gave quarterback Bryce Petty a clean pocket and plenty of time . . .

. . . yet he rushed a throw underneath to Bilal Powell, and, to make matters worse, bounced it in the dirt.

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tunnel vision on third down early in the game, locking onto Hogan over the middle and missing a wide-open Julian Edelman at the goal line. James White dropped what would have been a long gain after beating Miles on a wheel route. R The run defense was a little shaky, allowing 111 yards on 3.8 yards per carry. Bilal Powell ripped off consecutive runs of 12 yards in the second quarter as Patrick Chung was late to recognize the play. Overall, the Jets had four runs of at least 10 yards. Of course, the Patriots won by 38 points. We’re grasping for straws here. But you can bet that Belichick will be grasping for those same straws to keep his players hungry as they head into the playoffs. Other observations after rewatching the game: When the Patriots had the ball R We’re really nitpicking with Brady from above, because he was excellent as usual. While he missed Edelman on that one play, he did a great job of coming off his primary and finding Bennett over the middle for a first down in the first quarter, and again on the Matt Lengel 18-yard touchdown. Malcolm Mitchell was the primary receiver and was open across the middle for what would’ve been a short gain, but Brady saw the zero-safety coverage in the middle of the field and threw a perfect pass to the inside of Lengel

streaking across the middle for the easy touchdown. R It was great to see Brady show confidence in White by coming back to him again after the bad drop. White beat David Harris easily on a flag route to the corner, and Brady lofted a perfect pass for the 25-yard touchdown. And on third and 1, White got 7 yards of cushion from Darrelle Revis, and made an easy 6-yard catch for the first down. R Brady went hard after Jets rookie cornerback Juston Burris. Brady went after Burris on second and third down from the 4-yard line, and to his credit the rookie made two nice plays to deny Hogan and Edelman. But Lengel beat Burris to the inside for his 18-yard touchdown, and Burris committed holding in the end zone on Michael Floyd on third and goal from the 7 to give the Patriots a new set of downs. R That Lengel play, the first time a pass has ever been throw his way in the NFL, seemed like a message to the other AFC playoff teams. Any time Lengel is on the field, you now have to account for him. R Other than Thuney having some struggles with Richardson, and Shaq Mason getting beaten by Muhammad Wilkerson for a sack, the offensive line was excellent, especially in pass protection. Brady had all day to throw, such as on his 22-yard completion to Hogan over the middle, and he was sacked only once and hit just two other times in 27 dropbacks. Brady

also helped himself, showing off his Russell Wilson impression with some spinouts and impressive mobility. Brady also spun right into a sack by Harris, but it was negated by a holding penalty by Revis. And although Thuney and Bennett had their struggles Saturday, T hune y had a great block to cut free Dion Lewis for a 9-yard run, and Bennett had a great block on a 14-yard run by White. R A special helmet star for fullback James Develin, who has really picked up the slack since Rob Gronkowski went down. Develin has played a career-high 43 and 41 snaps the last two weeks, and laid out several punishing blocks against the Jets. He had a great cut block on the edge to spring Lewis for a 6-yard run, and a great seal on a 12-yard run by Blount. R Speaking of Lewis, he has an incredible ability to make something out of nothing. He caught a swing pass and was surrounded by three defenders behind the line of scrimmage, yet still managed to turn it into a 5-yard gain on second and 10. It’s quite impressive to see a small, speedy running back run with such power. R The Jets didn’t blitz often, but when they did it worked pretty well, as Brady was 1 for 4 against a five- or six-man rush. Hogan’s 22-yard catch came against a four-man zone blitz, and Edelman’s 35-yard catch came on a coverage breakdown on a three-man rush.

R The Patriots definitely seem to be managing Edelman’s snaps as they ready for the playoffs. For the fourth game in a row he played fewer snaps than Hogan and Mitchell, getting just 36 snaps Saturday. Yet he still has led the Patriots in targets each game, catching 5 of 8 for 89 yards against the Jets. R The Patriots ran 75 offensive snaps compared with just 56 for the Jets. The Patriots have been over 70 snaps in five of their last six games, and have held their opponents under 60 snaps in three of those games. Overall, they have run 86 more snaps than their opponents in the past six games, an average of 14.33 plays per game. That’s two extra series that the Patriots are getting for themselves. When the Jets had the ball R It sounds weird to say, but the Jets were actually kind of taking it to the Patriots in the middle of the second quarter when down 13-0. Powell pieced together consecutive 12-yard runs with some nice power blocking up front, Patriots linebacker Kyle Van Noy looked lost in coverage on a 17-yard post play to Austin SefarianJenkins, and Khiry Robinson had a nice 10-yard run in which he punished Harmon at the end with a big thump. But this being the Jets, Sefarian-Jenkins dropped an easy touchdown on third down after beating Chung to the post, Nick Folk then missed the 34-yard field goal, and that ended any threat of the Jets coming back.

R The Jets’ offense was a total mess. Right tackle Brandon Shell neglected to block Jabaal Sheard, who then plowed right through the running back and into Bryce Petty for the sack. And Petty, in just nine snaps, showed that he has no business being in an NFL huddle right now. He had no pocket presence, stumbling right into Chris Long for a sack. Petty panicked with the football, rushing a throw underneath to Powell that he bounced in the dirt despite having a clean pocket and all day to throw against a threeman rush. And he threw a wobbly, underthrown pass to Robby Anderson that was easily intercepted by Malcolm Butler. Make fun of Ryan Fitzpatrick all you want, but he is at least a credible NFL quarterback. R Shea McClellin has really done a nice job replacing Jamie Collins. He got a nice shot on Fitzpatrick after beating the guard, is good at playing in space in coverage, and has done a nice job setting the edge. Van Noy looks a bit lost in coverage, but he’s solid in the game game. Powell made the Patriots look silly on one run, though, making Van Noy, Rob Ninkovich, and Elandon Roberts all whiff. R Roberts had played just 15 snaps in the previous four games, but played 28 in what seemed like a preseason game. And once again, he brought the lumber. His two hits on Powell in the first quarter created loud thuds, and he whacked Robinson for a fumble after shooting up the middle and avoiding the

tight end. R When the Jets went shotgun and four wide receivers, the Patriots countered with their little-used quarter package on defense with seven defensive backs — Chung, Harmon, Butler, Logan Ryan, Eric Rowe, Devin McCourty, and rookie Jonathan Jones, who got the fourth cornerback spot over Cyrus Jones. Rowe did a nice job on Brandon Marshall, who, in an interesting development, was reduced to the third receiver role. Quincy Enunwa played 54 snaps, Anderson played 43, and Marshall only played 29, and he was even taken off the field on a third and 11 with the Jets in a four-receiver set (Butler’s interception). Ryan had an excellent day in coverage, especially his diving pass breakup on Charone Peake. Special teams R Another perfect day for Stephen Gostkowski, who hit both chip-shot field goals and did a nice job with directional kickoffs. Four of his eight kickoffs went for touchbacks, but none of the other four came out past the 23-yard line, including one that was stopped on the 14. R Nate Ebner had two more special teams tackles, and Jonathan Jones and Brandon King each added one as the Patriots once again displayed smothering coverage. Jones, especially, is becoming a playmaker on punt and kickoff coverage. Ben Volin can be reached at ben.volin@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @BenVolin

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At least now the Giants don’t have to root for the Cowboys. After TamNFL pa Bay lost to NOTEBOOK New Orleans on Saturday, New York advanced to the playoffs. Had the Bucs won, the Giants would have needed their archrival from Dallas to beat Detroit on Monday night to secure a postseason berth. Instead, the Giants (10-5) are in the playoffs for the first time since the 2011 season, when they won the Super Bowl. They must wait until after the season finales to find out where they will head on Jan. 7 or 8 for a wild-card game. ‘‘There is a process in progressing to your ultimate objective,’’ said coach Ben McAdoo, who is the fourth coach in Giants history to lead the team to the playoffs in his first season, joining Allie Sherman (1961), Dan Reeves (1993), and Jim Fassel (1997). ‘‘This is the next step in the process. But each step requires focus on the task at hand, and our focus right now is on learning from Thursday night’s [loss at Philadelphia] and moving on and getting better. ‘‘It’s all in front of us, and we are still working toward playing our best, most complete game.’’ New York could face Green Bay, which it lost to Oct. 9, or Detroit, which it beat Dec. 18. It could also be at Atlanta or

Seattle, neither of which it played this season. The Giants certainly won’t fear the Cowboys, whose only two losses this season were against New York. But they haven’t been much of a road team, going 3-4, with one victory a ‘‘home game’’ for the Rams in London. And barring a bevy of upsets, they won’t be playing any postseason games at MetLife Stadium as the No. 5 seed in the NFC.

