Mass. woman killed while sunbathing after car drives into residential pool area in Florida
Florida authorities said a preliminary investigation indicates that the driver may have suffered from a "medical episode" at the time of the crash. A Massachusetts woman was killed Saturday in Fort Pierce, Florida, when a Jeep crashed through her residential pool area while she was sunbathing, authorities said. At...
Boston’s Mayor Makes the Wrong Call on Rent Control
Earlier this week, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu endorsed a restrictive version of rent control that supporters are pushing for a November statewide ballot referendum in Massachusetts. “There is so much urgency and pressure from housing costs on our residents,” she said. “Something’s got to give.”. “Something”...
7th child dies due to the flu in Massachusetts
A seventh child has died from the flu in Massachusetts, according to the state’s Department of Public Health.
The yearbook got it right: One-time Westborough High ‘class couple’ married for 42 years
WESTBOROUGH — In 1979, Bonnie (Walker) and Paul Thiesing were named Westborough High School’s Class Couple less than a year into dating. Now, the two have been together for about 48 years – and happily married for 42. They grew up together attending Westborough Public Schools. Living...
Love’s journey: Four Worcester couples share their stories
The poet Gwendolyn Brooks wrote, "To be in love/Is to touch with a lighter hand." Love takes many forms, its path sometimes calm, sometimes over rough seas, but the truest love endures, both giving and needing much. As Ranier Maria Rilke wrote, "For one human being to love another human...
Former TSA agent from Worcester pleads guilty to unemployment fraud
WORCESTER – A Worcester man has pleaded guilty to wire fraud for fraudulently collecting more than $47,000 in pandemic unemployment assistance while working full-time as a security officer for the Transportation Security Administration at Boston Logan International Airport. Ismael Rosado Jr., 40, pleaded guilty in...
6 arrested after Mass. State Police bust drug, gun trafficking rings
The busts involved law enforcement executing simultaneous search warrants.
3 Major Restaurant Chains Closing It’s Doors in Massachusetts: In March 2026
From the busy streets of Boston to the shopping centers of the Berkshires, here are the three major restaurant chains closing doors in Massachusetts this March 2026. 1. Pizza Hut: Retreating from the "Red Roof" As part of parent company Yum! Brands' massive "Hut Forward" initiative, roughly 250 underperforming...
Woman charged in bank card thefts in Connecticut, other states
A woman is under arrest after South Windsor police say she was part of a multi-state bank card theft scheme. Under arrest is Kimberly Maine, 54, of Troy, New York. In addition to Connecticut, Maine faces similar charges in Massachusetts and Florid
Reluctant MBTA Communities start to buckle
IN THE WAKE of a lawsuit filed last month by Attorney General Andrea Campbell against nine communities for failing to comply with a controversial new housing law, some leaders of the holdout towns are starting to openly acknowledge that this may be the end of the road for resistance to the law.
