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Wickedly large Halloween festival opens in Boston for the first time
Boston’s first-ever, large-scale Halloween festival — featuring three haunted houses, an Oktoberfest-style beer garden and family-friendly fall activities — is open. Wicked Haunt Fest, located at Hood Park in Charlestown, opened on Friday and will run until Nov. 3. Spanning two acres, the immersive Halloween experience features...
Small Massachusetts Spot Lands On “25 Best Places To Live In U.S.”
Massachusetts is a great state which features many beautiful cities that one would be happy to call home. If you had to guess, what city in the Commonwealth would be ranked overall the best to live in?. I'm happy to report that, according to a recent study, the best city...
First apartment complex at Suffolk Downs opens
Amaya offers 475 units, from studios to two-bedroom apartments, starting at $2,280 a month. Amaya, the first residential building at the repurposed Suffolk Downs racetrack, is ready to welcome residents. Humans, not horses. After horse racing ended in 2019, HYM Investment Group, in partnership with National Real Estate Advisors, Cathexis,...
This technology could keep students safer, but state law stands in the way
Over five weeks last year, about 860 drivers sped around Peabody school buses when their red stop signs were extended, signaling students may be crossing the street. How did city officials know? They had placed cameras on 10 buses, which recorded as hurried motorists illegally drove around the halted vehicles.
Here’s how Jewish groups in Boston are marking the anniversary of the Hamas attacks
Studies show an increase in antisemitism in the wake of the Oct. 7 attacks. Jewish groups in Boston and the surrounding area are coming together to commemorate the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel by Hamas. Protests erupted on college campuses in Boston following the Oct. 7...
Lynnfield's haunted house operator has a whole new frightfest — and it's massive
Tucked behind Hood Park's office buildings is a minefield of jump scares, skeletons and monsters.Wicked Haunt Fest, a spooky extravaganza, opened last weekend in Charlestown — and what a thrill.The intrigue: Carl Rugato, the mastermind behind the famous haunted mansion in Lynnfield, has brought his vision of a Halloween-themed festival to one of Boston's few open lots."I've been thinking about this my whole life," he told Axios."My ultimate goal is just to entertain and entertain every different type of [person]."Zoom in: The fest has three "haunts." There are jump scares and screams, but no gore.One is based on ancient Egypt,...
The (dam) good reason Mass. Gov. Healey got involved in that beaver dispute | John L. Micek
Good Sunday morning, everyone. Quick: What do a machine gun range on Cape Cod, a thoroughly domesticated semi-aquatic rodent and Boston’s stalled tax shift have in common?. The answer: One way or another, they’ve all fallen prey to the state government’s (generally) iron grip on local matters. It’s a nonpartisan tradition that stretches back to the days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
‘End the war on Gaza and Lebanon’: Thousands block Storrow Drive in protest
Demonstrators stopped traffic on Storrow Drive, calling for an arms embargo to Israel amid escalating violence after the country attacked Lebanon. Thousands blocked Storrow Drive as part of a pro-Palestine protest that started in the Boston Common, stopped in front of the Israeli Consulate, and marched through downtown Boston on Sunday.
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