Stafford wants a win Matthew Stafford doesn’t dwell on Detroit’s loss to his hometown Cowboys in the playoffs two years ago. The Lions quarterback focuses on the good memories as he prepares for another homecoming Monday night, knowing his team can clinch a postseason berth with a victory. ‘‘I really like coming home and playing in Dallas,’’ Stafford said. ‘‘It’s where I grew up. I played a lot of football in the state of Texas and in Dallas in my life. It’s a lot of fun going home, seeing friends and family, but at the same time just trying to win a ballgame against a really good team.’’ The Cowboys (12-2) have clinched the NFC East title and home-field advantage in the playoffs. Dallas did it without playing thanks to Philadelphia beating the Giants on Thursday. Detroit (9-5) got a similar boost on Christmas Eve with Tampa Bay’s loss to New Orleans. The Lions can’t clinch the NFC North Monday. That will have to wait until the finale at home against Green Bay,

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which was flexed into the “Sunday Night Football” slot on NBC. But the Lions are in the playoffs for the second time in three seasons under coach Jim Caldwell if they beat Dallas for the third straight time in the regular season. Caldwell said before the Bucs lost that none of the scores Saturday would affect his team’s approach. ‘‘That’s the short answer,’’ he said. ‘‘We’re going to go out and prepare like we normally prepare and play like we normally play.’’

Carr hopes to return Raiders quarterback Derek Carr was to have surgery on his fractured right fibula on Sunday. Carr was injured during the fourth quarter of Oakland’s win home win over Indianapolis Saturday. Carr tweeted Saturday night, “I will bounce back and be on my feet in no time! Thank you for all of the love that you Raider Nation showed me in that stadium today. I will be back. This is a team sport! So everything WE want is still out there for us!” . . . The Titans tweeted Saturday night that injured quarterback Marcus Mariota will have surgery on his fractured right fibula “over the next few days.” Mariota was knocked out of Saturday’s loss at Jacksonville.

Green opted for home Cincinnati’s A.J. Green wanted to play on Saturday night against the Texans. When the team decided otherwise, the star wide receiver decided to fly home for Christmas Eve rather than watch the game from the sidelines in Houston. Green had missed the previous four games with a hamstring injury but said that he planned to play at Houston. ‘‘He just had further testing during the week, and I conferred with the doctors and so forth, and they just thought the best thing for A.J. to have a full recovery was not to risk him this week,’’ Cincinnati coach Marvin Lewis said. Lewis was asked why the team didn’t make the decision before allowing Green to fly to Houston with the team. ‘‘We had a lot of discussions and so forth, and A.J. hoped to play,’’ Lewis said. ‘‘We ended up flying here and made the decision, and he asked for the opportunity to go home.’’ Quarterback Andy Dalton was disappointed that he didn’t have his best receiver o Saturday. ‘‘Would I love to have him out there? Absolutely. But the decision was made,’’ Dalton said . . . The NFL moved two Week 17 afternoon games back from 1 p.m. ET to 4:25 p.m. ET: New Orleans at Atlanta and the Giants at Washington.

The Pittsburgh Steelers rode Ben Roethlisberger’s right arm and Antonio Brown’s left arm to the AFC North NFL title. ROUNDUP Roethlisberger shook off a pair of interceptions to throw two late touchdowns, including a 4-yard strike to Brown with nine seconds remaining to lift the Steelers to a 31-27 victory over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday night. Brown caught Roethlisberger’s pass just short of the goal line and stretched the ball into the end zone with his left hand to cap a wild fourth quarter and give Pittsburgh (10-5) its second division title in three years. The Ravens took the lead on Kyle Juszczyk’s 10-yard burst up the middle with 1:18 remaining. But Roethlisberger calmly led the Steelers 75 yards in 10 plays, the last 4 coming as Brown fought through a pair of tacklers to assure the Steelers of a third straight playoff berth. ‘‘Right before we went out,’’ Brown said, ‘‘we said, ‘Let’s get the game-winning touchdown and get out of here.’ ” The Ravens (8-7) were officially eliminated when Joe Flacco’s pass near midfield was intercepted on the final play. Kansas City secured a playoff berth with the Baltimore loss. The Steelers have won six straight and ended a four-game losing streak to Baltimore. Roethlisberger finished with 279 yards passing and three touchdowns to overcome two

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First quarter Pit — Grimble 20 pass from Roethlisberger (Bo swell kick), 7:12. Bal — FG Tucker 41, 5:50. Second quarter Bal — FG Tucker 38, 0:18. Third quarter Bal — Smith Sr. 18 pass from Flacco (Smith Sr. pass from Flacco), 13:26. Pit — FG Boswell 36, 9:35. Bal — FG Tucker 46, 1:28. Fourth quarter Bal — FG Tucker 23, 14:18. Pit — Bell 7 run (Boswell kick), 11:41. Pit — Bell 7 pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick), 7:16. Bal — Juszczyk 10 run (Tucker kick), 1:18. Pit — Brown 4 pass from Roethlisberger (Bo swell kick), 0:09. Attendance: 66,276 Bal Pit First downs............................................. 22 23 Total yards ........................................... 368 406 Rushingyards.................................26122 22127 Passing.................................................. 246 279 Punt returns........................................225 00 Kickoff returns....................................119 359 Interception returns ..........................242 10 Compattint.................................. 30441 24332 Sackedyards lost ..............................216 00 Puntsavg..........................................336.3 345.7 Fumbleslost..........................................20 00 Penaltiesyards...................................795 445 Time of possession..........................34:37 25:23 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Bal, Dixon 1257, West 1027, Cam panaro 123, Juszczyk 215, Koch 10; Pit, Bell 20 122, Rogers 16, Roethlisberger 1(1). PASSING—Bal, Flacco 30441262; Pit, Roethlis berger 24332279. RECEIVING—Bal, Pitta 875, Smith Sr. 779, Wal lace 421, Perriman 332, West 328, Juszczyk 2 10, Waller 111, Boyle 15, Dixon 11; Pit, Brown 1096, Rogers 484, James 449, Bell 315, Grimble 120, Ayers 19, Hamilton 16. TACKLESASSISTSSACKS—Bal, Webb 630, Orr 620, Mosley 620, Weddle 220, Young 3 00, Powers 300, Wright 210, B.Williams 200, Onwuasor 110, Guy 110, Dumervil 100, Urban 100, Judon 010; Pit, Harrison 920, Timmons 8 21, Shazier 550, Gay 520, Burns 520, Davis 5 20, Cockrell 430, Mitchell 320, Dupree 311, Hargrave 220, Walton 210, Mathews 100, Mc Cullers 100, Dangerfield 010. INTERCEPTIONS—Bal, Mosley 128, Orr 114; Pit, Shazier 10.

third-quarter interceptions. Those picks allowed the Ravens to take a 20-10 lead on Justin Tucker’s fourth field goal with 14:21 to play. Brown caught 10 passes for 96 yards to join Hall of Famer Marvin Harrison as the only players with four straight seasons with at least 100 receptions. Le' Veon Bell ran for 122 yards and a 7-yard touchdown that kick-started Pittsburgh’s rally during a fourth quarter that featured 31 combined

points and three lead changes in the final 7:16. Flacco passed for 262 yards, including a pretty 18-yard dart to Steve Smith that put Baltimore up, 14-7, early in the third quarter. Smith ended up with seven receptions for 79 yards, but the Ravens crumbled late. Their defense put up little resistance as Roethlisberger clinically got his team in position to get back to the playoffs. I t ’s a d e s t i n a t i o n t h a t seemed to be disappearing right in front of Pittsburgh’s eyes in the third quarter. Roethlisberger threw a pair of interceptions deep in Pittsburgh territory — both poorly thrown balls to heavily covered targets — that helped the Ravens take control. ‘‘I kind of dug ourselves a hole,’’ Roethlisberger said. ‘‘I take all that blame. We never quit and never gave up. Guys fought back.’’ Indeed, with a season once filled with such promise slipping away, the Steelers turned to their three big stars. They all came through. Chiefs 33, Broncos 10 — Tyreek Hill scored on a 70-yard TD run and Travis Kelce on an 80-yard pass from Alex Smith as host Kansas City scored 21 points in the first quarter to eliminate the reigning Super Bowl champs from playoff contention. The Broncos have lost three in a row and five of seven. With the result, the entire AFC playoff field was set: New England, Oakland, Kansas City, P i tt s b ur g h , Ho u s t o n , a n d Miami. Kansas City secured a playoff spot when the Ravens lost, and can still win the AFC West.

