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Birds perform a springtime symphony. Can you identify them by their songs?
By Don Lyman Globe Correspondent,Updated April 23, 2021, 1:03 p.m.
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Black-throated Blue Warbler seen in Mount Auburn Cemetery in May 2017.Jared Keyes
âListen to the songbird, hear him singing. The song he loves heâs singing just for you.â
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As we move into spring, it seems that birds are suddenly everywhere. Whether year-round residents like cardinals or chickadees, or migratory species like warblers returning from their wintering grounds in warm, faraway places, a lot of birds start advertising their presence by singing.
âMale songbirds sing to establish territories and attract mates,â said Wayne Petersen, director of the Massachusetts Important Bird Areas program for Mass Audubon. âGood territories help males attract females.â
Top Spots to Live 2021: North of Boston
Everett, Newbury, and Somerville draw big buyer interest, each for their own reasons.
By Jon Gorey Globe Correspondent,Updated April 21, 2021, 2 hours ago
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Explore the 2021 Top Spots to live by region:City Neighborhoods | West | South
PLACING A BET: EVERETT
When Blessing Chitanda and her partner, Shawn Roberts, bought their home in
Everett four years ago, even small condos near Chitandaâs Studio 27 Salon in the South End seemed out of reach. âWe moved here from Boston â itâs close to the city, and way cheaper,â Chitanda says. Last May, the couple took over a commercial space across the street from their house, and now the salon has decamped to Everett, too, where they feel embraced by the community. âOur neighbors are so friendly,â Chitanda says.
Tufts Community Grant program provides support for local non-profits hit hard by COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: Kelvin Ma, Tufts University Photo
Thirty-five local organizations in Tufts’ four host communities in Massachusetts have been awarded $35,000 in grants from the Tufts Community Grants (TCG) program. The grants, which are funded by donations from Tufts University faculty and staff, are awarded each year to community-based charitable organizations in Boston, Grafton, Medford and Somerville.
TCG is a giving option of the annual Tufts Community Appeal, an internal fundraising campaign for faculty and staff at Tufts University. Donors to the TCG program are members of the Tufts workforce who value and support the work of the university’s community partners and the welfare of Tufts’ host communities.
After a year of hiding away, a return to normalcy feels . abnormal
By Mark Shanahan Globe Staff,Updated April 11, 2021, 7:02 p.m.
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The good news is my 84-year-old father has been vaccinated, so he can go to the public library again without worrying if itâll kill him.
The bad news is Iâm next.
Iâm not an anti-vaxxer. I believe in science and look forward to getting the jab. The pandemic has caused so much misery, itâll be a great day when the whole world is inoculated against COVID-19.