Boston Public Schools Plans to Cut Jobs as Enrollment Drops, Deficit Grows
It's likely not going to be good news next week when Boston Public Schools (BPS) Superintendent Mary Skipper delivers her budget plan for the coming fiscal year. The Boston Globe reported that BPS's chief financial officer, David Bloom, indicated that a “significant portion” of the reduction will include eliminating...
Anna’s Taqueria Opening in the Neighborhood
Anna’s Taqueria is getting close to opening its doors at 457-469A West Broadway. Since 1995, the city’s self-proclaimed “most beloved Mexican restaurant” has 12 locations in and around the greater Boston area. The builders of this new West Broadway restaurant posted an update on Instagram this...
Hingham Police Warn of Sophisticated Email Scam Targeting Planning Board Applicants
The Hingham Police Department is warning residents about a sophisticated email scam that uses fake addresses designed to look like official Town of Hingham communications. The scam specifically targets people doing business with the Planning Board, attempting to trick them into wiring money for fake fees.
6 more weeks of winter? Here’s what Punxsutawney Phil predicted for 2026
It’s already been a brutal winter in New England, with a winter storm bringing nearly two feet of snow and an extended stretch of below-freezing temperatures — with more arctic air on the way. And if Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney Phil is to be believed, no relief is in sight....
Cher Flubs Winner For Record Of The Year At 2026 Grammys
The ceremony was held at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles and aired live Sunday night, Feb. 1. "The Grammy goes to," Cher says before a long pause. "Oh!" she finally exclaims."They told me it was going to be on the prompter." Then she read the envelope: "Oh, the Grammy goes...
$12 million in public assistance fraud found in FY2025
BOSTON, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — State Auditor Diana DiZoglio released the Bureau of Special Investigations’ Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2025 on Friday. The report shows nearly $12 million in public benefit fraud in FY25, which ended on June 30th, 2025. The largest amount of fraud was...
Massachusetts man accidentally sets home on fire while trying to melt ice with blowtorch
This blows! A Massachusetts man accidentally set his home on fire while using a blowtorch to melt ice stubbornly clinging to his roof after the winter storm that battered the Northeast last week. A Massachusetts man accidentally set his roof on fire while trying to melt ice with a blowtorch. WCVB The homeowner in...
Haitian community has “feeling of despair” over end of TPS
Haitian community has “feeling of despair” over end of TPS. Members of Cambridge’s Haitian community expressed uncertainty and anxiety in advance of Tuesday’s expected expiration of Temporary Protected Status for Haitian nationals residing in the United States. While many of the city’s estimated 1,800 Haitian...
MFA Boston Layoffs Thrust the Museum into a Credibility Crisis with Staff and Publics
Roughly twenty-four hours after employees began to be notified of the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) Boston’s decision to lay off staff, a picture began to emerge of how new resource allocation articulates possible shifting values at the institution and a lack of good faith between museum leadership, the MFA Union, and...
3 major companies closing Massachusetts facilities
Panera, Zipcar and Thermo Fisher are all closing facilities or offices in Massachusetts.
