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Springfield puts 120-day freeze on data centers as officials weigh power, water, and noise impacts
9+ hour, 17+ min ago (388+ words) Springfield, Missouri, is putting the brakes on large new data centers, at least for now. Before major development moves ahead, Springfield leaders want more answers about large data centers. They approved a 120-day pause so officials can study possible effects…...
Roxbury Roof Crashes Down As Maple Street Fire Boots 11, Including 8 Kids
4+ hour, 51+ min ago (187+ words) A two-alarm blaze ripped through a multiunit building on Maple Street in Roxbury on Sunday morning, collapsing part of the roof and forcing 11 residents out of their homes, eight of them children. Fire crews cleared everyone from the structure, and…...
Roof Caves In As Morning Inferno Hits Dorchester's Maple Street
5+ hour, 5+ min ago (132+ words) The Boston Fire Department said units arrived to fire showing at the address just before 9 a. m. and found the roof had collapsed, which forced crews to establish a collapse zone. Those early details and the department's on-scene updates were reported by…...
Boston Restores Gravestone Linked To Early Free Black Resident
5+ hour, 5+ min ago (388+ words) Boston conservators restored a gravestone linked to Sebastian Lake, believed to mark a free Black man who died in 1729, city officials said during the July 4 oration....
Late-Night Braintree Blaze Guts Home, Injures Three Firefighters
5+ hour, 5+ min ago (224+ words) Three Braintree firefighters were injured battling a late-night house fire on N. Bowditch Street. Two were treated at hospital and released; cause under investigation. A late-night fire ripped through a Braintree home, injuring three firefighters, gutting the house, and torching a…...
Black's Creek BBQ food truck serves smoked meats in Quincy - AOL
16+ hour, 24+ min ago (637+ words) Black's Creek BBQ, a Quincy-based food truck known for brisket, ribs and smoked wings, is drawing crowds at local events after owner Lorenzo Bennett turned a backyard tradition into a growing business. Barbequing has been a part of the life…...
Truck flips after striking bus stop in Springfield
18+ hour, 52+ min ago (24+ words) Springfield police are investigating a rollover crash on Berkshire Avenue Sunday morning. Springfield police are investigating a rollover crash on Berkshire Avenue Sunday morning....
Wendell Barn Blaze Sparks Three-Alarm Tanker Rush Up Wickett Pond Road
6+ hour, 4+ min ago (324+ words) A three'alarm structure fire on Wickett Pond Road in Wendell drew crews from across Franklin County as tanker trucks ferried water and investigators probed the cause. Fire crews from across Franklin County were pushed to the brink Thursday morning as…...
One Dead in Cambridge Shooting Near Broadway and Norfolk
6+ hour, 4+ min ago (289+ words) A quiet Cambridge block turned into a crime scene early Saturday when a person was found dead near the intersection of Broadway and Norfolk Street. Emergency crews raced to the area, but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene,…...
Boston Weather, Heavy Rain Risk Monday Night
6+ hour, 4+ min ago (161+ words) Through this afternoon, skies stay partly sunny with highs in the low 80s across most neighborhoods. An east wind at roughly 6 to 12 mph will keep it feeling cooler by the harbor, while most of the city remains dry. Outside of a…...