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Quincy resident Katherine Lydon, the Cambridge postmaster, was on hand at Harvard University as the American Red Cross’ 2013 World Disaster Report was presented.

For the most part, local officials support a proposed change in state ethics law that would allow public employees to continue doing certain contractual business with the government entities for which they work.

The agency overseeing the redevelopment at SouthField is trying to broker a sit-down with the master developer and the three towns involved to settle on changes meant to jumpstart the project.

Massachusetts fishermen and their advocates argued for changes in federal fishery regulations at a State House session Monday hosted by U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.

Tight credit standards are keeping some financially qualified single-income individuals from buying houses, according to a study by the National Association of Realtors.

Police say a Weymouth couple charged with a spree of break-ins in town were fencing their stolen loot to buy heroin.

News on Ariel Castro victim Michelle Knight, US Airways being fined, and a skydiver-plane accident.

The decision stems from a rapid shutdown – called an unplanned scram -- of Pilgrim last September when the plant’s feed water system developed a steam leak. The move will trigger new inspections of the 685-megawatt nuclear by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Q: Greg, I've always been a fan of Mercury, and wish Ford would have kept the brand name in its car lineup. As a child, my mom and dad had a 1950 Mercury, which my dad later told me was the best selling Mercury to date. Through the fifties, sixties and seventies, Mercury was a winner at the dealership showroom. Do you recall the 1950 Mercury? Thanks for your columns on the cars of yesteryear. Charles Dalton, email from Illinois.