March's best photos: Figure skating, Match day and high school championships
Lindsay Grimes, a horticulturist at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, climbed a ladder in order to remove a 20-foot vine of nasturtiums from their trellis on March 25, as a team from the museum moved the nasturtiums from the greenhouse where they're grown to the museum's courtyard.
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The Wachusett Girls Basketball team celebrated after winning the D1 Girls MIAA basketball finals against Bishop Feehan High at Tsongas Center in Lowell on March 15.
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Theresa Lister, 16, a junior at North Andover High School, spoke to some of the students after they walked to the School Administration building on March 24 during a walk-out in support of their teachers and programs.
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Civil rights activist Dorothy Burnham (left) reached toward a guest during her 110th birthday celebration March 22.
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Victoria Ajayi from Nigeria was overcome with emotion after learning she will serve her residency at the Cleveland Clinic. Tufts University School of Medicine Class of 2025 opened their letters to learn where they will serve their residencies during National Match Day on March 21.
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Cellist Sofia Hernandez-Williams, 11, practiced before rehearsing with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, March 2. She is a Project STEP student who recently became one of the youngest semifinalists at the prestigious Sphinx Competition.
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University of Maine's Luke Antonacci celebrated his game-tying goal with teammates and fans against Northeastern University during the Hockey East semi-final game at TD Garden on March 20.
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Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum stuffed Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic on his shot attempt during the third quarter at TD Garden on March 8.
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The New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge cast a shadow over MacArthur Drive. Fisherman Alfredo "Freddy" Loya once confronted Officer Jorge Santos here after Santos allegedly stole pills from him. The police in New Bedford have a long history of abusing the confidential informant system in the fight against drugs, guns, and gangs.
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Members of the Colonel Henry Knox Color Guard Sons of the American Revolution made their way down the spiral staircase inside the Old State House for a wreath-laying ceremony in honor of the Boston Massacre anniversary on March 5.
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Demonstrators carried Palestinian flags during a 'standout' organized by Needham for Palestine on March 8.
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Protesters gathered outside of the Boston Public Library to advocate against the removal of the Boylston Street bus lane on March 18.
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The Catholic Memorial team celebrated after winning against Saint John's at the 2025 Boys D1 Ice Hockey State Championship on March 16 at TD Garden.
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Jeyden, 6, (left) and his cousin Sylvia, 5, played together in Jeyden's family's apartment. Jeyden's brother, 17-year-old Jose Adalberto Herrera who entered the United States as an unaccompanied minor in 2019, was released back to his parents and is now being held again in federal custody.
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Paula and Jeff Babel sampled a recent batch of maple syrup inside their sugar house in Mason, N.H., on March 7.
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Ace, a 2-year-old dog who was surrendered to the Animal Rescue League of Boston Dedham branch, attempted to look out the door on March 6.
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Survivors of the commercial sex industry (from left) Brittanie Adams, Audra Doody, Audrey Morrissey, and Stacy Reed watched a live broadcast of the Cambridge Court proceedings with client Mark Zhu shown on the screen. They are from the EMMA Coalition.
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Greg Bobst, 65, who lives in a tent in an abandoned lot in Bridgewater, had a cigarette in the rain on March 17. He said he doesn't feel safe in a shelter. 'I just want to have a mail in address and have a nice room by myself and just start my life over.'
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Members of the Tenth Regiment of Foot, a reenactment group portraying British troops at Lexington and Concord, underwent drills in preparation for the April 19 commemoration in the parking lot at St. Brigid's Church in Lexington.
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