Joe Jutras hadn’t planned to break a world record with his green squash. But last month, the Scituate-based giant fruit grower’s 2,200-pound fruit was named the heaviest green squash in the world.

Gage Hedstrom is the best player, a national record-setter, that Tony Allen has coached in 27 years at O’Neill St. Mary’s.

Dozens of people gathered early Thursday in central Paris to mark the annual arrival of Beaujolais Nouveau, sharing glasses ...