Savage growing for Texans Division title has QB in good spot By Kristie Rieken ASSOCIATED PRESS

HOUSTON — Houston’s Tom Savage wasn’t great in his first career start in place of Brock Osweiler. But he didn’t make any major mistakes, and the Texans got a 12-10 win over Cincinnati on Saturday night thanks to a missed field goal as time expired. W i t h t h e w i n , Ho u s t o n clinched a second straight AFC South title. But Savage and the Texans know he’ll need to improve if they hope to make a run this postseason. ‘‘I think we can build, and obviously I think it’s a good thing that we protected the ball — not put the de fense in a tough situation,’’ Savage said. ‘‘I think just going out there and . . . keep executing what we need to do, and it’s good to go out there and get some experience for sure.’’ Savage threw for 260 yards last week to help Houston rally for a 21-20 win over Jacksonville in his first regular-season action since 2014. Osweiler was benched that game after throwing interceptions on consecutive possessions in the second quarter. Coach Bill O’Brien decided to leave Osweiler on the bench and stick with Savage

this week, and early on against the Bengals it looked like a mistake. Savage completed just two passes for 13 yards in the first half, and the Texans trailed, 3-0, at the break. The third-year player was much better in the second half, finishing with 176 yards passing. He completed 18 of 29 passes and has not turned over the ball after Osweiler threw more interceptions (16) than touchdown passes (14) in his 14 starts. ‘‘We went to no-huddle, and he was able to get rid of the ball a little bit quicker,’’ O’Brien said. ‘‘The no-huddle helped our pace, our rhythm, and it was just a good job by the offensive staff of getting him into a rhythm.’’ Though the Texans (9-6) moved the ball better after halftime, they still struggled in the

red zone. They had first downs inside the 10 twice in the second half Saturday and settled for field goals on both of those trips. ‘‘We still are not very good in the red area,” O’Brien said. “That’s going to come back and bite us here if we don’t improve that. We’re going to keep trying to improve it.’’ Though the Texans have already secured the division title, next week at Tennessee will be important for Savage to get more experience before the playoffs begin. They’re looking for more this year after an embarrassing 30-0 home loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the first round last January. ‘‘We got a resilient group and it’s exciting,’’ Savage said. ‘‘Going forward offensively we've got to just be a little bit better — make some plays, obviously work on the red area.’’

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Second quarter Cin — FG Bullock 43, 0:00. Third quarter Hou — FG Novak 25, 9:05. Fourth quarter Hou — FG Novak 22, 13:31. Cin — LaFell 86 pass from Dalton (Bullock kick), 10:45. Hou — Blue 24 run (kick blocked), 8:41. Attendance: 71,836 Cin Hou First downs............................................. 15 17 Total yards ........................................... 294 250 Rushingyards...................................1950 2495 Passing.................................................. 244 155 Punt returns........................................715 432 Kickoff returns..................................4107 00 Interception returns ............................00 10 Compattint.................................. 28411 18290 Sackedyards lost ..............................324 421 Puntsavg..........................................845.8 846.4 Fumbleslost..........................................10 10 Penaltiesyards...................................660 325 Time of possession..........................28:54 31:06 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Cin, Burkhead 1242, Hill 78; Hou, Blue 2173, Savage 111, Hunt 16, Prosch 15. PASSING—Cin, Dalton 28411268; Hou, Savage 18290176. RECEIVING—Cin, Core 839, LaFell 6130, Uzom ah 528, Burkhead 425, Boyd 225, Hewitt 18, Wright 18, Erickson 15; Hou, Fiedorowicz 442, Blue 417, Hopkins 343, Fuller V 339, Hunt 228, Mumphery 27, Griffin 00. TACKLESASSISTSSACKS—Cin, Dansby 550, Rey 340, Iloka 330, Mi.Johnson 22.5, Peko 1 30, Atkins 301, S.Williams 300, Shaw 100, Gil berry 211.5, Sims 210, Clarke 201, Vigil 200, Maualuga 200, Jones 200, Dennard 100, Kirk patrick 100, Dunlap 100, Hunt 010; Hou, Bouye 900, McKinney 520, Hal 430, Demps 3 40, Moore 300, Cushing 320, Pleasant 210, Mercilus 302, Jackson 210, Clowney 121, Jo seph 200, Covington 020, Reader 020, Smith 100, Wilfork 100, Simon 010. INTERCEPTIONS—Hou, Demps 10. MISSED FIELD GOALS—Cin, Bullock, 43 (WR).

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“What happens, you get back to a bowl after a long layoff, and sometimes maybe you exhale, and then all of a sudden, you go out there and you played a really good team that year, and it strikes you,” Eagles coach Steve Addazio said. BC took a different mentality into the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium the next year. It soaked in the Big Apple, but it was more of a business trip than a vacation. Still, a 31-30 loss to Penn State left a sting that still lingers as the Eagles head into the Quick Lane Bowl against Maryland at Ford Field in Detroit on Monday. “It’s a lot of fun,” Gutapfel said. “It’s hard to remember that we’ve got to play a football game, that we do have a bowl game, because there’s so many activities. But I think it’s important for the team to stay focused on winning. I think it’s just important for the program to actually go and win a bowl game. We really want to get this just to help the younger guys and get this program really going again.” The Eagles are returning to a bowl game after going winless in the Atlantic Coast Conference a year ago. It will be their third trip to a bowl in four years. But they haven’t won a bowl game since 2007, when they beat Michigan State, 24-21, in the Champs Sports Bowl. The program accomplished its goal of getting back to the postseason after last year’s dismal 3-9 campaign, finishing the regular season 6-6. But for a team dying to show signs of progress, getting there may not be enough. “Obviously, our goal right now is to get our seventh win right now,” Addazio said. “That’s our goal. That’s what it’s all about. I think this team is real focused on that. The preparation has been geared toward going to play this game and win this football game. That’s what’s on their mind.”

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First-year coach D.J. Durkin leads Maryland into Monday’s Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit, the Terrapins’ third bowl game in four years. It’s a balance that Addazio has tried to strike in leading up to the game. “That’s one thing I think Coach Addazio’s done a good job of is, ‘Hey, we’re going to a bowl game, you need to enjoy the bowl game,’ ” quarterback Patrick Towles said. “I think our schedule there kind of sets us up for that. But at the end of the day, we’re there to win a bowl game and get win No. 7.” The parallels between BC and Maryland are striking. The Terrapins finished the season 6-6 but took their lumps in the Big Ten along the way. Much like the Eagles, who lost by at least 38 points four times this season, getting bullied by the ACC’s elite, the Terrapins were punching bags for Big Ten powerhouses. Their most lopsided losses were to Ohio State (62-3) and Michigan (59-3), but they also took ugly losses to Penn State (38-14), Minnesota (31-10), and Nebraska (28-7). The Terrapins will also be going to a bowl game for the third time in four years, but it’s the first under coach D.J.

Durkin. And like BC, Maryland is back in the postseason after a disappointing 3-9 season that led to the midseason firing o f c o a c h R a n d y E d s a l l a f t e r tw o straight 7-6 campaigns. Unlike Edsall, Addazio was given leeway to right the ship this season, but he’s aware of how critical it is for the Eagles to finish with a winning record. “For me not to tell you that the energy level to go into this game is really high and it’s really important to us, yes, it’s very important, as it is for everybody, but we’re attacking it that way,” Addazio said. “But no matter what, I just loved what I saw at the end of the year as a team, the chemistry, and I loved the actual young players on the field in this bowl prep. That’s all real. Obviously, it would be fantastic to go in here and win this game. That’s our whole direction. That’s our whole aim.” Julian Benbow can be reached at jbenbow@globe.com.

