Boston MA

Two Massachusetts communities are prohibiting residents from using gas-powered leaf blowers. Fines will be imposed for violators. According to a CBS Boston WBZ-TV report, Arlington and Lexington banned commercial landscapers from using gas-powered leaf blowers last year. As of March 15, residents in these two towns...

The suspect is seen on surveillance footage discarding clothing before fleeing the scene, police say. Boston police have shared a surveillance image of a “person of interest” in connection with a Sunday evening shooting in the city’s South End. Officers responded to a report of a person...

BOSTON — A 24-year-old Boston woman has pleaded guilty in federal court in connection with a scheme to defraud a Massachusetts bank. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, Trinity Antonetty, 24, of Boston, pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud. U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick...

CHESTNUT HILL — The Metropolitan Waterworks Museum gives you direct, intimate access to some of the most jaw-dropping marvels of steam-powered machinery you’ll see anywhere. It’s a unique experience that will make you feel like you’ve been dropped into a steampunk world. By the way, base...

A car crash at the intersection of Blue Hill Avenue and Abbot Street in Dorchester escalated into an assault on Tuesday, leaving one man with a facial laceration and a trip to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Officers stayed on scene after the dust-up while detectives documented the area...

Some meals are easy to forget by the time you get back to the car. This one feels like the kind people keep bringing up long after the plates are cleared. That is what makes a big buffet in Massachusetts so tempting in the first place. You walk in expecting plenty of options, but secretly hope a few of them will be...

One of the the four defendants in a federal SNAP fraud bust that totaled over $1 million and saw the identities of over 100 people stolen from several states pleaded guilty Wednesday to money laundering, fraud, conspiracy and other charges in Boston federal court. Raul Fernandez Vicioso, 37, a naturalized...

Anyone who grew up in Dorchester in the 1970s, ‘80s, or even the early ‘90s remembers what it was like under rent control. Property values were stagnant or in decline. People loved their neighborhood, but no one could honestly say it was thriving. As neighbors decided to move...

Next week, the City of Malden will be the first Gateway City in 17 years to ask voters for a Proposition 2 ½ override tax hike or else face cuts to city services. If it passes, it will be the first such city to do so in 35 years.

It's getting more expensive to afford a comfortable lifestyle in Boston​, according to a new study.