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Boston Band Neighbor Announce Fall Tour Kicking Off in Buffalo
Boston-based rocking quartet Neighbor have announced a fall US tour, with the first show kicking off in Buffalo. To close out the tour, the band will be doing an epic three-night Halloween run in New England alongside powerhouse trio LaMP. Although Neighbor formed in the last half-decade, the band members’...
Italian Air Force flyover Monday afternoon
The Italian Air Force Frecce Tricolori aerobatic team is scheduled to fly over Boston this afternoon. I've seen different times: air.show says 3:15 to 3:30, while Reddit's u/MrMcSwifty says between 3 and 4:30. The team will also do several runs over Newport, RI, around 11:30am. The formation will include nine...
Expect severe storms Monday afternoon. Here’s what meteorologists are saying.
Vicki Graf, Boston 25: ‘strong and severe storms later today’. Cindy Fitzgibbon, WCVB: ‘severe with hail and damaging wind’. National Weather Service of Boston: ‘expect scattered severe thunderstorms mainly from 12pm to 9pm’. Chris Lambert, 7News: ‘Scattered slow moving storms fire up today’. Dave Epstein, Boston...
Voters will decide minimum wage ballot measures in several states
Grace McGovern, a 24-year-old bartender and server at a downtown Boston brewery, recalls one recent customer vividly. He was very rude. It was a slow night, and she only had one table, a large group led by a man who “kept touching my lower back and my leg and making jokes,” she told Stateline.
Drake Maye's 'Shoeless' First Down Pass Goes Viral
New England Patriots rookie quarterback Drake Maye had an extremely solid performance Sunday night, but out of all the impressive things he did, stepping up into the pocket after losing one of his shoes and completing a first down pass may have been the best of them all. Maye ended the night ...
Facing natural disasters, some lawmakers look to make oil companies pay for the damage
Vermont is the first state trying a new approach to climate policy: charging fossil fuel companies money to cover the damages caused by natural disasters worsened by climate change. Other states could be close behind. New York lawmakers passed their own measure in June, though it’s unclear if Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul will sign the […]
Free community college program begins in Massachusetts
Student debt plagues million of people across the country, but many states are working to eradicate it. Massachusetts is the most recent state to implement a free community college program for residents to take advantage of.
MassRobotics resident startups have raised over $1B in seven years
BOSTON — One measure of success for a robotics cluster is how much funding its member companies obtain. MassRobotics this month announced that resident startups have raised more than $1 billion since its founding in 2017. “This remarkable achievement underscores the vital role MassRobotics plays in accelerating robotics innovation,...
‘Lucky for Life’ winners: 2 Mass. lottery players win $25,000 a year for life
Two Massachusetts State Lottery winners, who bought tickets in neighboring towns, have won $25,000 a year for life in the the latest multi-state “Lucky for Life” drawing. The winning numbers for the Sunday, Aug. 25. drawing were 8, 17, 19, 29, 31 and Lucky Ball: 12. The winning...
Vote for the 2024 Hometeam Central Mass. football preseason player of the year
Excitement for the upcoming high school football season is growing by the day, as local teams are gearing up for scrimmages before the season opens with a handful of teams taking advantage of the extra week to put together a Central Mass. version of Week Zero on September 6th and 7th. There are plenty of exciting players returning, but who is the best-of-the-best? It will certainly be a big topic of conversation in the stands this...
President Kornbluth welcomes the Class of 2028
Addressing MIT’s newest students and their families yesterday, President Sally Kornbluth and several alumni faculty offered some tips about how to thrive at the Institute. “You belong here,” Kornbluth and others assured the audience, while emphasizing the many ways that the 1,102 members of the Class of 2028 are connected and interdependent.
‘This Old House’ star from Mass. dies at 70
Roger Cook, a longtime landscape contractor on the popular PBS home renovation show “This Old House,” died Wednesday, Aug. 21 after a long battle with an illness, according to a post on the show’s website. He was 70 years old. Starting with the show in 1982, Cook’s...
Cambridge Rezoning Would Allow Six-Story Residential Buildings Citywide
A proposal to allow for six-story residential buildings across Cambridge, MA would create 4,880 net new housing units in the next decade and a half, nearly 14 times the number of units expected under current zoning, reported the Boston Business Journal. The Cambridge City Council’s housing committee voted last week to recommend that the city’s Community Development Department draft zoning language based on the proposal.
Single family residence sells for $3.2 million in Chestnut Hill
A spacious house located at 31 Chestnut Hill Terrace in Chestnut Hill has a new owner. The 2,952-square-foot property, built in 1941, was sold on Aug. 6, 2024. The $3,200,000 purchase price works out to $1,084 per square foot. This two-story home boasts a generous living space with four bedrooms and six bathrooms. On the exterior, the house is characterized by a gable roof design, featuring roofing made of asphalt. Inside, a fireplace enhances the ambiance of the living area. The property is equipped with forced air heating and a cooling system. Additionally, the home is equipped with an attached one-car garage, allowing for convenient vehicle storage. The lot of the property covers a substantial area of 10,701 square feet.
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