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A routine trip to the market became life changing as a Massachusetts man hit a State Lottery grand prize on a scratch ticket. According to the Massachusetts State Lottery, Guy Babineau is the winner of a $500,000 top prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery’s “$500,000 Frenzy” $50 instant ticket game.

The Lindall-Gibbs-Osgood House, which was built in 1755, has a storied history—but it is best known for its next-door neighbor.

WOBURN — The Cummings Foundation is celebrating another year of meaningful giving. Joined by Governor Maura Healey and representatives from 150 greater Boston nonprofits on June 27 at TradeCenter 128 in Woburn, the Cummings Foundation celebrated $35 million in new grants, awarded through a highly competitive program th

Conservators at Boston's Granary Burying Ground recently found and restored what Mayor Michelle Wu described as one of the oldest gravestones of a free Black person in America. The mayor announced the discovery during the city's annual Independence Day Oration at Faneuil Hall. Wu said the team believes the man...

Three firefighters were injured while battling a house fire overnight in Braintree.

The incident occurred just before 11 PM on Saturday, when officers were dispatched to 13 Fayston Street to reports of a person shot.

BOSTON (WHDH) - One of the headliners of this year’s Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular got a view of Boston from behind the wheel of a duck boat before taking the stage to dazzle the Fourth of July crowds on the Esplanade. Country star Lainey Wilson said she was thrilled...

BOSTON (WHDH) - Eleven people are displaced after a fire tore through a building in Roxbury on Sunday morning and caused the roof to collapse. Crews responding to a reported structure fire on Maple Street around 8:45 a.m. evacuated the building and ordered a second alarm, according to the Boston Fire Department. While

Bacci's Restaurant, a longtime Italian mainstay on Stoneham's Main Street, is calling it quits. The neighborhood staple, known for hearty pastas, pizzas and its small back dining room, will serve its final plates on Tuesday, July 13, after owners said the economy left them with no way to keep the doors open.

Some houses hold furniture. This one holds history so dense you can almost feel it pressing through the walls. Tucked beside the Concord River in Massachusetts, one historic home witnessed the first gunfire of the American Revolution and later sheltered two of the country’s most celebrated literary minds. Before you le