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Several roads surrounding the Mass. State House were closed for several hours Sunday “out of an abundance of caution.”

Police are looking for a man they say attacked a woman and yelled racial insults Tuesday evening in Brookline, Massachusetts. The woman told police she parked on Dean Road around 7:15 p.m. and was walking outside All Saint’s Parish at the intersection with Beacon Street when a man shoved her from behind, knocking her to the ground.

Vape supporters plan to gather Thursday for a rally outside the Massachusetts Statehouse to protest Gov. Charlie Baker’s four-month ban on vape sales. Protesters will take to 24 Beacon Street as part of the “Let Us Vape, Not Smoke” rally, where they will decry the governor’s controversial move.

Boston is bracing for a busy weekend as students move into dorms and apartments as the school year gets underway. In addition to the spectacle known as “Allston Christmas,” due to the loads of furniture and household goods left on sidewalks, move-in weekend is also known to create major traffic problems in the city.

An unusual obstacle in a new bike lane is raising eyebrows in Somerville.

A new bike lane in Somerville, Massachusetts, has an odd, potentially dangerous impediment: a utility pole. The uproar over the pole’s location began on Sunday, when a local cyclist posted a picture of the pole on a Facebook page, according to a Boston Globe report. That sparked others to chime in with their thoughts.

Police have arrested a man in connection with a slew of package thefts across Brookline and Brighton.

Bostonians spend a lot of time getting from one place to another. Whether by car, bus or train, commuting takes a toll on our quality of life and our well-being. Inrix, a research firm, says Boston drivers wasted 164 hours sitting in rush hour traffic last year. It is the highest of any U.S. city. Long commutes and a public...

It looks like a local group of Thai restaurant has closed at least two of its locations.

Community leaders are mourning the death of two Boston firefighters who died in the line of duty while fighting a massive blaze in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood five years ago. Lt. Ed Walsh, 43, and firefighter Michael Kennedy, 33, were killed while battling a 9-alarm fire in 2014. The deadly blaze injured 13 others and prompted the fatal victim’s families...

by Marc Hurwitz

It’s a ride Massachusetts State Representative Liz Miranda (D-Dorchester) knows well. “I’ve taken it my whole life,” she said. Lives that can often be cut short depending on where you live along the bus route. “You have that the life expectancy in Roxbury is under 60 years,” said Miranda. “And you have that the life expectancy in the Back Bay...

In this edition of Restaurant Roundup, a closed cupcake spot and a gluten-free bakery is opening.

by Marc Hurwitz

A Somerville restaurant that focuses on a dish that has been trendy over the past few years is shutting down.

A suspect is in custody after allegedly stealing a sander in Newton, Massachusetts. Michael Carter, 30, of Dorchester, is facing larceny of a motor vehicle and other charges after police say he stole a town pick up truck sander from the Knotty Pine restaurant parking lot Friday morning. Police say the DPW worker, who was inside the Auburn Street restaurant...

This week’s Restaurant Roundup includes a new gaming destination and the closing of a restaurant that is almost two centuries old.

Early this month, we reported that two dive bars in Boston whose buildings had been sold to an investor group had closed down, and it wasn’t known at the time what might be in store for either place. Now we have learned that they are reopening and that neither one will apparently have big changes made.