College football bowl schedule Bowl New Mexico Bowl Las Vegas Bowl Camellia Bowl Cure Bowl New Orleans Bowl Miami Beach Bowl Boca Raton Bowl Poinsettia Bowl Idaho Potato Bowl Bahamas Bowl Armed Forces Bowl Dollar General Bowl Hawaii Bowl St. Petersburg Bowl Quick Lane Bowl Independence Bowl Heart of Dallas Bowl Military Bowl Holiday Bowl Cactus Bowl Pinstripe Bowl Russell Athletic Bowl Foster Farms Bowl Texas Bowl Birmingham Bowl Belk Bowl Alamo Bowl Liberty Bowl Sun Bowl Music City Bowl Arizona Bowl Orange Bowl Citrus Bowl Taxslayer Bowl Peach Bowl Fiesta Bowl Cotton Bowl Outback Bowl Rose Bowl Sugar Bowl CFP Championship

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Matchup New Mexico vs. UTSA San Diego St. vs. Houston Toledo vs. Appalachian St. UCF vs. Arkansas St. La.Lafayette vs. Southern Miss Tulsa vs. Central Mich. Western Ky. vs. Memphis Wyoming vs. BYU Colorado St. vs. Idaho Old Dominion vs. E. Michigan Navy vs. Louisiana Tech Troy vs. Ohio Hawaii vs. Middle Tenn. Mississippi St. vs. Miami (Ohio) Boston College vs. Maryland Vanderbilt vs. N.C. State North Texas vs. Army Wake Forest vs. Temple Washington St. vs. Minnesota Baylor vs. Boise St. Northwestern vs. Pittsburgh Miami vs. West Virginia Utah vs. Indiana Kansas St. vs. Texas A&M South Carolina vs. South Florida Virginia Tech vs. Arkansas Colorado vs. Oklahoma St. TCU vs. Georgia North Carolina vs. Stanford Tennessee vs. Nebraska Air Force vs. South Alabama Florida St. vs. Michigan Louisville vs. LSU Kentucky vs. Georgia Tech Alabama vs. Washington Clemson vs. Ohio State Wisconsin vs. W. Michigan Iowa vs. Florida Penn State vs. Southern Cal Oklahoma vs. Auburn Teams TBA

Site Albuquerque Las Vegas Montgomery, Ala. Orlando New Orleans Miami Boca Raton, Fla. San Diego Boise, Idaho Nassau Fort Worth Mobile, Ala. Honolulu St. Petersburg Detroit Shreveport, La. Dallas Annapolis, Md. San Diego Phoenix Bronx, N.Y. Orlando Santa Clara, Calif. Houston Birmingham, Ala. Charlotte, N.C. San Antonio Memphis El Paso Nashville Tucson Miami Gardens, Fla. Orlando Jacksonville, Fla. Atlanta Glendale, Ariz. Arlington, Texas Tampa Pasadena, Calif. New Orleans Tampa

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TV/result New Mexico, 2320 San Diego St., 3410 Appalachian St., 3128 Arkansas State, 3113 Southern Miss., 2821 Tulsa, 5510 Western Ky., 5131 BYU, 2421 Idaho, 6150 Old Dominion 2420 Louisiana Tech, 4845 Troy, 2823 Hawaii, 5235 ESPN ESPN ESPN2 ESPN ESPN ESPN ESPN ESPN ESPN Fox ESPN ESPN ESPN ESPN ESPN CBS ESPN ASN ESPN ABC ESPN ESPN ESPN ESPN ABC ESPN ESPN ESPN

PRO BASKETBALL 8 p.m. Indiana at Chicago 10:30 p.m. Denver at LA Clippers

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL GAMES 11 a.m. St. Petersburg: Miami (Ohio) vs. Miss. St. 2:30 p.m. Quick Lane: Maryland vs. Boston College 5 p.m. Independence: N.C. State vs. Vanderbilt

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PRO FOOTBALL 8:30 p.m. Detroit at Dallas

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HOCKEY 3:30 p.m. World Junior: Latvia vs. USA 8 p.m. World Junior: Russia vs. Canada

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SOCCER 7:30 a.m. 10 a.m. 10 a.m. 12:10 p.m.

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Premier: Crystal Palace at Watford Premier: Bournemouth at Chelsea Premier: Sunderland at Manchester United Premier: Manchester City at Hull City

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Colleges AFC East

W L T 2 0 Miami................ 10 5 0 Buffalo ................7 8 0 NY Jets................ 4 11 0 North dPittsburgh .... 10 5 0 Baltimore ........... 8 7 0 Cincinnati........... 5 9 1 Cleveland ........... 1 14 0 South dHouston .......... 9 6 0 Tennessee.......... 8 7 0 Indianapolis....... 7 8 0 Jacksonville ....... 3 12 0 West pOakland ........ 12 3 0 *pKansas City.. 10 4 0 *Denver .............. 8 6 0 San Diego........... 5 10 0 NFC East dNEW ENGLAND.. 13

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PF PG 27.1 23.3 25.9 16.3

PA PG 15.7 23.0 23.2 26.6

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.800 .714 .571 .333

27.3 22.8 21.4 25.5

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PF PA W L T Pct. PG PG cDallas............. 12 2 0 .857 26.1 18.4 pNY Giants ..... 10 5 0 .667 19.4 18.3 Washington ....... 8 6 1 .567 25.7 24.3 Philadelphia....... 6 9 0 .400 22.7 21.2 North Detroit................. 9 5 0 .643 21.5 20.4 Green Bay .......... 9 6 0 .600 26.7 24.3 Minnesota.......... 7 8 0 .467 19.3 19.8 Chicago .............. 3 12 0 .200 17.9 24.1 South dAtlanta .......... 10 5 0 .667 33.5 24.9 Tampa Bay......... 8 7 0 .533 22.5 23.5 New Orleans...... 7 8 0 .467 29.1 27.7 Carolina.............. 6 9 0 .400 23.5 25.7 West dSeattle............. 9 5 1 .633 21.9 17.9 Arizona ............... 6 8 1 .433 24.9 23.7 Los Angeles ....... 4 11 0 .267 14.5 23.3 San Francisco.... 2 13 0 .133 19.1 30.3 * — Not including late game p — Clinched playoff berth d — Clinched division c — Clinched home field SUNDAY’S RESULTS At Pittsburgh 31.................Baltimore 27 Denver.............................. at Kansas City MONDAY’S GAME Detroit at Dallas.................................8:30 NEXT SUNDAY’S GAMES NEW ENGLAND at Miami.......................1 Cleveland at Pittsburgh.........................1 Houston at Tennessee...........................1 Carolina at Tampa Bay..........................1 Dallas at Philadelphia............................1 Buffalo at NY Jets...................................1 Chicago at Minnesota............................1 Jacksonville at Indianapolis..................1 Baltimore at Cincinnati..........................1 Arizona at Los Angeles.................... 4:25 Kansas City at San Diego................ 4:25 Oakland at Denver............................4:25 NY Giants at Washington................ 4:25 New Orleans at Atlanta....................4:25 Seattle at San Francisco..................4:25 Green Bay at Detroit.........................8:30 SATURDAY’S RESULTS At NEW ENGLAND 41...............NY Jets 3 Miami 34....................at Buffalo 31 (OT) At Jacksonville 38.............Tennessee 17 At Green Bay 38................Minnesota 25 At Cleveland 20................. San Diego 17 Washington 41..................at Chicago 21 Atlanta 33..........................at Carolina 16 At Oakland 33.................Indianapolis 25 At New Orleans 31..........Tampa Bay 24 San Francisco 22.......at Los Angeles 21 Arizona 34........................... at Seattle 31 At Houston 12....................Cincinnati 10 THURSDAY’S RESULT At Philadelphia 24.............NY Giants 19

AP awards SPORTS STORY OF THE YEAR VOTING

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Cubs’ title named AP’s top 2016 sports story Everything changed for the Chicago Cubs on a rainy November night. A century-plus worth of heartache washed away by a wave of pure joy. There were hugs, cheers, and tears — and bottles and bottles of booze, sprayed everywhere from Cleveland to the shadow of Wrigley Field. Lovable losers, no more. The story of so many lifetimes is the Associated Press’s Sports Story of the Year. The Cubs’ first World Series title since 1908 collected 48 of 59 first-place votes and 549 points in balloting by AP members and editors that was released Sunday. The death of Muhammad Ali after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease was second with 427 points, and LeBron James leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to the franchise’s first NBA title took third with 425 points.

