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11+ hour, 25+ min ago  (679+ words) In Asia Trip, Harvard Divinity School Dean Marla Frederick Pitches Global Partnerships Coalition For A Diverse Harvard Backs Six Candidates in 2026 Board of Overseers Race The Cambridge School Committee on Tuesday approved a nearly five percent increase to the district's…...

51+ min ago  (274+ words) News | Features | Commentary | Calendar "At a time that the Trump administration is trying to roll back all these clean water protections, these images are just a reminder of the vitality of what restored rivers and wetlands can look like," Jackson…...

1+ hour, 17+ min ago  (166+ words) A Somerville church that said it was called by God to open a homeless shelter in its basement will be allowed to do so, a judge has ruled. Neighbors had sued First Church of Somerville, claiming that the emergency overnight…...

6+ hour, 22+ min ago  (859+ words) NEW BEDFORD " City councilors approved the distribution of $2,227,341 in grants to be spent toward city projects for housing, recreation and historic resources. Councilors unanimously approved the 20 projects endorsed by the Community Preservation Committee during a Finance Committee meeting March 30. That…...

7+ hour, 3+ min ago  (955+ words) Massachusetts recycling professionals are pushing ahead with new programs and funding opportunities, even as policy momentum remains limited in the state legislature. MassRecycle, a nonprofit, hosted an estimated 350 people at its annual conference in Boxborough on March 24. Attendees gathered to…...

4+ hour, 8+ min ago  (314+ words) Cambridge officials'say'the city's efforts to fill empty retail storefronts are working. Pardis Saffari, the city's director of economic opportunity,'said the city's vacancy rate dropped 12% from November 2024 and October 2025.'She credited the city's Vacant Storefront Initiative, aimed at decreasing the…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (98+ words) Two men have pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the 2022 Quincy shooting death of Nathan Paul. What their sentences are. 2 men sentenced in Weymouth High teen's shooting death in Quincy Correction: An earlier version of this article misstated the sentence…...

4+ hour, 8+ min ago  (522+ words) By Sam Robinson | at April 8, 2026 9:17 am The 2023 offseason established a new salary bracket among interior defensive linemen, bridging the sizable gap between Aaron Donald and the field at the time. Dexter Lawrence was among the ascending D-tackles who did so,…...

5+ hour, 35+ min ago  (364+ words) NORTH ANDOVER " Members of the North Andover Patrol Officers and Sergeants' unions passed a vote of no confidence in police Chief Charles Gray and called for his immediate removal, the unions announced Wednesday morning. Unions vote 'no confidence' in North…...

21+ min ago  (454+ words) Plans for a new, purpose-built East Anglian Air Ambulance base in Cambridgeshire have been approved, with the charity set to launch a fundraising appeal for its construction in the coming weeks. South Cambridgeshire District Council has approved the charity's application…...