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The remainder of the European Union may be distancing itself from Sweden’s campaign to declare American lobsters an invasive species, but the head of the Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association isn’t yet ready to declare complete victory.

“We’re very excited about the news out of Europe that the rest of the EU doesn’t seem ready to follow Sweden’s lead,” MLA Executive Director Beth Casoni said Monday. “But we’re going to stay on this because it’s not over by any stretch.”

U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton wants the state to approve construction of a new rail tunnel below downtown Boston, but the mega-project is turning into a competition with another big rail expansion.

Moulton made his pitch to business and civic leaders for the North-South Rail Link, a tunnel that would connect North Station to South Station. That would allow trains to run all the way through Boston, instead of terminating on either side of downtown.

The European Union won’t ban our lobsters after all.

And the Massachusetts congressional delegation, which was previously concerned for its local lobsterers, is pretty psyched about the decision.

BEVERLY — Kayla Whelan was a student at Montserrat College of Art when her Christmas tree ornament caught the eye of the judges in the White House Historical Association’s first national art college design competition.

Her design, a tiny red fire truck, recalls the type of fire engine that responded to a 1929 Christmas Eve fire in the West Wing during Herbert Hoover’s administration.

When Seth Moulton ran against my friend John Tierney, I was irritated, in that John was vulnerable because of his wife’s activity for her gambling brother and he was accused of aiding and abetting.