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Hawaii snaps its 10year bowl skid Hawaii has come quite a ways in one season under coach Nick Rolovich, culminating in snapping a decade-long skid on Saturday night. Dru Brown threw for 274 yards and four touchdowns and the Rainbow Warriors (7-7) overcame an early deficit to beat Middle Tennessee, 52-35, in the Hawaii Bowl in Honolulu. The victory marked Hawaii’s first bowl win since 2006, an unlikely end to a season that began with losses in three of its first four games under Rolovich. ‘‘I'm grateful for their effort,” said Rolovich, whose team had its first turnover-free game of the year. Hawaii turned three turnovers by Middle Tennessee (8-5) into 21 points. The Blue Raiders outgained the Rainbow Warriors, 542 total yards to 500.

Miami of Ohio puts win streak on line Miami of Ohio is the first team in FBS history to overcome a 0-6 start to finish the regular season 6-6. In Monday’s St. Petersburg Bowl, the RedHawks — cochampions of the MidAmerican East Division — take on a team from the Southeastern Conference in Mississippi State (5-7), which has a

worse record than Miami. ‘‘Our kids are super excited for the challenge. . . . We’re super excited to play a SEC school,’’ RedHawks coach Chuck Martin said. ‘‘It’s cool.’’ The Bulldogs were selected to play, despite their losing record, because of their NCAA Academic Progress Rate. Said Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen, ‘‘The message for our guys was, we didn’t have our best season but because of our academics and how we have taken care of things in the classroom, they got rewarded with a bowl game.’’ . . . Two .500 teams will get together at Monday’s Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La. Vanderbilt (6-6) appeared headed for a lost season in the SEC until back-to-back upsets of Mississippi and Tennessee clinched bowl eligibility. The Commodores are in the postseason for the first time since 2013. North Carolina State (6-6) can relate to Vanderbilt’s story. The Wolfpack started the season 4-1, then lost five of six before upsetting North Carolina Nov. 25 — the last time N.C. State played. ‘‘There are always highs and lows, ups and downs, but you do remember how you finish, and these guys have finished together,’’ Wolfpack coach Dave Doeren said.

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Bautista hasn’t closed book on Jays According to a report by Yahoo Sports, free agent slugger Jose Bautista may be willing to return to the Toronto Blue Jays on a one-year deal if the salary exceeds the $17.2 million qualifying offer he rejected following the season . . . Zylan Cheatham had 16 points and 11 rebounds to help San Diego State (8-4) beat San Francisco, 62-48, for the Diamond Head Classic championship in Honolulu. The Aztecs hit nine 3poiners against the Dons (10-3) to set a tournament record with 29 threes over three games. Paris Lee (18 points) and Illinois State (8-4) cruised past Tulsa, 68-56, for third place. In the fifth-place game, Utah (9-3) defeated Stephen F. Austin, 74-66. Hawaii (5-7) snapped a four-game skid with a 6046 win over Southern Mississippi in the seventh-place game.

Total points based on five for first place vote through one for a fifthplace vote; firstplace votes in parentheses. 549 (48) — Cubs win first World Se ries since 1908 427 (4) — Muhammad Ali dies 425 (3) — LeBron James leads Cavs to first NBA title 223 — Broncos win Super Bowl in Peyton Manning’s last game 215 (1) — Colin Kaepernick anthem protest 188 — Arnold Palmer dies 177 (1) — OlympicsMichael Phelps, Katie Ledecky lead U.S. swimmers 126 — OlympicsUsain Bolt wins 100, 200 and 4x100 golds for third time 124 — OlympicsSimone Biles leads U.S. women’s gymnastics 116 (1) — Leicester City wins English Premier League soccer title 113 — OlympicsRyan Lochte contro versy 95 (1) — Alabama wins NCAA foot ball title 85 — Villanova wins NCAA men’s basketball title 59 — Jimmie Johnson wins NASCAR Winston Cup championship 56 — Gordie Howe dies 55 — OlympicsRussia doping 48 — UConn wins fourth consecutive NCAA women’s basketball title 40 — US wins Ryder Cup 38 — Brazilian soccer club Chape coense plane crash 35 — OlympicsDirty water, logistical problems, crime 18 — Penguins win Stanley Cup 9 — Openly gay Derrick Gordon leads Seton Hall to Big East basketball title 6 — NFL TV ratings decline 6 — Warriors set NBA record with 73 wins 5 — Tom Brady ends Deflategate ap peal 4 — Nico Rosburg wins Formula 1 ti tle, retires 2 — Former Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summit dies 1 — Dustin Johnson wins U.S. Open golf championship

NBA CELTICS STATISTICS PPG RPG APG Thomas ................27.0 2.6 6.2 Bradley.................17.6 7.2 2.4 Horford.................15.7 7.0 5.0 Crowder...............13.0 5.1 2.3 Smart......................9.5 4.0 4.3 Olynyk....................8.2 4.0 1.6 Johnson..................6.7 4.2 1.9 Rozier .....................5.9 3.2 1.8 Brown.....................5.0 1.9 .5 Jerebko ..................4.5 3.4 .7 Zeller ......................4.1 3.1 1.0 Green......................4.0 2.0 1.2 Jackson ..................2.5 1.0 .8 Mickey....................2.4 1.9 .3 Young.....................1.3 1.0 .3 TEAM..................105.2 41.9 24.6 OPP.....................103.4 46.4 21.7

Stl. 23 38 17 25 34 23 18 19 12 16 5 4 0 1 3 238 224

Latest line NFL Monday Favorite................Pts. .............Underdog At Dallas................6½ ..................Detroit Sunday NEW ENGLAND.....7 ..............At Miami At Tennessee........3 ................Houston Buffalo...................6 ............At NY Jets At Cincinnati......NL .............Baltimore At Washington.....8 .............NY Giants At Detroit............NL ............Green Bay At Indianapolis.....6 .........Jacksonville At Phila...............NL ....................Dallas At Minnesota........6 ................Chicago At Tampa Bay...... 5 ................Carolina At Pittsburgh.....NL .............Cleveland At Atlanta............. 6½ ....... New Orleans Arizona..................6½ ....At Los Angeles At San Diego......NL .........Kansas City Seattle...................9½ ........ At San Fran. At Denver........... NL ................Oakland NBA Monday Favorite...............Line .............Underdog At Orlando...........OFF ..............Memphis At Washington.....5 ...........Milwaukee Cleveland..............4½ .............At Detroit Charlotte...............6½ ......... At Brooklyn At New Orleans...4½ ....................Dallas At Houston......... 13½ ................Phoenix At Minnesota......OFF ..................Atlanta At Chicago............2½ .................Indiana At Portland..........OFF ................ Toronto At Sacramento...OFF ........ Philadelphia At LA Clippers....OFF ..................Denver

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College Football Favorite................Pts. .............Underdog

MEN TOURNAMENT Diamond Head Classic Championship San Diego St. 62.........San Francisco 48 Third place Illinois St. 68............................... Tulsa 56 Fifth place Utah 74..................Stephen F. Austin 66 Seventh place Hawaii 60...................Southern Miss. 46

Monday Mississippi St.....14 .......Miami (Ohio) Maryland...............2 ..........................BC N.C. State..............6 ............Vanderbilt

FOOTBALL FCS PLAYOFFS Sat., Nov. 26 — First round Central Ark. 31...................Illinois St. 24 Chattanooga 45.............Weber State 14 UNH 64.......................................Lehigh 21 Richmond 39.........................N.C. A&T 10 San Diego 35..........................Cal Poly 21 Villanova 31.............St. Francis (Pa.) 21 Wofford 15.......Charleston Southern 14 Youngstown St. 38...............Samford 24 Sat., Dec. 3 — Second round Eastern Wash. 31...........Central Ark. 14 James Madison 55.......................UNH 22 N.D. State 45.........................San Diego 7 Sam Houston St. 41.....Chattanooga 36 S.D. State 10...........................Villanova 7 Richmond 27............... North Dakota 24 Wofford 17.........................The Citadel 3 Youngstown St. 40...Jacksonville St. 24 Fri., Dec. 9 — Quarterfinal James Madison 65.. Sam Houston St. 7 Sat., Dec. 10 — Quarterfinals Eastern Wash. 38.................Richmond 0 N.D. State 36.......................S.D. State 10 Youngstown St. 30...Wofford 23 (2 OT) Fri., Dec. 16 — Semifinal James Madison 27.............N.D. State 17 Sat., Dec. 17 — Semifinal Youngstown St. 40....Eastern Wash. 38 Sat., Jan. 7 — Final at Frisco, Texas James Madison (131) vs. Youngstown St. (123), noon.

