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Pollen season is upon us, which for over 25% of adults and children also means eye-watering, sneezing and sinus headache season. Allergy season for Boston usually begins in March and lasts through summer, with alternating pollens being most prominent. The dominant pollen from March to May is tree pollen. Pollen counts start to increase before trees...

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A South Shore brewery has closed one of its outlets. According to a source, Untold Brewing has closed its brewery, taproom, and restaurant at the Derby Street Shops in Hingham, with a Facebook post from late February from the business indicating that they had hoped to extend their lease, but th...

Grammy-winning Colombian superstar Shakira is bringing her world tour through Boston this December with a stop at TD Garden. Here’s what to know.

A Chicopee firefighter has been charged with stabbing his girlfriend to death over the weekend in western Massachusetts. Around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, Holyoke police responded to a 911 call in the 200 block of South Water Street for a report of suspicious activity. When they arrived, officers found a man and a woman at the scene, the Hampden District At...

The Karen Read murder trial has sparked massive media coverage and wide-ranging conspiracy theories on social media. It’s been a polarizing case. Nationally, people have been following along, while locally, some say they’ve shown up to every one of Read’s court appearances in Dedham, Massachusetts, dating back to last summer — des...

Jury selection began Tuesday in the high-profile Karen Read murder trial, a case that is expected to last 6-8 weeks once a jury is seated. Jurors — and the public — also got a look Tuesday at who could be called as witnesses in the case. Prior to the start of jury selection, Judge Beverly Cannone read the full list…

Cannabis equity businesses get state money after years of waiting

Clear skies through Tuesday bring another warm day regionwide. While not as hot as Monday, we’re still under early summer warmth with highs in the upper 60s (near 66° in Boston). There will be a partly cloudy sky with mild air Tuesday night and the overnight hours remain dry. Wednesday turns cooler, as our winds shift from the east,...

New England saw a sharp rise in antisemitic incidents in 2023, surpassing the national increase, according to a new report from the Anti-Defamation League. “ADL has been carefully tracking antisemitic incidents for 45 years,” said Rabbi Ron Fish, ADL New England interim region director. “The numbers are simply stunning. We have ob...

Landowner pursuing massive warehouse project in Middleborough

Maine will become the latest to join a multistate effort to elect the president by popular vote with the Democratic governor’s announcement Monday that she’s letting the proposal become law without her signature. Under the proposed compact, each state would allocate all its electoral votes to whoever wins the national popular vote for p...

A series of gun safety bills introduced after the deadliest shooting in Maine history appears to be headed toward final passage as the state Legislature races to wrap up its session this week. The House followed the Senate on Monday in approving the governor’s omnibus gun safety bill that strengthens the state’s yellow flag law, boosts ...

Two people were shot in Boston’s South End Monday night, according to authorities. The shooting occurred at about 11:15 p.m. on Aguadilla Street, Boston police said. The two people were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Their names weren’t immediately known. Details surrounding the shooting weren&#82...

A child who was injured in a fire in East Boston earlier this month has died, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday. The incident occured on April 2 at a multi-family building on Meridian Street. The fire also killed another person, the Boston Fire Department said. Their name wasn’t immediately released. Four other ...

Who was Ana Walshe? Her name has become a recognizable one for many following her disappearance and presumed death, allegedly at the hands of her husband, Brian Walshe, early last year. But who was Ana the person — not the tragic news story? That’s what we’re diving into with the latest episode of “The Searches for Ana Walshe&#822...

The ramifications of the Karen Read trial have had a large impact outside of the Dedham, Massachusetts, courthouse and in Canton, the case has the town divided. In an unprecedented move back in November, nearly 2,000 Canton residents came together for a special town meeting and in the end, many of them voted to launch an independent investigation i...