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1+ week, 2+ day ago   (651+ words) NEW BEDFORD – The New Bedford Whaling Museum’s newest residents aren’t quite on the scale of the whale skeletons overhead. But a northern puffer, blue crab, sea stars and other local marine creatures are helping visitors see the waters around them…...

17+ hour, 35+ min ago   (576+ words) A Winchester commission gave conditional approval Monday to a hybrid apartment campus geared toward military veterans - which would come at the expense of the historic Litchfield County Hospital edifice that dates back nearly 125 years, after the math did not add…...

15+ hour, 8+ min ago   (244+ words) The WooSox kept the pedal down in the 2nd inning plating 3 more runs. Franklin Arias lined a single to left to score Max Ferguson (walk), Castro hit a sac fly to plate Ward (after his second infield hit in as many…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (581+ words) LOWELL — A Lowell man with a violent criminal history — including a beating that left a man with a life‑threatening skull fracture and a separate shooting in Centralville — was ordered held without bail this week after police say they found…...

36+ min ago   (483+ words) Gov. Maura Healey pushed Massachusetts lawmakers to add AI safety audits to the Mass WINS Act during remarks at the Big E in Springfield....

1+ hour, 35+ min ago   (217+ words) Boston is getting a crisp, mostly sunny Saturday, with temperatures starting in the mid-50s and rising to about 63 degrees. But the easy outdoor window is short: rain will spread into Boston Sunday morning, with widespread rain by afternoon and continuing overnight....

1+ hour, 37+ min ago   (134+ words) The central issue in the case against former Braintree police officer Mark Sherrick is not only how often a former girlfriend’s vehicle was tracked. It is also whether the safeguards surrounding an automated license-plate-reader system were capable of detecting or…...

1+ hour, 47+ min ago   (294+ words) The milestone was reported by The Boston Globe. Holden was the first Worcester County town removed from the quarantine zone, in 2025, and Shrewsbury's release follows that same painstaking process of inspections, tree removals, and restrictions on moving wood that could…...

2+ hour, 24+ min ago   (140+ words) Worcester's The Bra Shop is bringing its specialty lingerie business to Wellesley Square, with a second location planned for 22 Church Street. The store is expected to open in early November 2026, according to founder Stephanie Ramey, and will offer both walk-in…...

2+ hour, 38+ min ago   (297+ words) Marshfield's Select Board had challenged the law after the town's meeting rejected compliant zoning twice, and the town sued the state, arguing the act amounted to an unfunded mandate. A Superior Court judge rejected that lawsuit, and Marshfield appealed to…...