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A 15-fold increase in annual state aid toward rural Massachusetts school districts headlines a legislative panel’s recommendations after more than a year of work, and one top senator said he plans to push for at least some funding in the end-of-term flurry over the next few weeks. Lawmakers, K-12 school leaders and academic experts voted unanimously Tuesday to send...

The construction of the Quabbin Reservoir resulted in the destruction of four entire Massachusetts town: Dana, Enfield, Greenwich and Prescott. 2,500 people lost their homes and communities forever. But without the project, millions would be without clean drinking water. In a new NBC10 Boston documentary, we tell the story of the Quabbin and the effect the project still has...

A man from Turners Falls is set to be arraigned in connection to a fatal crash in Greenfield in early October.

The second confirmed human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis of the season has been detected in Massachusetts, officials said.

A Massachusetts utility has received more than $10 million in federal funding to expand fiber-optic broadband internet access to thousands of households in rural western parts of the state. Westfield Gas & Electric will receive the funding over the next decade and distribute it to participating towns. The goal is to provide speeds of 1 gigabit per second to about…

Friday Night: Mostly clear and cold. Lows in the teens and 20s. Saturday: Sunny and chilly. Highs in the 30s.

Skies remain mostly clear overnight with a low temperature in the teens north and 20s south, the breeze remains from the northwest about 15 to 20 mph creating a colder wind chill factor. For the weekend, all eyes are on a major storm impacting much of the western United States, with snow in the hills all the way to southern...

Monday the Massachusetts Department of Transportation announced the new exit sign system, based on mileage that will be rolled out over the next few years. The project will begin in late summer next year and be complete by 2022.

Reacting to an NBC10 Boston investigation about a Tesla driver who said he fell asleep at the wheel for 14 miles, Sen. Edward Markey is calling for answers.

A change is coming to exits on Massachusetts highways. A federal mandate is requiring states to number their exits based on mileage, according to Jacquelyn Goddard, the communications director for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

A man’s Tesla, in autopilot at the time, safely navigated while he slept, but he says it could have ended up much differently.

There have been a bunch of bobcat sightings in Westford, Massachusetts, in recent days. The animals were spotted on Boston Road, Patten Lane and Vineyard Road.

Several people have reported seeing bobcats in Westford.

A rapidly developing storm is bringing a slug of torrential rain and powerful winds to New England overnight, knocking out power to some just before midnight with damaging winds expected hours later. Heavy rain began to fall at night, strong east-southeast winds gusting 50-60 mph along the coastline. Inland, expect gusts 30-50 mph.

Clear skies Wednesday morning allowed temperatures to drop into the 30s in many locations, but by this afternoon, highs rebound into the 60s. Our weather will drastically change over the next 12 hours, hence the First Alert for most of New England. Clouds will increase Wednesday afternoon as conditions begin to worsen from west to east. The evening commute in...

Two western Massachusetts teenagers are recovering after being found unresponsive in a home with high levels of carbon monoxide. Great Barrington fire officials say the teens were found Saturday and brought to a hospital. They are expected to make full recoveries.

Using NBC10 Boston’s augmented reality technology, meteorologist Pete Bouchard breaks down why the leaves’ colors change when autumn comes and when you can expect the fall foliage to peak in your part of New England.

Despite the nor’easter that impacted much of coastal New England, the storm’s powerful winds left the trees across northern New England untouched.