AHL EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L OTL SOL GF GA Pts WB/Scranton..........19 5 3 0 90 55 41 Lehigh Valley.........20 7 1 0 106 73 41 Hershey.....................16 6 4 2 99 74 38 Providenc..................15 7 4 3 86 82 37 Bridgeport..............16 11 0 0 85 79 32 Springfield..............11 11 3 2 67 77 27 Hartford................10 14 3 1 77 109 24 NORTH DIVISION Syracuse...................16 8 0 3 88 75 35 Albany.....................16 12 0 1 81 78 33 St. John's................14 12 3 0 86 89 31 Toronto...................13 12 1 1 79 75 28 Utica........................10 14 3 1 67 87 24 Rochester.............11 17 0 1 78 101 23 Binghamton............10 16 2 1 66 95 23 WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION Grand Rapids...........18 7 1 2 96 68 39 Milwaukee................17 7 2 1 82 74 37 Cleveland................15 11 1 2 79 84 33 Chicago...................14 11 3 2 95 87 33 Manitoba................ 12 12 2 2 73 90 28 Iowa.........................13 14 2 1 75 87 29 Rockford.................10 13 2 3 70 89 25 Charlotte.................11 17 2 0 71 89 24 PACIFIC DIVISION Stockton....................16 7 1 1 88 64 34 Tucson.......................13 6 3 0 70 73 29 Ontario......................13 6 5 0 79 74 31 San Jose....................12 6 1 3 76 56 28 Texas.....................15 10 1 1 101 99 32 San Diego...............11 11 1 0 66 76 23 Bakersfield.............10 10 3 1 64 66 24 San Antonio........... 12 15 2 0 69 84 26 NOTE: Two points for overtime or shootout win; one for overtime or shootout loss (OTL or SOL columns). NO GAMES SUNDAY MONDAY’S GAMES Providence at Albany.............................7 St. John’s at Toronto..............................3 Hartford at Bridgeport...........................7 Syracuse at Rochester..................... 7:05 Hershey at Lehigh Valley.................7:05 WB/Scranton at Binghamton........ 7:05 Chicago at Milwaukee...........................8 Rockford at Iowa....................................8 Stockton at San Jose............................. 8 Tucson at San Diego............................10 Bakersfield at Ontario......................... 10 TUESDAY'S GAMES Providence at Hartford..........................7 Springfield at WB/Scranton...........7:05 Texas at San Antonio.............................8 Ontario at San Diego........................... 10 NO GAMES SATURDAY

NBADL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division W L Pct. Maine .......................10 6 .625 Westchester .............9 6 .600 Delaware ...................8 7 .533 Greensboro ...............5 12 .294 Long Island ...............5 12 .294 Erie .............................4 11 .267

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Central Division Fort Wayne .............11 3 Raptors ....................11 4 Grand Rapids............8 9 Canton .......................7 8 Windy City ................6 9

.786 .733 .471 .467 .400

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Western Conference Pacific Division Los Angeles ............13 4 .765 Northern Ariz..........10 6 .625 Santa Cruz ................8 8 .500 Reno ...........................5 10 .333 Salt Lake City ...........3 13 .188

— 2½ 4½ 7 9½

Southwest Division Sioux Falls...............13 3 .813 Rio Grande ..............11 7 .611 Texas..........................9 6 .600 Oklahoma City........10 7 .588 Austin.........................7 10 .412 Iowa............................2 14 .125

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SUNDAY’S RESULT At Sioux Falls 96Northern Ariz. 94 (2 OT) MONDAY’S GAMES Westchester at Long Island............1:30 Fort Wayne at Greensboro...................2 TUESDAY’S GAMES Maine at Erie...........................................7 Delaware at Raptors.........................7:30 Rio Grande Valley at Iowa....................8 Sioux Falls at Santa Cruz....................10 NO GAMES SATURDAY

Tuesday Army.................... 11 .........North Texas Temple................ 11½ ........Wake Forest Wash. St..............10 ............Minnesota Boise St..................7 ...................Baylor Wednesday Pittsburgh.............5½ ......Northwestern Miami.....................2½ ......West Virginia Texas A&M...........2½ .............Kansas St Utah........................7 .................Indiana Thursday South Florida......10 ....South Carolina Virginia Tech........7 ..............Arkansas Colorado................3 ......Oklahoma St. Friday TCU......................PK .................Georgia Stanford................2½ ....North Carolina Air Force............. 13½ ...South Alabama Tennessee.............6 ..............Nebraska Michigan................7 .............Florida St Saturday LSU......................... 3 ..............Louisville Georgia Tech........3 ..............Kentucky CFP semifinals Alabama..............14½ .........Washington Ohio State.............3 ...............Clemson Monday, Jan. 2 Florida....................3 ......................Iowa Wisconsin............. 7½ ....Western Mich. Southern Cal........ 6½ .................Penn St Oklahoma..............3 ................. Auburn

Ski conditions CONNECTICUT Mohawk — mg, 1236 base, 725 trails, 58 lifts Powder Ridge — mg, 3036 base, 519 trails, 45 lifts Ski Sundown — mg, 1018 base, 916 trails, 55 lifts MAINE Big Squaw — frgr, 1216 base, 2029 trails, 11 lifts Bigrock — vc, 2323 base, 3535 trails, 33 lifts Camden — mg, 1126 base, 626 trails, 33 lifts Hermon — mg, 1224 base, 520 trails, 13 lifts Lost Valley — pp, 1016 base, 416 trails, 12 lifts Mt Abram — mg, 1030 base, 1854 trails, 25 lifts Shawnee Peak — mg, 1024 base, 2642 trails, 45 lifts Sugarloaf — pp, 1220 base, 48162 trails, 1013 lifts Sunday River — mg, 1824 base, 54135 trails, 1215 lifts Titcomb — mg, 613 base, 217 trails, 23 lifts MASSACHUSETTS Berkshire East — mg, 840 base, 3245 trails, 45 lifts Blue Hills — mg, 1224 base, 515 trails, 44 lifts Bousquet — mg, 1224 base, 723 trails, 35 lifts Bradford — mg, 1518 base, 815 trails, 410 lifts Catamount — mg, 1024 base, 2236 trails, 67 lifts Jiminy Peak — mg, 2048 base, 4145 trails, 69 lifts Nashoba Valley — mg, 1236 base, 13 17 trails, 511 lifts Otis Ridge — mg, 1024 base, 611 trails, 34 lifts Ski Butternut — hp, 1424 base, 1822 trails, 711 lifts Wachusett — mg, 1850 base, 1926 trails, 58 lifts NEW HAMPSHIRE Arrowhead — mg, 224 base, 11 trails, 11 lifts Attitash — mg, 1022 base, 3068 trails, 611 lifts Black — mg, 1224 base, 1945 trails, 35 lifts Bretton Woods — mg, 23 new, 1236 base, 4397 trails, 910 lifts Cannon — pp, 1 new, 1236 base, 6395 trails, 910 lifts Cranmore — mg, 1824 base, 2757 trails, 67 lifts Crotched — corn, 2232 base, 1825 trails, 35 lifts Dartmouth Skiway — mg, 820 base, 6 31 trails, 34 lifts Granite Gorge — pp, 1222 base, 719 trails, 44 lifts Gunstock — mg, 1717 base, 3555 trails, 68 lifts King Pine — pp, 2436 base, 1617 trails, 35 lifts Loon — mg, 1525 base, 5261 trails, 12 12 lifts McIntyre — mg, 1836 base, 39 trails, 24 lifts Mount Sunapee — pp, 1530 base, 38 66 trails, 810 lifts Pats Peak — pp, 1824 base, 2528 trails, 911 lifts Ragged — mg, 1830 base, 1856 trails, 47 lifts Waterville Valley — pp, 1824 base, 36 60 trails, 611 lifts Whaleback — mg, 112 base, 330 trails, 33 lifts Wildcat — mg, 2555 base, 1648 trails, 45 lifts RHODE ISLAND Yawgoo Valley — mg, 1236 base, 512 trails, 24 lifts VERMONT Bolton Valley — pp, 1525 base, 2671 trails, 46 lifts Bromley — mg, 1530 base, 2447 trails, 78 lifts Burke — mg, 2 new, 1012 base, 2050 trails, 44 lifts Jay Peak — mg, 12 new, 2047 base, 7878 trails, 89 lifts Killington — mg, 1624 base, 81155 trails, 1522 lifts Mad River Glen — pp, 424 base, 2845 trails, 35 lifts Middlebury — pp, 34 new, 626 base, 417 trails, 14 lifts Mount Snow — mg, 1621 base, 4185 trails, 1820 lifts Okemo — mg, 1220 base, 78121 trails, 1320 lifts Pico — mg, 1218 base, 657 trails, 37 lifts Ski Quechee — pp, 1224 base, 513 trails, 33 lifts Smugglers Notch — mg, 1232 base, 3578 trails, 58 lifts Stowe — mg, 3 new, 2040 base, 105 116 trails, 1213 lifts Stratton — mg, 1220 base, 7097 trails, 1011 lifts Sugarbush — pp, 1 new, 1836 base, 72 111 trails, 1216 lifts Suicide Six — pp, 2 new, 1218 base, 8 24 trails, 23 lifts

