The Globe reports the Governor's Council performed one of its obscure constitutional tasks today and certified the passage of Question 4, which means that recreational marijuana becomes legal at midnight.

The city of Boston forwards these tips for people at least 21: Read more.

Greg Cook photographed a small vigil in front of the State House last night to protest impending cabinet appointments in Washington.

Cambridge Day reports on swastikas and other unspecified "hateful language" that appeared in three boys' rooms at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School this week.

Wicked Local Brookline reports on the incident at the Lincoln School and the reaction of school officials.

Gedalia Pasternak captured three people showing support for members of the Islamic Society of Boston on Prospect Street in Cambridge around 12:30 pm. The guy in the back is a mosque member who was rushing over to give them a hug.

There will be a vigil in front of the Islamic Society of Boston mosque at Roxbury Crossing at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 11.

Boston Magazine reports on Scott Brown's allegations during his "monthly on-air spongebath" on Herald radio. Of course, Brown might be the one person able to recognize Mass. voters filling in ovals north of the Merrimack - since he uniquely lost a Senate race here, then traveled north to lose a Senate race there.

Cambridge Day reports city officials are resolute: They're not giving up the city's sanctuary status, and will work with neighboring Somerville (which could lose $6 million) and Boston ($250 million) to figure out ways around the loss of money.

The East Boston Times-Free Press reports on what a non-Hispanic student at East Boston High told his largely Hispanic classmates what they could do with themselves after the election. BPS says it was an isolated incident.

The note to Sanford Levinson is every bit as charming as you'd expect. Mailed from England.