Boston MA

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Rhode Island officials confirmed that three people — including two college students — were killed over the weekend in a wrong-way crash. In a news release, the Rhode Island State Police said authorities received 911 calls around 12:27 a.m. local time on Sunday, Jan. 25, about a vehicle traveling south on Route 99...

In the States, you don’t just mess with people’s parking spots and get away with it. When it snows, multiply the aggressive behavior by ten, as people will fight tooth and nail to protect their spots. One particularly vicious woman in Boston, Massachusetts, is definitely someone you don’t want to mess with, as she...