Boston MA

In a narrow 5-4 vote Monday night, Quincy city councilors left a $2.6 million request for new firefighter turnout gear stuck in committee, infuriating firefighters and union leaders who had lobbied hard for an immediate purchase. The Koch administration had asked for two full sets of PFAS-free gear for every...

Several people were displaced after a fire ripped through a multi-story home in Lynn on Wednesday.

Deyscha Smith LYNN — Dozens of Lynn firefighters, as well as Marblehead, Peabody, Salem, and Swampscott, responded to a three-alarm house fire on Wednesday at 29 Linden St. Lynn Fire PIO Denis Ring told The Daily Item that six adults and one child were evacuated from the home prior to the Fire Department’s arrival....

Police arrested a 23-year-old man Tuesday night after a teen was stabbed outside a Brockton homeless shelter. Brockton resident Ryan Sanon pleaded not guilty to assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in connection with the stabbing in Brockton District Court on Wednesday, according to court records. On March...

A woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash in Newton on Tuesday. The two vehicles crashed at about 4:30 p.m. at the intersection of Walnut Street and Judith Road, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office. One of the vehicles then struck a tree. The driver of the vehicle...

A Massachusetts jury found a former Fall River business owner guilty of stealing $25,000 from a nurse instead of installing a backyard pool at her Stoughton home. Larry Westgate listened to the verdict inside the Stoughton District Court on Tuesday and shook his head in disbelief. Judge Gloriann Moroney sentenced...

A black bear was spotted on a resident’s ring camera in Waltham.

Disturbing scenes during 2026 St. Patrick's Day. The post 17 Arrested After Huge St. Patrick’s Day Brawl Breaks Out In Boston [VIDEO] originally published on Total Pro Sports .

More than two feet long with an olive-green shell and bright blue joints, a huge female lobster sits in its tank at the local Market Basket, waiting to be purchased. “That size and the color? That was a first for me,” Chris Dutra, the seafood manager at Market Basket, said.

The search for a missing Massachusetts man ended this week, thanks to warmer temperatures across New England. Police have recovered a body they believe belongs to missing man Jason Thomas from Lake Quannapowitt in Wakefield, Massachusetts, according to police. Medical examiners still need to identify the remains,...