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In this July 27, 2018, photo provided by the British Museum of London, a drinking vessel shaped like a donkey head and believed to date to 520-500 B.C. is depicted. A new exhibition at the Harvard Art Museums explores how the ancients literally partied in beast mode, with cups shaped like the beings they revered the most: animals. (British Museum/Harvard Art Museums via AP)

The Ancients Drank With Beasts in Mind

by William j. Kole Associated PressSeptember 4, 2018

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2017 file photo, Bill Richard, second from left, stands beside a painting of his son Martin Richard, the youngest person killed in the Boston Marathon bombing, at the conclusion of groundbreaking ceremonies for a Boston park named in Martin's honor. Besides the park, the family has also set up a foundation in Martin's memory. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Marathon Victims, Responders Moving On

by William j. Kole Associated PressApril 14, 2018

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2017 file photo, Peter Brockmann, left, president of the East Beach Association, gets help assembling pieces of a mystery object that was removed from the surf on East Beach in Westerly, R.I. New England craved a little comic relief in 2017, and the mirth gods came through with all manner of welcome weirdness. An alien-like object with stainless steel legs rose from the sea near Taylor Swift's beachfront mansion in Rhode Island. (Harold Hanka/The Sun via AP, File)

This Year’s Oddities: Clowns, Skunks, Owls

by William j. Kole Associated PressDecember 28, 2017

FILE - In this March 11, 2010, file photo, empty frames from which thieves took "Storm on the Sea of Galilee," left rear, by Rembrandt and "The Concert," right foreground, by Vermeer, remain on display at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Midnight Dec. 31, 2017, is the deadline to collect a doubled reward being offered for information leading to the recovery of 13 works worth an estimated $500 million. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File)

Doubled Reward for Gardner Museum Paintings Expires Soon

by William j. Kole Associated PressDecember 28, 2017

In this Nov. 3, 2017 photo, shipwrights Jamie Kirschner, left, and Tucker Yaro clean out the hold of the Mayflower II at Mystic Seaport's H.B. duPont Preservation Shipyard in Mystic, Conn. Restoration of the ship, a replica of the vessel that brought Pilgrims to Massachusetts in 1620, is expected to be completed in 2019 when it will return to its home port in Plymouth, Mass. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day via AP)

Mayflower Makeover Continues

by William j. Kole Associated PressNovember 23, 2017

In this Oct. 1, 2017 photo released by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Wilkins, the BSO's youth and family concerts conductor, directs the symphony during a free outdoor concert in Franklin Park, Boston's largest green space. The Orchestra is reaching out to the city's more diverse urban neighborhoods to get a better grasp of their cultural roots and needs. (Aram Boghosian/Boston Symphony Orchestra via AP)

Boston Symphony Plays the Streets

by William j. Kole Associated PressOctober 8, 2017

In this Sept. 28, 2017 photo, Boston city archaeologist Joe Bagley displays fragments of pottery and a tobacco pipe recovered from a site that experts believe may have contained an outhouse used by Paul Revere. Experts say the Pierce-Hichborn House in Boston's historic North End, built next to Revere's house in 1711, was owned by one of Revere's cousins, and the renowned American patriot himself likely visited on numerous occasions. (AP Photo/William J. Kole)

Paul Revere’s Outhouse Found?

by William j. Kole Associated PressOctober 1, 2017

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2010 file photo, a maple tree shows its fall colors in Woodstock, Maine. New England's 2017 fall foliage forecast is very favorable for leaf peeping. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

‘Spectacular’ Foliage Forecast for New England

by William j. Kole Associated PressAugust 20, 2017

FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2012 file photo, Captain Brett McBride places his hand on the snout of a great white shark while scientists collect blood, tissue samples and attach tracking devices on the research vessel Ocearch off the coast of Chatham, Mass. Before release, the nearly 15-foot, 2,292-pound shark was named Genie for famed shark researcher Eugenie Clark. Great white sharks are making their annual return to Cape Cod, rattling some boaters and beachgoers. Yet the chances of an attack resulting in serious injury or death are infinitesimally small. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

Shark Worries on Cape Cod

by William j. Kole Associated PressJune 25, 2017

FILE -- In this April 18, 2016 file photo, runners approach the finish line of the 120th Boston Marathon in Boston. Organizers of the 2017 race said the April 17 event will pump more than $192 million into the local economy, including $30 million for dozens of charities. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Marathoners Spend To Run in Boston

by William j. Kole Associated PressApril 2, 2017