Boston MA

QUINCY ‒ A paraprofessional experiencing a "mental health emergency" temporarily left the grounds of Atherton Hough Elementary School on foot with a student, school officials say. No one was harmed during the incident, according to a letter distributed by the school principal. "The student was returned to school and...

A shift in official strategy at Boston's beleaguered "Mass. and Cass" neighborhood is pressuring people into addiction treatment, say health experts, who worry the new tactics will lead to more overdose deaths and disease. Some people who frequent the area around Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard told...

QUINCY ‒ Marli Caslli, Quincy’s Commissioner of Public Health , has been found not guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol by a Quincy District Court Judge. Judge Honor Segal delivered the verdict after a short trial on Monday, Feb. 9. Segal found Caslli responsible for speeding and fined him $150 for the...

In what has become the winter of Boston's discontent, parking wars are getting bad. Two examples:. On Columbia Road in South Boston, a disgusted resident posted photos of newly slashed tires:. Please remove all spot holders in southie! Woke up to tires slashed! This is bullshit and there’s nothing being...

In a joint operation that highlights the ongoing battle against illegal narcotics in Boston, the Citywide Drug Control Unit, paired with the Everett Police Drug Control Unit, made a significant arrest in Dorchester last Thursday. Juan Romero, a 31-year-old resident of Dorchester, is now facing serious charges related...

Award-winning actor, producer, director, and author Henry Winkler ’67, who received his honorary doctorate in humane letters in ’78, will return to Emerson College’s Boston campus in early May to deliver the 2026 keynote commencement address, which was announced earlier today in a presidential communication email....

A 35-year-old man in Massachusetts is accused of fatally shooting a 40-year-old man last year after his girlfriend claimed the victim had disrespected her and demanded that he "do something about it." Michael Thompson was taken into custody last week and charged with one count of first-degree murder in the...

BOSTON (WHDH) - A snowy surprise in West Roxbury when a chicken was found in the middle of the VFW rotary. The chicken, named “Henny Styles”, was rescued and is now being cared for by the MSPCA. The organization is asking that anyone who may have lost their...

A former driving school owner was sentenced for bribing a road test examiner to issue driver's licenses to unqualified applicants.

Sitting in Devlin 008, you feel the pen slip from your sweat-slicked palm. You try to get your heartbeat into a normal rhythm, struggling to remember the answer to question six. You’re halfway through calculating the potential drop in your GPA when your classmate pulls out their phone. They take...