Chad Smith, the orchestra’s president, admitted missteps in terminating Andris Nelsons’s contract but stood by the decision and won’t step down.

Taverns were important incubators of revolutionary fervor where patriots gathered to plot and gossip. Here are a few where you can still taste the spirit of 1776.

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The mayor of Quincy, Mass., is being sued over 10-foot statues of two Catholic saints that he wants to install in front of a new public safety complex.