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A city of more than 90,000 people seems an unlikely place for hunting grounds, but some Quincy residents are coming face-to-face with duck and goose hunters on their morning walks through a city park. And they’re not too happy about it.

Multiple news sources are reporting the free agent outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury has signed a seven-year, $153 million contract with the New York Yankees.

Police say a Weymouth man looking for a night with a “sexy coke friendly hottie” ended up facing drug charges instead after officers responded to his raunchy online personal ads and later found a stash of cocaine in his apartment.

News on the Bronx train accident, a Hawaii shark attack and Barbara Walters’ most fascinating of 2013.

.This is a swan that came to us recently suffering from malnutrition. After spending a few weeks at the Center and undergoing a full treatment plan, he should be ready for release this Wednesday

Boston’s official tree-lighting concert “Holiday Lights,” will be broadcasted live from 7-8 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 5 on WCVB-TV Channel 5. Chronicle co-anchors J.C. Monahan and Anthony Everett will host the yuletide celebration. Boston Common and the Public Garden will light up in sequence when Mayor Menino throws the switch on Boston’s 48-foot white spruce holiday tree.

The acts have been announced yet, but organizers are promising a stellar lineup, and three-day passes for the May 23-25 Boston Calling Music Festival go on sale Friday, Dec. 6 at 10 a.m.

Republican Charles Baker is teaming up with former state Rep. Karyn Polito in his campaign for governor.

Ruth N. Bramson has retired as chief executive officer of the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts after five years on the job.

Teenagers in Shanghai are the smartest in the world in mathematics, reading and science, according to a report released today. The 2012 Program for International Student Assessment found that students in Shanghai are at least one additional year of schooling ahead of their peers in other countries, includig the U.S.