Iconic Brockton Blizzard of ’78 photo recreated almost 50 years later
On Monday, Feb. 6, 1978, Massachusetts was bombarded with fast-falling, heavy snow. By the end of the storm, which lasted over 30 hours, the region had been hit with more than 2 feet of snow, stranding cars and marooning workers and students. Days after the legendary Blizzard of ’78 buried the Brockton area, renowned...
Kidney donor braves blizzard for Boston transplant surgery
A kidney donor drove nearly 18 hours through the recent blizzard to reach Boston in time for a life-saving transplant at Tufts Medical Center. Colleen Richards, a nurse coordinator for the transplant team at Tufts Medical Center, was uncertain if the kidney transplant would happen. For months, she had Feb. 25 circled...
Another blast of snow expected Sunday ahead of milder air next week
The big thaw continues for another day on this Saturday. Temperatures reach the 40s to around 50 degrees with plenty of sunshine. Again, we refreeze tonight as temps dip to below freezing, in the teens and 20s in the suburbs. A cold front approaches from the northwest, and this brings us a mix to snow showers for...
New York man sentenced in Massachusetts in Medicare scheme, ordered to pay over $27...
BOSTON – A former New York based sales director for the Northeast region of a mobile medical diagnostics company was sentenced in federal court in Boston for conspiring to offer and pay kickbacks to doctors in exchange for ordering medically unnecessary brain scans. According to a release from the...
Developer pitches 7-story apartment building for Fields Corner industrial zone
Photo above: An exterior shot of the auto body shop now occupying 80 Christopher St. – a heavily industrialized district where a Quincy developer has proposed a 108-unit building. Seth Daniel photo. A seven-story, 108-unit residential apartment building would replace what is now an auto body shop in a...
Crews Have Filled Up Snow Farms Across Boston After This Week’s Blizzard
Work crews have filled up snow farms across the city of Boston in the wake of this week's blizzard.
Here’s why Boston streets seem clearer than after the last big storm
“I think we have made a huge amount of headway with this most recent blizzard in getting everything back up and running in Boston,” Mayor Michelle Wu said. Do Boston’s streets seem clearer than they did after the last big storm? It could be the city’s new-and-improved approach to snow removal, according to Mayor...
These 5 Mass. towns are among best places to live in New England, per...
From seaside havens to sophisticated suburbs, Yankee Magazine has announced the 25 best small towns in New England to call home, and five Massachusetts towns made the cut. The top choices were made after the magazine covered all six states within New England and evaluated communities based on factors like natural...
Restaurants atop Prudential Tower to close
The shutdown comes just three years after opening.
Mass. State Police supervisor pepper-sprayed motorist ‘illegally’: MSP report
SPRINGFIELD — A Massachusetts State Police sergeant charged with assault after a traffic stop allegedly mistook cosmetics for illicit drugs, forcibly taking the driver to the ground and blasting her with pepper spray. This, according to an application for a criminal complaint against Sgt. Joel P. Daoust, who was...
