Boston MA

A shooting in the heart of Boston late Thursday night left one man hospitalized and prompted a large police response.

BOSTON (WHDH) - One current MBTA employee and six former MBTA employees were charged Friday in a revised indictment for multiple conspiracies including conspiring to falsify Red Line track inspection reports and committing overtime fraud, the United States Attorney’s Office announced. Brian Pfaffinger, 48, of Marshfiel

Boston residents now have a direct hand in deciding how the city spends $2 million, after Mayor Michelle Wu reopened the municipal participatory budgeting program, “Ideas in Action,” for a third year and invited people in every neighborhood to propose projects through the end of July. The idea-collection window opened

Scarlet Oak Tavern is back in action in Hingham, Massachusetts, opening its doors after a brief pause for behind-the-scenes improvements. The popular spot reopened Thursday, July 10th, with doors opening at 5 PM, and the team said the return feels especially sweet after what they described as a long stretch away from t

Medford’s simmering labor tensions have boiled over into a full-blown City Hall brawl, with the mayor, public-employee unions and taxpayers all pulled into a fight over workplace privacy, investigations and who is footing the legal bill. What started with a December 2024 dust-up in the Department of Public Works has no

Family members have identified the victim of Thursday morning’s homicide crash near Roxbury Crossing as Louisa Gag, a longtime street safety advocate and transportation planner at Boston’s City Hall. Gag grew up in Roslindale and spent most of her career working for safer, healthier streets in the City...

Spanish billionaire Amancio Ortega’s investment arm has quietly pulled off a headline-grabbing move in downtown Boston, scooping up The Kensington in the Theater District for $234 million and shifting one of the city’s most visible rental towers into international hands. The 27-story high-rise packs in hundreds of apar

Interfaith Social Services is expanding their food pantry hours in response to rising food insecurity rates in the region. According to the 2026 Massachusetts Food Access Report by the Greater Boston Food Bank and Mass General Brigham, the number of households in the state of Massachusetts facing food insecurity has in

The Mary Ellen McCormack Complex, built in the 1930s, was Boston’s first public housing project. And now, a major overhaul will revitalize the complex and prepare it for the changing climate. Purohit: “How do we make it more sustainable and more livable for the next 100 years?”. Devanshi...

It’s a day the city has been waiting for all year – Sail Boston begins with opening ceremonies Friday ahead of the tall ships arriving in Boston Harbor. Friday’s ceremony will include a blessing of the sails and a presentation of flags from each country, setting the tone for the week-long event.