1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (733+ words) LOWELL — Jeff Markley has been building data centers since 1991. Some 35 years later, he still is, but is concerned that opposition to the technology is challenging the commonwealth’s ability to remain competitive and relevant into the 21st century. “If Massachusetts wants to…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (611+ words) Massachusetts is among dozens of states that don’t require 9/11 to be taught in schools, leaving students without knowledge about “perhaps the most transformative day in the country’s history.” That’s according to Pat Bavis, the chairman of the Massachusetts 9/11 Fund’s education…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (496+ words) Massachusetts’ smallest town has scored a legal victory against Northeastern University, with the state’s highest court upholding its right to preserve open space intended for a campus expansion. The Supreme Judicial Court’s ruling ends an eight-year debate between Northeastern and…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (1174+ words) Kayla Rivera, a 17-year-old Lowell High School rising senior, was upstairs in the Kissimmee, Florida, vacation home her extended family had rented on the morning of July 14 when she heard a commotion downstairs. Her dad’s voice sounded tense, panicked. He…...

4+ week, 15+ hour ago   (260+ words) The Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union responded following a Herald report detailing inmates who received portions of a $6.75 million settlement related to facility response to a 2020 incident at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, calling the payments a “disgrace.” Over a year…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (553+ words) The Bay State is giving a $155 million bond to a private college, as the campus leader rips President Trump for his “attacks” on DEI. MassDevelopment issued a $154.7 million tax-exempt bond to Mount Holyoke College for a campus renewal project on…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (665+ words) The Cambridge City Council is considering whether to reinstate the Shotspotter acoustic gunshot detection system it had voted to discontinue on the grounds the technology “exacerbates the over-policing of Black and Brown communities,” among other claims. City Councilors are scheduled…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (932+ words) LOWELL — A violent confrontation inside a downtown apartment building erupted into gunfire, leaving one man bloodied and another facing felony charges. Yosvani Hernandez, 24, of Boston, is accused of pistol‑whipping a Lowell man and firing two shots — one in a…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (381+ words) Fishermen on Cape Cod were recently busted for violating Bay State recreational fishing laws, as more than 100 fish were seized. A Mashpee Natural Resources officer was conducting a proactive shellfish enforcement patrol at Callie’s Beach last week when he saw…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1413+ words) As the World Cup concludes, local insiders agree that a nearly billion-dollar dual-pronged stadium push is the key to sustaining soccer’s momentum across Greater Boston. Following a massive economic surge, the question facing the Commonwealth is clear: How does Massachusetts…...