Despite Opposition, State Signs Off On New Power Plant In Brockton
Massachusetts environmental officials have approved construction of a natural gas-fired power plant in Brockton that's facing stiff local opposition.
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Massachusetts environmental officials have approved construction of a natural gas-fired power plant in Brockton that's facing stiff local opposition.
A school bus van was involved in an accident in Brockton on Monday.
Authorities say a second man has died after a shooting that led to a fiery car crash in Brockton.
One man is dead following a shooting and a car fire in Brockton overnight.
A teen faces a murder charge in the fatal shooting of a woman in Brockton on Saturday afternoon.
A Lawrence laundromat owner offering free dryer service has been accused of stealing $55,000 worth of natural gas.
What's left is mostly debris around a Brockton home after a fire May 6 that killed a 46-year-old woman. She was found in a basement apartment after firefighters fought their way through heavy fire and thick smoke.
An overnight fire claimed the life of a woman in Brockton.
For the second time in the past six months, federal and local authorities conduct a major sweep through Brockton. Friday's raids led to 32 arrests on gun and drug trafficking charges.
On Wednesday a Plymouth County grand jury failed to indict Kevin Treseler, who was charged with sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl at the Angelo Elementary School in Brockton, where he was working as a tutor.
A Stonehill College tutor will be allowed to return to school if he wants to, now that rape charges against him will be dropped.
A school counselor at Brockton High School has been charged with criminal harassment and accosting someone of the opposite sex.
A student stabbed another student at Brockton High School on Tuesday morning, officials with Brockton Public Schools said.
One person was killed in a crash in Brockton Saturday morning that has the driver facing charges.
Two justices for the highest court in Massachusetts have asked state lawmakers to change a tough wiretap law to enable police to investigate and prosecute the hundreds of shootings and killings committed by street gangs. Supreme Judicial Court Justices Ralph Gants and Judith Cowin made the call Friday in an opinion supporting a ruling barring secretly-recorded evidence from being used against a man who admitted to a 2007 drive-by killing in Brockton.
The father of an alleged murderer threatened officers during a two-hour standoff at his Brockton apartment on Sunday morning.
A Salem, N.H. planning board member is under arrest after police say he held a woman against her will in his apartment for three days.
It turns out that a tutor in Brockton accused of raping an eight-year-old girl did not go through a background check before he was hired.
A math tutor at Brockton's Angelo Elementary School has been charged with raping a child.
A 91-year-old driver involved in a crash with a Commuter Rail train on Thursday, has died.
One person was killed and four others were injured in a two-alarm fire at a home in Brockton early Thursday morning.
Julie Enos' husband died last year and last weekend her camera was stolen from her car, including two memory cards with hundreds of pictures of her husband that she shows her young sons when they ask for him.
Police are searching for two men who have been robbing commuters as they get off the 'T' in Brockton.
A Massachusetts prosecutor says he has filed murder charges against a man who fled the country after the killings of a mother and her toddler son whose bodies were found in a trash bin.
Kenny Dang knows he is lucky to be safe after being shot at, but says he did what he had to do after his uncle's gas station was robbed Tuesday night.
Major parts of the Green Line are shutting down for nine days.
The Boston Red Sox won their ninth game in a row with a 13-1 rout of the Athletics on Friday night.
Fast-moving flames from a commercial building fire sent thick black smoke pouring over the sky in Wakefield, Massachusetts on Friday afternoon.
A former Cape Cod Wendy's manager is crediting his bosses for giving him the support he needed to get into an Ivy League University.
A woman was injured after a tire iron crashed through the windshield of a car she was in on Interstate 95 in Peabody Friday.
Psychiatrists who treated Lindsay Clancy before she killed her children in Duxbury testified at her trial Friday.
A woman was injured after a tire iron crashed through the windshield of a car she was in on Interstate 95 in Peabody Friday.
Fast-moving flames from a commercial building fire sent thick black smoke pouring over the sky in Wakefield, Massachusetts on Friday afternoon.
The Boston Red Sox won their ninth game in a row with a 13-1 rout of the Athletics on Friday night.
Major parts of the Green Line are shutting down for nine days.
Sydney Towle, known for her social media content about living with a rare form of cancer called cholangiocarcinoma, died Wednesday in Bethesda, Maryland.
Massachusetts has seen more than 100 cyclospora cases this summer, with some linked to lettuce.
Several people in New Hampshire have cyclospora infections linked to Taylor Farms lettuce.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
An I-Team investigation into a brazen case of alleged land theft in Concord, Massachusetts has led to criminal charges nearly two years later.
With the Brigham and Women's Hospital nurses strike looming, some parents of newborns in the NICU are sounding the alarm.
A Malden, Massachusetts woman said National Grid took more than $28,000 out of her bank account for a gas bill that she didn't owe.
A Massachusetts family thought their Vrbo stay would be protected after they had to cancel their trip to Hawaii due to severe weather. Now they're out $12,000.
A driver from Southboro, Massachusetts struggled for months to unravel a frustrating mix up with his E-ZPass account.
Barney Frank, a Democrat who represented Massachusetts in Congress for 32 years, has died. He was 86 years old.
Both the Trump and Healey administrations are using government websites to blame each other for the shutdown.
Which party stands to take more of the blame from voters for the government shutdown? Here's what a new poll says.
A UNH Survey Center/Granite State poll shows John Sununu crushing Scott Brown by 23 points among likely primary voters in New Hampshire.
Seth Moulton said he's running against Sen. Ed Markey because "our party leaders are clinging to that old playbook."
Panera Bread is moving its headquarters from St. Louis to Weston, Massachusetts.
Breaking Grounds Cafe, a Peabody, Massachusetts coffee shop known for employing people with disabilities, is closing.
The buildings that house the Somerville Theatre and the Capitol Theatre in Arlington, Massachusetts are for sale.
Golden Temple and Party Favors in Brookline are closing after a combined 100 years in business.
There are no more Hooters restaurants left in Massachusetts.
Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House has become one of New England's most imaginative seaside estates.
Blending clean modern lines with the warmth of a classic seaside retreat, this stunning North Shore coastal home was designed to feel both elevated and inviting.
Set across thirty acres of rolling lawns, wooded trails, and contemporary outdoor art, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum invites visitors to experience art in the landscape.
James Beard Award-winning chef and restaurateur Karen Akunowicz has become known for her bold, Italian-inspired cooking and unmistakable culinary voice.
Just a short drive from Newport, the Norman Bird Sanctuary spans 300 acres of fields, forests, and coastal trails with sweeping views and more than six miles of hiking paths.
The Boston Red Sox won their ninth game in a row with a 13-1 rout of the Athletics on Friday night.
The Boston Red Sox rallied to beat the Chicago White Sox 12-11 Thursday night in a game that lasted more than four hours.
Jaylen Brown has joined the Philadelphia 76ers, forming an All-Star trio with Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey.
Wilyer Abreu homered for the fourth time in three games and the surging Red Sox beat the White Sox 4-0 on Wednesday night.
Stephon Diggs, a native of nearby Gaithersburg, Maryland, joins Washington for a 12th year in the league and reportedly can make up to $12 million.
Natick says it is installing a new floating boardwalk across Pickerel Pond.
Rising ocean temperatures are drawing more hammerhead sharks to New England waters, researchers say.
Some of the oldest military veterans in Massachusetts were honored with special flights on Friday in a World War II-era aircraft.
After marrying Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, Adam Sandler went to Nantucket in search of a basketball court.
An injured hiker had to be carried off a New Hampshire mountain on a stretcher, but that didn't stop her from getting engaged.