As we count down to the unofficial start of summer, many people are starting to think about getting into the water. And there’s a need for more lifeguards, state officials say. The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation is putting out an all call for employees. They still have jobs to fill with Memorial Day just days away. DCR...

One of the main lessons of history is to not repeat the errors of the past. It’s why UMass Boston Professor Paul Watanabe brings his students to the Japanese internment camp where his family was forced to live for four and half years during WWII. It is an emotionally draining journey into the California desert in April, for them...

Boston has been known as a stop along the Underground Railroad, a place for enslaved people from the South to find safety in free states. A local author’s new bestselling book tells the story of one couple’s incredible escape from Georgia to Beacon Hill. But even she had not been inside the home where they stayed or seen the...

It’s a true American love story most of us have not read in our history books: how an enslaved couple escapes Macon, Georgia, and finds freedom in Boston. That’s the story of “Master Slave Husband Wife,” by Cambridge native Ilyon Woo. The historical narrative follows Ellen Craft, whose biological father and first enslaver is white, and William Craft. In...

It’s almost Memorial Day, the unofficial start of the summer season. And yes, the sharks are already on their way. This is just the natural trend we have to watch out for in the summers. Get out your beach chairs, your sunscreen and your Sharktivity app, because mid-May marks the return of great whites to the Cape. Like snowbirds...

Shores Salter was a 20-year-old Northeastern University student when he ran toward the smoke from the Boston Marathon explosions. He ended up helping to save Roseann Sdoia’s life and created some lifelong friendships. But he says while that was a pivotal moment, it’s not what defines him. Ten years ago, two explosions seconds apart at the Boston Marathon finish...

When Boston Firefighter Mike Materia first spotted Roseann Sdoia, she was badly hurt from the second blast and was lying in the middle of Boylston Street. But spoiler alert, this is a real-life romance with a storybook ending.

By all accounts, the search for the Boston Marathon bombers was a success. Within a week, police arrested one brother and the other was killed in a shootout. But for the first time, we’re hearing radio communications from that day when the hunt for the suspect led Bill Evans to a boat. Evans is the retired Boston Police commissioner,...

The push for a 4-day work week is gaining traction here in Massachusetts. Two Democratic state lawmakers — Reps. Josh Cutler and Dylan Fernandes — are looking to create a pilot program, filing legislation this week to test out a 4-day work week without cutting workers’ pay, status or benefits. The 2-year test run, entitled the “Massachusetts Smart Work Week…

Every year Boston Marathon Bombing survivor Heather Abbott hosts a watch party at the finish line. A spot to cheer on the runners who are raising money to help other amputees. But that also brings Abbott back to the place that forever changed her life.  “When I lost my leg, some of the questions I had when I was...