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School officials are warning families after they detected lead in the water at some of the schools in Medford, Massachusetts. Parents received a message Friday from Medford Public Schools superintendent Marice Edouard-Vincent, informing families of what was discovered by recent water sampling conducted by the district. “We are taking these re...

An off-duty nurse came to the rescue of a child who was not breathing while in a vehicle on the Arborway in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood on Friday. Massachusetts State Police confirm they responded to the scene, along with Boston police and EMS Friday night. According to state police, the off-duty nurse acted as a Good Samaritan and he...

Some 45,000 dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports are returning to work after their union reached a deal to suspend a strike that could have caused shortages and higher prices if it had dragged on. The International Longshoremen’s Association is suspending its three-day strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract. The union ...

It will be win or go home for the Connecticut Sun this Sunday after falling to the Minnesota Lynx in Game 3 of the WNBA semifinals.

Phil Perry reacts to a Patriots reporter about a sense of ‘mutiny’ in the locker room and shares why he believes the opinion is overblown, but also any potential accuracy is likely to be wiped out in recent weeks once the team turns to Drake Maye.

Teachers and parents on Cape Cod are demanding further action be taken against ongoing mold concerns at an elementary school. The start of the school year at Barnstable United Elementary School was delayed because of the mold problems, but members of the school community say it is still making people sick. “My son was in that school over the ...

One person was killed when their motorcycle struck a tree in Stow, Massachusetts, Friday evening. Stow police and fire departments were called to the area of 109 Red Acre Road around 4:45 p.m. for a report of a motorcycle crash and arrived to find a motorcycle had collided with a tree off the side of the road. The driver was…

One of the Green Line riders hurt in the derailment near Lechmere Station in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this week has called on the agency to make changes for helping passengers after a derailment or other accident. “There seemed to be no protocols that were followed,” Maggie Norcross-Devin, who was one of several people injured, said of what happen...

With student athletes getting ready for Massachusetts’ high school hockey season, there is a question of whether there will be enough referees. According to the Massachusetts chapter of the National Ice Hockey Officials Association, a recent survey showed more than half of its members — 52% — are not planning to referee high school games this...

Authorities say a man was arrested after a deadly stabbing Thursday night in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The Bristol County District Attorney’s Office said Friday that 32-year-old Angel Avelino of Lynn had been arrested on a murder charge. Prosecutors say a 51-year-old man, whose name was not released, was stabbed on Acushnet Avenue. Police r...

When someone told cannabis educator Casey Sanginario that a Boston-based company was selling a domestic robot that grows cannabis using artificial intelligence, she waived it off as entirely non-credible. “My first thought was, there’s no way,” Sanginario said with a laugh after describing herself as a cannabis snob. “I’m in groves all the time. I ...

Along a tree-lined country road in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Auditor Diana DiZoglio is using her feet to promote Question 1. A 141-mile walk across the state is meant to draw attention to the initiative, which would allow DiZoglio and future auditors to dig deeper into the day-to-day of the legislature. “We are simply trying to get acc...

Artists at Boston’s historic Old North Church are peeling back centuries of paint to reveal original artwork dating back to the 1700s. The careful restoration effort aims to uncover the church’s hidden past, offering visitors a glimpse of the same walls Paul Revere once knew. Old North Church is famous for the two lanterns hung as part ...