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    Mar 4

    The Boston Globe turns 150 today. 🥳🎉 To mark our sesquicentennial anniversary, we’re reflecting on 15 decades of coverage — and the work still to come.

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  2. Patriots reportedly re-sign RB James White to two-year deal

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  3. Last week, Boston named a 23-person working group to study rent control and how such programs work in other cities. Read more about the rental struggle and policies to address the lack of housing here:

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  4. BostonPads, which tracks real-time data from some of the city’s largest rental brokerage firms, shows apartment vacancy in Greater Boston at less than 1 percent. “That’s like, mind-alteringly low,” said chief executive Demetrios Salpoglou.

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  5. By the end of 2021, asking rents in Greater Boston had climbed 11 percent compared to a year prior, according to a report by real estate firm . The average 1,000-square-foot apartment is renting for about $2,700 a month. That’s the largest jump in at least two decades.

     Source: Colliers International. Data is asking rent per unit for the fourth quarter of 2021, per colliers. no distinction on number of beds etc
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  6. Cabell Eames has been monitoring rent prices to see if there is something bigger in Belmont for her family of four. “There are no choices. When there’s two apartments available that would mean your entire paycheck would go to rent — that’s not a choice.”

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  7. Higher than usual vacancy amid the pandemic prompted some landlords to renovate units and then raise the rent. And a vanishing inventory of homes for sale in the suburbs has forced some to stick to leasing, adding extra pressure to the rental market.

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  8. “It’s brutal,” said Miller. Scores of renters in Greater Boston are battling to find any place to live these days. Rents have surged to record highs, and a slew of factors are making Boston’s always-challenging apartment market even more frenetic.

    Ben Anthony and Brenna Miller in their North End apartment. The couple are seeking a new place to live after their landlord told them he would hike their rent by $400 a month.CRAIG F. WALKER/GLOBE STAFF
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  9. After their landlord had announced rent was going up, Brenna Miller and her partner needed to find a new Boston apartment. But the couple is struggling to find a new place. They're not alone. Apartment vacancy in Greater Boston is at less than 1 percent.

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  10. Larry Edelman: Oil prices are falling fast. Like always, it will take longer for gas prices to come down.

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  11. Boston plans to replace historic gas lamps with LEDs in effort to reduce carbon emissions

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  12. NESN confirms new Red Sox game analysts: Kevin Youkilis, Kevin Millar, Tony Massarotti

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  13. Red Sox’ Xander Bogaerts, Christian Arroyo say they are in fact vaccinated

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  14. Tennessee man arrested with 11 handguns in backpack at South Station, Boston police say

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  15. Pierre Zakrzewski, a video journalist for Fox News, was killed in Ukraine when the vehicle he was traveling in outside of Kyiv with another reporter was struck by incoming fire, the network said on Tuesday.

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  16. Join and as part of the new Let’s Talk Boston segment during on Friday at 8 am to talk art, food, dating, travel, and Bostonians who are driving change

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  17. This tool lets employers compare wages, benefits to competitors

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  18. Patriots trade linebacker Chase Winovich to Browns for Mack Wilson

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  19. Insurers say they oppose Mass General Brigham’s expansion

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  20. Zendaya, in Boston for new movie, does some shopping on Newbury Street

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  21. Maine students steer school bus to safety when driver collapses

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