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CHESTNUT HILL — The Metropolitan Waterworks Museum gives you direct, intimate access to some of the most jaw-dropping marvels of steam-powered machinery you’ll see anywhere. It’s a unique experience that will make you feel like you’ve been dropped into a steampunk world. By the way, base...

A car crash at the intersection of Blue Hill Avenue and Abbot Street in Dorchester escalated into an assault on Tuesday, leaving one man with a facial laceration and a trip to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Officers stayed on scene after the dust-up while detectives documented the area...

Some meals are easy to forget by the time you get back to the car. This one feels like the kind people keep bringing up long after the plates are cleared. That is what makes a big buffet in Massachusetts so tempting in the first place. You walk in expecting plenty of options, but secretly hope a few of them will be...

One of the the four defendants in a federal SNAP fraud bust that totaled over $1 million and saw the identities of over 100 people stolen from several states pleaded guilty Wednesday to money laundering, fraud, conspiracy and other charges in Boston federal court. Raul Fernandez Vicioso, 37, a naturalized...

Anyone who grew up in Dorchester in the 1970s, ‘80s, or even the early ‘90s remembers what it was like under rent control. Property values were stagnant or in decline. People loved their neighborhood, but no one could honestly say it was thriving. As neighbors decided to move...

Next week, the City of Malden will be the first Gateway City in 17 years to ask voters for a Proposition 2 ½ override tax hike or else face cuts to city services. If it passes, it will be the first such city to do so in 35 years.

It's getting more expensive to afford a comfortable lifestyle in Boston​, according to a new study.

The two suspects allegedly followed the man who hit their car, smashed his window, and viciously beat him, according to witnesses. Two Boston men are facing assault charges after they allegedly beat up another man who accidentally hit their vehicle while trying to park, Boston police said. Anthony Shearrion, 41,...

For years, someone has been chucking bread onto Abby Hall's front yard in Brighton. WBZ NewsRadio followed up with Abby two years after we first spoke with her in 2024.

A couple whose children were removed from their Waltham home in the middle of the night have cleared a legal hurdle in their federal lawsuit against the senior-level Massachusetts Department of Children and Families employees who made the emergency decision without seeking judicial approval. Josh Sabey and Sarah...