Flood watches in effect late tonight with heavy rain expected
We’re off to a great start this weekend here in Boston! In fact, many of us started this Saturday with temperatures in the 40s sand 50s, feeling a lot like fall with low humidity levels!. High temperatures will climb into the mid 70s this afternoon. We’ll continue to see...
Boston housing plan cuts building target, adds tax breaks as rents keep climbing
Boston's housing affordability crisis persists as Mayor Michelle Wu's administration considers new measures to support selected developments and adjusts expectations for construction in the current economy. Boston's housing affordability crisis is proving difficult to solve, even as Mayor Michelle Wu's administration l
Two arrested after shoplifting incident leads to stabbing in Dorchester
DORCHESTER, MA — Two people were arrested Friday morning after an attempted shoplifting at a CVS store escalated into a stabbing. Officers assigned to District B-2 responded to a radio call for a person with a knife in the area of 468 Blue Hill Avenue at approximately 10:47 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2026.
Boston plants trees to cool hotter neighborhoods, but residents keep cutting them down
Boston has added more than 170 acres of canopy on city-controlled land, but losses on private residential property have wiped out much of the progress made on public land. Efforts to expand tree cover in Boston's hottest neighborhoods are colliding with losses on private residential land, where trees in backyards and a
Elderly Woman From Massachusetts Masterminds $10,930,940 Ponzi Scheme Impacting 204 Victims
An 83-year-old Lexington woman pleaded guilty to five counts of wire fraud after Ideal Financial drained $10.93 million from 204 investors in a Ponzi scheme. The post Elderly Woman From Massachusetts Masterminds $10,930,940 Ponzi Scheme Impacting 204 Victims appeared first on The Daily Hodl .
What does it mean to get a key to the city?
Jaylen Brown recently received a key to the 5th Suffolk District. Here’s what the ceremonial honor means — and how the tradition dates back to medieval Europe. During Jaylen Brown’s farewell party, “741 Frequency Fest,” on Aug. 30, State Rep. Chris Worrell presented Brown with a key to the 5th Suffolk District on behal
6 food festivals to check out around Boston this fall
Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's Saturday morning newsletter, The Weekender. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. Autumn’s gastronomical delights aren’t just reserved for the farm stand or the state fair (though we can’t argue with a cider donut).
Mass. Pike rest stops face demolition or total rebuild
Travelers along major interstate routes have long depended on convenient pull offs for food, fuel and rest during lengthy journeys. In Massachusetts the situation has reached a turning point as officials weigh the future of aging facilities along the turnpike. Mass Pike rest stops in several towns now stand at the cent
Judge whose error overturned a child-killing conviction now faces key Lindsay Clancy ruling
Both women are accused of killing their children during psychotic episodes.
Frontage Road rollover kills one
A single vehicle rollover crash near the intersection of Frontage Road and Ali John Drive in Belgrade killed one person early Friday, Sept. 11, 2026.
