Massachusetts

We have a break from rain Friday, as temperatures reach in the 50s for most as the wind will be more from the southeast. A cold front approaches Friday night and moves through Saturday afternoon. The first few showers move into Vermont for the evening commute. Then, a sneaky shower passes through Boston after 7 p.m. More rain and downpours…...

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A location of a chain of burger spots with local roots appears to have closed. According to a source, Wahlburgers at South Bay in Dorchester is no longer in business, with the website for the chain seeming to confirm that it is gone as it has been removed from the locations section…...

More than half of the people who will serve on the Karen Read murder trial jury have been picked after two days of jury selection. Meanwhile, NBC10 Boston obtained the jury questionnaire from the clerk’s office of the Norfolk Superior Court.

The tax collectors at the Massachusetts Department of Revenue raked in $1.713 billion during the first half of April, the most critical month for state finances. But while that represents a slight increase compared to the same period last April, DOR warned that comparisons “are not meaningful” for a variety of factors. April is the most...

A pickup truck crashed into a home in Brockton, Massachusetts, and then landed on top of several other vehicles, police said Friday. The incident occurred at about 2:34 a.m. on Montello Street, Brockton police said. The driver of the pickup truck was driving south on Montello Street when they lost control, hit a fire hydrant, crashed into a home, s...

It’s better Friday, but not by a lot. Sunshine will struggle as lots of water vapor remains suspended in the atmosphere. We’re working the temps into the 50s to near 60 (sunshine dependent). Friday night, a front will approach, triggering a few showers into Saturday morning. Guidance seems to keep them around for a bit, so many of us......

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Police are investigating a series of package thefts in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood. Ally Burchill came home Wednesday evening and knew something was wrong. “I got home pretty excited to open his new shoes that we bought him, and noticed all the packages were gone off our porch,” she said. So she checked her security cameras t...

A road project in Lynn, Massachusetts, is giving drivers, workers and residents a headache. For the past two weeks, construction crews have been tearing up old asphalt on Lynnfield Street, working to lay down new pavement along a stretch of Route 129 between Great Woods Road and Wyoma Square. The project from the Massachusetts Department of Transpo...

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A pair of bakeries with a well-known Israeli baker behind them will soon be joined by a third location. According to a poster within the Friends of Boston’s Hidden Restaurants Facebook group page (via a post from All Over Newton), Bakey is going to be opening in Newton Centre, with an......

While negotiators remain at odds over how much they want to draw from state savings and exactly what kind of time limits to place on shelter stays — plus whether restaurants should resume takeout drink sales — funding could run out in less than two weeks, a Healey administration official confirmed

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] The operators of a couple of North End restaurants are hoping to open a new dining spot. According to a licensing board hearing page within the City of Boston website, a restaurant tentatively named North End Lobster Co. is looking to open on Hanover Street, with Adriana Travaglione being ...

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