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Ellen Barry

Ellen Barry is the New England bureau chief of The New York Times.

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  1. Viewing a Tragic Case Through the Eyes of Investigators

    Ellen Barry, a national reporter for The New York Times, spent months retracing a domestic violence prosecution in Maine.

    By Ellen Barry

  2. Gov. Charlie Baker of Massachusetts Says He Won’t Run for Re-election

    Mr. Baker, a moderate Republican in a deep-blue state, faced a Trump-backed primary challenge and a potentially difficult general election.

    By Reid J. Epstein

  3. The Woman on the Bridge

    Police and prosecutors spent five years chasing a domestic violence case. Would it be enough?

    By Ellen Barry

  4. A judge has dismissed criminal charges in an outbreak at a home for veterans in Massachusetts.

    The judge wrote that two former administrators at the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, Mass., could not be held legally responsible because the veterans in the case had been exposed before two units at the home were merged.

    By Ellen Barry

  5. For progressives, Michelle Wu points to a way forward in Boston.

    This was featured in live coverage.

    By Ellen Barry

  6. For Progressives, Michelle Wu Points to a Way Forward

    As a Boston mayoral candidate, she had plenty of opportunity to pivot away from her more liberal ideas. She didn’t, and it paid off.

    By Ellen Barry

  7. Michelle Wu is the first woman and first person of color to be elected mayor of Boston.

    “We are ready to be a Boston for everyone,” said Ms. Wu, whose campaign was buoyed by support from the city’s young, left-leaning voters and by Black, Asian and Latino residents.

    By Ellen Barry

  8. Michelle Wu is elected mayor of Boston.

    Ms. Wu is the first woman and the first person of color to be elected mayor in Boston.

    By Ellen Barry

  9. Boston moves to clear a tent city that became a focus of its mayoral race.

    This was featured in live coverage.

    By Ellen Barry

  10. Donations to Boston’s mayoral candidates are coming from very different places.

    Out-of-state donors have been more partial to the front-runner, Michelle Wu, while the city’s police officers have shown more support for Annissa Essaibi George.

    By Ellen Barry