Oliveira’s Steak House Named Best All-You-Can-Eat Buffet in Massachusetts
A Boston-based Brazilian steakhouse has taken top honors for the state's best all-you-can-eat buffet. The website Tasting Table praised Oliveira's Steak House in Boston, highlighting its Brazilian churrasco-style dining. "It's the kind of place that has loyal customers returning every chance they get, while others...
Boston man pleads guilty to threatening federal officer
A Boston man has pleaded guilty to threatening a federal law enforcement officer, the U.S. Attorney said Wednesday. Kenneth Pacheco, 22, pleaded guilty on Jan. 23 to one count of threatening a federal law enforcement officer, U.S. Attorney Leah Foley said in a statement. U.S. District Court Judge Julia Kobick...
‘I’m sick of struggling’: Boston homeowners are stuck in the middle of a tax...
For 32 years, Olive McSweeney Sheehan has run a family child care center out of her Brighton home. She loves the work she does, but she faces a stark financial reality. Her weekly budget for milk, bread, fruit and vegetables for the six toddlers and infants in her care at Over the Rainbow Family Childcare has doubled...
Dozens face layoffs as Mass. Dunkin’ supplier axes 63 positions, closes facility
A Massachusetts Dunkin’ factory is closing its doors for good and laying off 63 employees in the process. Medford CPL, Inc. filed a Workers Retraining Adjustment Notification — a federally mandated guideline for employers to announce mass layoffs — on Friday, Jan. 16. The WARN notice states...
Lambert’s Market: Giving Customers The Best
Fresh, quality produce at a good value draws shoppers to this Boston retailer. Seventy-five years ago, Nino Lambert’s father and uncle started selling produce and a few groceries out of the back of a truck. As the business grew, they opened a store, and then expanded as their sons joined the enterprise. Today,...
Marlborough man arrested after woman found with gunshot wound at Bedford hotel
BEDFORD — On Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, at approximately 4:49 a.m., Bedford police were dispatched to the Bedford Plaza Hotel located at 340 Great Road after the Bedford Emergency Communications Center received a disconnected 911 call from the property. According to Interim Police Chief Kenneth Fong, when officers...
Man Faces Assault To Murder Charges After Allegedly Trying To Run Over Ex-Girlfriend at...
A 26-year-old man is facing two assault to murder charges and several other felony and misdemeanor charges after he allegedly attempted to run over his former girlfriend and her current boyfriend at The Shops at Chestnut Hill on Boylston Street last weekend. “The commonwealth requests the defendant be held pending...
Massachusetts woman sentenced for embezzling $429,980 from environmental services company
BOSTON – The former office manager for a Franklin environmental services business was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for embezzling more than $400,000 from her employer. Marie Hobson, 55, of Attleboro, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Denise J. Casper to 18 months in prison...
Mass. weather: Sub-zero temps could usher in ‘bomb cyclone’
Frigid conditions continue in Massachusetts, where Wednesday will begin and end with sub-zero wind chills. High temperatures across the state will only reach the low 20s in Boston, Worcester, Springfield and Cape Cod & the Islands, while the Berkshires will top out at 16 degrees, according to the National Weather...
Major Boston Area Restaurant and Bar Closings to Know, January 2026
This is the January edition of a monthly column that rounds up restaurant closures in and around Boston. Catch up on more news about closures in the Boston area online. Know of a restaurant closure that should be on Eater Boston’s radar? Get in touch at [email protected]. South End/Downtown...

