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H13

SMARTCAR smart center Boston*

ALFA ROMEO

CHRYSLER

HONDA

KIA

Alfa Romeo of Boston*

Herb Chambers Chrysler-Millbury*

Herb Chambers Honda in Boston*

Herb Chambers, 531 Boston Post Road, Wayland H11 866-622-0180 alfaromeoofboston.com

2 Latti Farm Rd, Rte 20, Millbury 888.293.8449

1186 Commonwealth Ave, Boston 877.205.0986

herbchamberschryslerofmillbury.com

herbchambershondainboston.com

Herb Chambers Alfa Romeo*

Kelly Chrysler*

Herb Chambers Honda of Seekonk*

2 Latti Farm Road, Millbury 877-875-5491 herbchambersfiat.com

353 Broadway, Route 1 North, Lynnfield 781-581-6000 kellyjeepchrysler.net

185 Taunton Av, Rte 44, Seekonk 877.851.3362

A16

Kelly Alfa Romeo*

A16

151 Andover Street Rte 114 Danvers, MA 01923 978.560.0006 www.kellyalfaromeo.com

N7 Herb Chambers Dodge of Danvers* 107 Andover St., Rte 114, Danvers 877.831.2139

AUDI

herbchamberschryslerofdanvers.com

Audi Brookline* Herb Chambers

Herb Chambers Dodge of Millbury *

308 Boylston Street, Rte 9, Brookline 855.889.0843 audibrookline.com

2 Latti Farm Rd, Rte 20, Millbury 888.293.8449

L12

herbchamberschryslerofmillbury.com

Audi Burlington* Herb Chambers 62 Cambridge Street, Rte 3A, Burlington 855.845.0576 audiburlington.com

Audi Shrewsbury 780 Boston Turnpike Rd Rt. 9 Shrewsbury

Ferrari/Maserati/Autosports of NE* 441 Boston Providence Hwy, Rt1, Norwood 781-769-8800 autosportne.com

B13

866-890-0081 wagneraudisales.com

A16

FERRARI J8

K14

M11

herbchambersbmwofboston.com

Herb Chambers BMW of Sudbury* 128 Boston Post Road, Rte 20, Sudbury 866.483.1828 bmwofsudbury.com

2 Latti Farm Road, Rte 20, Millbury 877.875.5491 fiatusaofworcesterma.com

H11

1200 Worcester Rd., Rt. 9, Framingham 1-800-626-FORD framinghamford.com

Colonial Buick-GMC* 66 Galen St., Watertown 888-779-1378 buycolonialgm.com

L11

CADILLAC

herbchambersfordofbraintree.com

J12

Kelly Honda* 540 Lynnway, Rt. 1A, Lynn 781-595-5252 shopkellyhonda.com

herbchambershyundaiofwestborough.com

Herb Chambers Infiniti of Boston*

Herb Chambers Infiniti Westboro*

395 Broadway, Rte 1 N, Lynnfield 866.233.8937

310 Turnpike Rd., Rt 9, Westborough 877.207.6736 herbchambersfordofwestborough.com

herbchambersinfinitiofwestborough.com

Kelly Infiniti*

Herb Chambers Cadillac-Warwick*

Kelly Ford*

1511 Bald Hill Road, Rte 2, Warwick, RI 877.206.0272

211 Rantoul Street Rte 1 A Beverly, MA 01915 978-922-0059 shopkellyford.com

herbchamberscadillacofwarwick.com

G24

CHEVY

D13

155 Andover St., Rt. 114, Danvers 978-774-1000 www.kellyinfiniti.com

JAGUAR

GMC

D11

508-870-3222

LINCOLN Herb Chambers Lincoln Norwood* 1130 Providence Hwy Rte 1 “The Automile” Norwood 855-278-0016 Herbchamberslincoln.com N13

I12

Kelly Maserati*

Flagship Motorcars of Lynnfield* Herb Chambers, 385 Broadway Rt 1 N, Lynnfield 877.337.2442 flagshipmotorcars.com

Herb Chambers, 259 McGrath Highway, Somerville 800.426.8963 mercedes-benzofboston.com M10

90 Andover St., Rte 114, Danvers 877.206.9332 herbchamberschevrolet.com

Mirak Chevrolet* 1125 Mass. Ave., Arlington 781-643-8000 mirakchevrolet.com

Boch Honda Westford*

Acton Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram*

299 Littleton Rd, Westford

196 Great Rd., Rt. 2A, Acton 978-263-7300 actonchrysler.com

978-589-4200 bochhondawest.com

CHRYSLER

JEEP

HONDA F6

80 Cambridge Street (Rte 3A) Burlington, MA 01803 781-229-1600

Herb Chambers Jeep of Danvers*

299 Littleton Rd, Westford

107 Andover St, Rte 114, Danvers 877.904.0800 herbchamberschryslerofdanvers.com

Acton Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram*

Boch Honda*

Herb Chambers Jeep of Millbury*

196 Great Rd., Rt. 2A, Acton 888-871-3051 actonchrysler.com

279 Boston Providence Hwy, RT 1, Norwood 888-364-2550 bochhonda.com

2 Latti Farm Rd, Rte 20, Millbury 888.293.8449

K14

herbchamberschryslerofmillbury.com

M11

809 Washington Street, Rte 20, Auburn 855.872.6999 herbchamberstoyotaofauburn.com

B15

Toyota of Braintree*

N13

Rt. 9, Wellesley

J12

781-237-2970

149 Arsenal St., Watertown 617-926-5200

L12

72 Andover St., Rte 114, Danvers 978-774-8000 kellyvw.net

Minuteman Volkswagen 39 North Road, Bedford 781-275-8000 minutemanvw.com

Mercedes-Benz of Burlington *

Boch Honda Westford* 978-589-4200 bochhondawest.com

herbchamberstoyotaofboston.com

Kelly Volkswagen*

Mercedes-Benz of Boston*

Herb Chambers Chevrolet Danvers*

32 Brighton Avenue, Boston 877.884.1866

VOLKSWAGEN

83 Boston Post Rd, Rte 20, Sudbury, MA 866.268.7851

H11

TOYOTA

MERCEDES-BENZ

Jaguar Sudbury* Herb Chambers jaguarsudbury.com

Toyota/Scion of Watertown*

151 Andover St, Rte 114, Danvers 978-560-0007 www.kellymaserati.com

66 Galen St., Watertown

L11

61 Powdermill Rd., Acton 978-897-1128 sales@villagesubaru.net

Toyota of Wellesley*

531 Boston Post Rd, Rte 20, Wayland 866.622.0180 herbchambersmaserati.com

Colonial Buick-GMC* 888-779-1378 buycolonialgm.com

Villagesubaru.com

210 Union St., Exit 17 off Rt. 3, Braintree 781-848-9300 www.toyotaofbraintree.com

MASERATI

128 Derby St., Exit 15 off Rte. 3, Hingham

N15

H13

Herb Chambers Toyota Scion*

Best Chevrolet 800-649-6781 bestchevyusa.com

J11

Herb Chambers Toyota Scion*

1198 Commonwealth Ave, Boston 855.857.4431 herbchambersinfinitiofboston.com

Rte. 9, Natick 508-651-2000 Best Service, Prices, Location

25 Providence Highway Rte 1 “The Automile” Sharon 877.338.9671 herbchamberslexus.com K16

Herb Chambers Maserati*

312 Turnpike Rd, Rte 9, Westborough 855.878.9603

D13

N15

Herb Chambers Lexus of Sharon*

K10

INFINITI

790 Pleasant St. Rte. 60, Belmont 781-641-1900 buycitysidesubaru.com

MetroWestSubaru.com*

Herb Chambers Lexus of Hingham

B15

Herb Chambers Ford-Westborough*

Herb Chambers 83 Boston Post Rd., Rt 20, Sudbury 866.258.0054 landroverofsudbury.com H11

