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Laura Crimaldi joined the Globe staff in 2014 after working as a business and news producer for Boston.com. A graduate of Smith College, Crimaldi has been covering news in New England since 2001.
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Seven beaches in Greater Boston aced water quality tests last year
By Laura Crimaldi and Amanda Kaufman , Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent
Save the Harbor/Save the Bay has been testing water quality at beaches along Boston Harbor since 2011.
Appalachian Trail stabbing highlights challenge of intervening on behalf of the mentally ill
By Vernal Coleman and Laura Crimaldi , Globe Staff
The challenge: how to get troubled people the help they need, while weighing their rights against the possibility they could harm themselves or others.
The twisted, fatal journey of the accused Appalachian Trail killer
By Evan Allen, Laura Crimaldi and Alejandro Serrano , Globe Staff | Globe Correspondent
The transformation of James Jordan into the menacing Sovereign, say many who know him, was at once shocking and sadly predictable.
MassArt students create toys for elephants at New Bedford zoo
By Laura Crimaldi , Globe Staff
Emily and Ruth, Asian elephants who live at Buttonwood Park Zoo, got the new toys on Thursday.