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Life without a job

Layoffs are rocking the region's most successful industries, with financial services, science, and technology among the sectors announcing job cuts in recent months. Three Greater Boston residents - Ajita Perera of Shrewsbury, Jayna Dinsmore of Groton, and Ken Masson of Chelmsford (below) - share how they have coped with losing their jobs, and their determination to find new ones. (By Erica Noonan, Boston Globe)
Laid off from banking job, Chelmsford man stays busy (Globe Staff / Wendy Maeda)

Laid off from banking job,
Chelmsford man stays busy

If a layoff can happen to the president of the local Rotary chapter, it can happen to anyone. Increasing unemployment across Greater Boston prompted former service marketing director Ken Masson to call on his fellow Rotarians to consider a twist on one of their organization's core missions, vocational service, by helping out the laid-off workers in their own backyards. (By Erica Noonan, Boston Globe)
Positive, despite fears

Positive, despite fears

Until the last week of October, the future couldn't have seemed rosier for 33-year-old Jayna Dinsmore of Groton. Then the bad news hit. (By Erica Noonan, Boston Globe)
Return to TV role lifts spirit

Return to TV role lifts spirit

Ajita Perera is determined to look at the layoff that blindsided her last August as a blessing in disguise. (By Erica Noonan, Boston Globe)

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'Loopy Doopy' (Addison Gallery of American Art)

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Amid uncertainty at Brandeis over the Rose Art Museum's future, officials at other institutions are vowing to keep their collections intact. At the Addison Gallery of American Art, a wall drawing, "Loopy Doopy," (above) is part of Phillips Academy's 16,000-piece collection. (By Lisa Kocian, Boston Globe)

Top officials feel pressure to trim pay

Sparked by taxpayer outrage, high-level administrators across the area are feeling pressure to forgo wage increases amid all-around belt-tightening. (By Rachana Rathi, Globe Staff)

Cyclists keep 12-year streak
alive through sleet, heat

Ever since the April Fools snowstorm of 1997, a Needham group has sent at least one biker - and as many as 100 on nice days - from Nahanton Park on the Newton-Needham line for a roundabout Saturday morning ride. (By Ben Terris, Globe Correspondent)

Fewer drivers arrested on alcohol charge

Arrests for drunken driving fell by 8.6 percent across the region last year, with the majority of area communities seeing either the same number or fewer arrests than in 2007, state records show. (By Calvin Hennick, Globe Correspondent)