Speaking up with the world’s eyes upon them. Rushing into a burning building. Standing firm when others folded. In choosing the difficult path, they showed us what strength looks like.
From a first lady of Massachusetts to a trailblazing former president of Stop & Shop, tributes to seven luminaries who made a mark on Boston and beyond.
Elise Linscott used to tell herself that cannabis wasn’t addictive. She said it as a teenager and clung to it well into adulthood — until she found herself rifling through the kitchen trash, searching for the vape pen she’d thrown out. “I’ve seen some heavy users hide behind the touted medical benefits as a veil of denial and a reason to keep using,” Linscott writes.
Seventy-nine-year-old Ed Forster started playing pick-up basketball when he was 14. And thanks to Celtics legend Bob Cousy, he's still playing. And still winning.
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