Rte. 9, Northborough

Herb Chambers Cadillac-Lynnfield* herbchamberscadillaclynnfield.com

Cityside*

Land Rover Sudbury*

Lexus of Northborough*

D13

Herb Chambers 385 Broadway, Rte 1 N, Lynnfield 844.222.6929 smartcenterlynnfield.com L7

SUBARU

735 Southbridge St, Rte 12&20, Auburn 888.318.7927 herbchambershyundaiofauburn.com

smart center Lynnfield*

LAND ROVER

www.herbchamberslexusofhingham.com

371 Washington Street, Newton Corner 888-511-5869 www.hondavillage.com

G13

M13

herbchamberskiaofburlington.com

141 Derby Street, Hingham 866-237-9636

Honda Village*

1165 Mass. Ave., Arlington 781-643-8000 mirakhyundai.com

Herb Chambers Ford of Braintree* 75 Granite Street, Braintree 855.298.1177

M10

Mirak Hyundai*

FORD Framingham Ford*

BUICK

100 Broadway Rt. 99, Everett 617-600-6045 hondacarsofboston.com

75 Otis St @ Rte 9, Westborough 877.564.1925

A16

93 Cambridge St., Rt 3A, Burlington 866.271.6366

LEXUS

Herb Chambers Hyundai Westboro*

Herb Chambers Fiat of Millbury*

Herb Chambers Kia of Burlington*

Honda Cars of Boston*

Herb Chambers Hyundai of Auburn*

herbchambers.com

1168 Commonwealth Ave, Boston 866.803.9622

350 Turnpike Rd., Rte 9 Westborough 877.207.0329 herbchambershondaofwestborough.com D13

HYUNDAI

107 Andover Street, Rt 114, Danvers 877-831-2139

Herb Chambers BMW of Boston*

I22

herbchambershondaofseekonk.com

FIAT Herb Chambers Fiat of Danvers*

BMW

M11

Herb Chambers Honda Westboro*

DODGE

Herb Chambers 259 McGrath Highway, Somerville M10 800.359.6562 smartcenterboston.com

A16

www.mbob.com

Mercedes-Benz of Natick* Herb Chambers 253 North Main St, Natick 866.266.3870 mercedesbenzofnatick.com

Wellesley Volkswagen* 231 Linden St., Wellesley 781-237-3553 buywellesleyvw.com

J12

VOLVO

H13

Mercedes-Benz of Shrewsbury*

HerbChambers Volvo Cars Norwood

760 Boston Turnpike Rd Rt. 9 Shrewsbury 888-551-7134 mercedesbenzofshrewsbury.com B13

1120 Providence Hwy Rte 1 “The Automile” Norwood 888.920.2902

volvoofnorwood.com

K14

Herb Chambers Chrysler - Danvers*

Herb Chambers Honda Burlington*

Kelly Jeep*

Smith Motor Sales of Haverhill, Inc.

Herb Chambers Genesis

107 Andover St, Rte 114, Danvers 877.831.2139 herbchamberschryslerofdanvers.com N7

33 Cambridge St, Rt 3A, Burlington 877.842.0555 herbchambershondaofburlington.com J8

353 Broadway, Route 1 North, Lynnfield 781-581-6000 kellyjeepchrysler.net

420 River Street, Haverhill, MA 01832 978-372-2552 onlymercedes.com

735 Southbridge St, Auburn, MA 877.287.9139 herbchambersgenesisofauburn.com D13

*For more information on this dealer, please visit boston.com/cars Please call (617) 929-1314 to include your dealership in this directory.

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M O N D A Y, D E C E M B E R 2 6 , 2 0 1 6

IT’S LIKE HAVING A NEW AUDI, BMW OR MERCEDES WITHOUT THAT FRUSTRATING BREAK IN PERIOD. Over 100 Certified-Pre-Owned world class automobiles in our current inventory. Special cars at exceptional savings. And you can see all of these wonderful vehicles, test drive them in one convenient location on Route 9 in Shrewsbury. Below please find a sample listing of some cars in inventory.

DRIVE THREE GERMAN WUNDERCARS IN ONE LOCATION.

Rarely are so many fun rides available in one place. Now Audi Shrewsbury, Wagner BMW of Shrewsbury and Mercedes-Benz of Shrewsbury are all together in one convenient location. But please, no hands in the air.

AAU3367 $23,899

AAU3395 B10319AB $35,389 $23,496

BU2488 $36,955

MMU1616 $25,994

MMU1668 $34,991

WAGNER FAMILY OF AUTO STORES 3 EXCITING BRANDS, ONE CONVENIENT LOCATION.

AUDI, BMW, MERCEDES-BENZ, SHREWSBURY, ROUTE 9 888-484-6394 | www.wagnermotors.com

WAGNER FAMILY OF AUTO STORES, SHREWSBURY, ROUTE 9 508-581-5999 | www.wagnermotors.com

OUTMANEUVER ORDINARY. Lease a 2017 Q5 SUV 2.0T Premium quattro Just

$399/mo for 36 mos.

MSRP $42,350, $2,699 down, $0 security deposit

AUDI SHREWSBURY Route 9

Q5 39 month closed-end lease offered to qualified customers by Audi Financial Services (AFS). Rate based on MSRP $42,350. $3,494 due at signing. $2,699 down payment, $795 acq. fee. $0 security deposit. 10k miles per year. Excludes taxes, title, other options and dealers fees. Expires 12/31/16.

866-890-0081 | wagneraudisales.com

Hours: Mon-Thurs 9-8, Fri 9-6, Sat 9-5, Sun 12-4

A PREMIUM COCKPIT, WITHOUT THE PRICE. YOUR DREAM CAR IS WITHIN REACH. 2017 CLA250 Coupe

ONLY $329/mo for 36 mos MSRP $35,675, $3,623 due at signing

MERCEDES-BENZ OF SHREWSBURY

Route 9 888-551-7134

Price excludes taxes, registration, act. fees and other optional charges for the dealer’s preparation of title and assistance in registering a vehicle. Not responsible for typographical errors, $3,623 due at signing. Cash due at signing includes $2,499 capitalized cost reduction, $795 acquisition fee and first month’s lease payments of $329. No security deposit required. 10k miles. This ad supersedes all other ads and promotions. Pictured vehicles may be representative of model only, and not actual vehicle. See dealer for details. This offer ends 1/3/17. Financing is available on select models, with approved credit. Must be financed by Mercedes-Benz Financial.

mercedesbenzofshrewsbury.com Hours: Mon - Thurs 9 - 8, Fri 9 - 6, Sat 9 - 5, Sun 12 - 4

ABOVE ALL, IT’S A BMW.

The BMW X5 xDrive35i

bmwusa.com 1-800-334-4BMW

The Ultimate Driving Machine®

Lease a 2017 BMW X5 xDrive35i

for only

$599/mo. for 36 mos.

MSRP: $60,895

WAGNER BMW of Shrewsbury, Route 9

888-512-8944 • wagnerbmwofshrewsbury.com Hours: Mon - Thurs 9 - 8, Fri 9 - 6, Sat 9 - 5, Sun 12 - 4

Prices exclude taxes, title, registration, acq. fees and optional charges for the dealer’s preparation of title and assistance in registering a vehicle. Not responsible for typographical errors. Lease based on a vehicle with an MSRP of $60,895. 10k miles per year. $5,024 due at signing based on $3,500 down payment, $599 first month, $925 acq. fee. $0 security deposit. This ad supersedes all other ads and promotions. Pictured vehicles may be representative of model only, and not actual vehicle. See delver for details. This offer expires 1/3/17.

THE 2017 SPRINTER WORKER. A van that works for a living at a price your bottom line will love.

Starting at $32,495.

MERCEDES-BENZ OF SHREWSBURY

Route 9

888-443-4305

mercedesbenzofshrewsbury.com Hours: Mon - Thurs 9 - 8, Fri 9 - 6, Sat 9 - 5, Sun 12 - 4