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Rare Westward Moving Storm System Will Start Unsettled Stretch: Here's Timing, 5-Day Forecast
A rare westward-moving storm will back into the Northeast off the Atlantic Coast, starting an unsettled stretch after a dry and comfortable weekend.Clouds will increase on Sunday, July 28 following a mainly sunny start, with high temperatures in the mid-80s, as the system nears, according to the Na…
Rookie WR Ja'Lynn Polk is bullish about the Patriots' QB room
Rookie wide receiver Ja’Lynn Polk made a bold statement about the New England Patriots’ quarterback room when speaking with media members. “All those guys put in lots of work that nobody sees,” Polk said, via NESN.com’s Kayla Gregoire. “All those quarterbacks do things that’s unordinary. They have things in their duffle bag that not many other people have, and they’re very special. I believe we got the best quarterback room out here.”
Patriots Extend Key Defender Ahead of the 2024 Season
It's been an offseason full of change for the New England Patriots. They have Jerod Mayo and Eliot Wolf now running the show as they look to rebuild this roster. They have a nice mix of young players and veterans on the squad but it will still be an uphill climb for this crew in 2024.
Massachusetts Ranks #1 State in the US for Best School System
It's pretty crazy to think that public education spending in the U.S. is now over $18,614 per student annually, according to National Center for Education Statistics. But how does all that cash stack up when it comes to actual school performance?. WalletHub just released its 2024 report on the states...
This New England State Gets The Most Lightning In The Region
Summertime and the living is easy. The weather can be rough, especially if you don't like heat and humidity – and then there are the summer thunderstorms. All of it beats winter cold and snow, as far as I am concerned. New Bedford has the record for the hottest...
Mass. Towns Ban Propane, Natural Gas In New Law
The times are changing when it comes to regulations to prevent further climate change. As polarizing as the topic can be, the town of Lexington, Massachusetts has a new fossil fuel bylaw that went into effect on Mar 21. Massachusetts towns has ban fossil fuels on new builds. Infrastructure on...
Man stabbed outside Liberty Hotel in Boston
A person was stabbed outside a hotel in Boston late Saturday afternoon. Boston police say officers responded around 4 p.m. to the Liberty Hotel, on Charles Street, for a reported stabbing and found a man with stab wounds. The victim was taken to a local hospital. There was no immediate...
Tap-to-pay comes to the T — and with it, an attempted solution to fare evasion
Starting Aug. 1, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or MBTA, will accept contactless payment onboard buses, Green Line trolleys, Mattapan Line trolleys and at all gated subway stations. The new fare collection system was announced earlier this year as a part of the MBTA’s larger Fare Transformation project, which is set to be completed in 2025.
Looking Back at Famous Series in Boxing
In recent years, there have been series that involve at least three matches. A rematch without a third fight is not a series. Back in time, the leading series was world welterweight champion Ted ‘The Aldgate Sphinx’ Kid Lewis (189-32-14, 77 KOs) from St. George’s London, UK vs. world welterweight champion Jack ‘Boxing Marvel’ Britton (103-29-20, 30 KOs) from Clinton, New York, having fought one another twenty times.
More than 40 beaches closed in Massachusetts - see the list
BOSTON - A beautiful weekend is in store for Massachusetts, but more than 40 beaches across the state were closed on Friday. Most of the shuttered swimming spots are reported to have unsafe levels of bacteria.The Department of Public Health publishes a dashboard of beach closures that is updated twice daily. Below is the list of beaches that were closed as of Friday morning. Beaches closed in MassachusettsPuffers Pond (AKA Factory Hollow Pond), Amherst (Bacterial Exceedance)Stanley St. swimming hole at Cushman Bridge, Amherst (Bacterial Exceedance)Damon Pond Beach, Ashby (Bacterial Exceedance)Ashland Reservoir-Main Beach, Ashland (Bacterial Exceedance)Hopkinton Reservoir-Upper Beach, Ashland (Harmful Cyanobacteria Bloom)Eugenia...
$1M Lottery Ticket Sold In Mattapan
It's a very happy day for one Bay Stater after they won $1 million in the Massachusetts State Lottery. The Bonus 100X Trust of Braintree collected the check on Thursday, July 25, after winning the prize on the $10 scratch-off game "Bonus 100X." The winner chose to take the lump-sum paymen…
Nationwide Listeria Recall Involves Veggies From Walmart & Aldi
Another serious, potentially deadly, recall alert from our friends at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to pass along to Massachusetts residents involving vegetables possibly contaminated with Listeria. These vegetables have been sold nationally at various retailers including Walmart, Kroger, Aldi, Shop N Save, and Save-A-Lot, just to name...
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