Superintendent Carol Johnson cited the recent death of her husband in her retirement announcement.

A tense night of police activity that left a university officer dead on campus just days after the Boston Marathon bombings and amid a hunt for two suspects caused officers to converge on Watertown.

BOSTON — The operating budget for Fiscal Year 2014 would represent a 5.6 percent increase over current spending levels.

BOSTON — Mayor Thomas Menino touted Boston’s recent accomplishments and outlined several new proposals, including a plan for 30,000 new housing units by the end of the decade.

BOSTON — The quiz bowl team was stripped of the championships because a student team member improperly accessed information online.

BOSTON — Of the country’s 30 biggest metro areas, Boston has the most responsible consumers, according to a new report from a credit card comparison website.

BOSTON — The state labor department says Massachusetts has now surpassed pre-recession overall jobs levels.

BOSTON — Revised federal numbers also show the state gained, in 2011 and 2012, 32,100 more jobs than previously estimated.

The storm dumped more than 2 feet of snow on some communities and left hundreds of thousands of customers without power.

WBUR’s complete coverage of the storm.