Most of Orange Line to shut down for 11 days amid track problems
The majority of the MBTA's Orange Line will be shut down for 11 days in the Boston area.
Crews cleaning up after water main break floods streets in East Boston
BOSTON (WHDH) - Crews worked through the night to repair a water main break that flooded several streets in East Boston on Wednesday night. The break forced the closure of several roads around Bennington Street. (Copyright (c) 2026 Sunbeam Television. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast,.
Your View: Photos from our community
We invite readers to send us photos from around the community. These photos were taken about a month apart in the Fresh Pond Mall parking lot earlier this year — from unhatched eggs to young goslings. The late spring and summer for geese is often a flightless molting period....
Rockland man sold opioids hidden in snack bags that led to overdose death, feds...
A Rockland man faces federal drug trafficking charges after prosecutors say he ran an online business that mailed potent synthetic opioids to people across the country using the U.S. mail. In at least one instance, a shipment resulted in the overdose death of a woman in Las Vegas in April...
Planning Board unanimously rejects inclusionary zoning update, approves cottage kitchens
In a four-hour marathon joint meeting of the Malden Planning Board and the City Council’s Rules and Ordinance Committee on August 12, the Planning Board voted 6-0 to recommend disapproval of City Council Paper 335, an overhaul of the city’s 2021 Inclusionary Zoning ordinance. The changes are designed to spur residentia
New ‘living seawall’ habitat in Boston is already teeming with life
Over time, many coastal cities have developed their shorelines and built seawalls to protect them from erosion and flooding. Christo: “So in Boston, for instance, a lot of the coastal areas used to be salt marshes and mudflats. … A lot of those edges have been hardened into granite seawalls.”
Investigation underway after accident involving motorcycle sends four to the hospital in Brockton
The operator of the motorcycle was medflighted to a Boston hospital with life-threatening injuries, while three other people in the other vehicle were taken to the hospital. Their condition is unknown.
MSPCA Holding Final Fee-Waived Adoption Event This Summer
The MSPCA and several of its shelter partners are holding the third and final fee-waived dog adoption event this summer.
2 women dead after vehicle crashes into dump truck on I-84 West in Tolland
TOLLAND, Conn. (WTNH) — Two women are dead after rear-ending a dump truck Wednesday night on Interstate 84 West in Tolland, according to Connecticut State Police. The crash happened just before 11 p.m., between Exits 69 and 68 on I-84 West. According to state police, a Mack CV 700 dump truck was traveling westbound in
Apparent hidden camera in shower area falls from ceiling at Boston research lab
The device was found in the shower area of a women's locker room at Mass General Brigham's off-campus research lab facility.
