The Wrap: There’s a slew of new places opening

Plus a new brew and the return of a favored event.

Dorchester Day helps inner-city youth get close to nature

Once a year, 150 Boston kids learn to learn to ski and snowboard at Shawnee Peak. For many, the great outdoors is its own adventure.

Marathon bomber’s lawyers want death sentence tossed out

They tell an appeals court it was unfair to hold the trial in Boston and raise other issues with the 2015 court case of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

Wintry weather and frozen earth got you down? Plan a gardening trip

Just thinking about exotic places with gorgeous gardens can keep you sane till spring.

Boston man denies drug charges in Lewiston-Auburn pot raid

Telling Room students to be guests of Michelle Obama at her talk in Boston on Saturday

There's a history between the former first lady and the Portland writing center.

Ali Mediate is helping Maine families start gardens

How the Boston native turned into a raised bed raiser, on a shoestring.

Boston mayor offers plan to combat rising seas

Marty Walsh proposes a 'Resilient Boston Harbor' campaign that includes the creation of 67 acres of new open space.

Boston breathing easier after major raid on gang

Residents and law enforcers relish the break from MS-13 crime, but after 3 years, it may be creeping back.

Boycott looms for Boston landmark named for slave owner

Activists seek to rename Faneuil Hall, which was built in the 1740s on a site where slaves had been sold.