Somerville Joins Other Communities Banning Plastic Bags
Starting Sept. 1, Somerville is prohibiting supermarkets and other large retailers from providing customers with single-use bags at checkout.
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Starting Sept. 1, Somerville is prohibiting supermarkets and other large retailers from providing customers with single-use bags at checkout.
Gov. Charlie Baker is rolling out the red carpet for the 40th Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers this week to discuss issues ranging from energy needs to new technologies.
A study led by marine ecologists at the University of California at Irvine found the numbers of mussels along the gulf coastline have declined by more than 60 percent over the last 40 years.
Three dogs up for adoption from Last Hope K9 in Boston were featured on the Pet Parade Sunday morning.
A marine coastal studies team has freed two leatherback sea turtles that became tangled in equipment in Cape Cod Bay, and warned mariners to watch out for more of them.
A teen driver is facing charges following a single-car crash in Lunenburg early Saturday morning that killed one of the passengers.
A 22-year-old Hyde Park man was arrested Saturday in connection with a fatal shooting in Dorchester last week.
Boston Police are looking for two people from Quincy in connection with a murder in Roxbury last March.
A massive blaze tore through several houses on Plum Island Saturday.
Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson and his running mate, one-time Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld, are rallying supporters in Boston.
August 27 was declared "Aly Raisman Day" as the town of Needham welcomed home an Olympic hero.
Boston Police said a man shot early Saturday morning in Jamaica Plain has died.
A man suspected in the slayings of two Mississippi nuns who were found dead inside a residence within the community they served has been arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder, Mississippi authorities said.
As the North End celebrates St. Anthony's Feast. they're also sending prayers and money to the communities impacted by the deadly 6.2 magnitude earthquake in Italy.
Police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide in Ashby.
