New Year's Eve

First Night Boston, the city’s New Year’s Eve celebration, will have a new home for its hub this year at the newly updated City Hall Plaza, event organizers announced Monday. Hundreds of thousands of people attend the event each year, which this year will start at noon on Sunday, December 31 and ring in 2024, ending around 12:30 a.m. on…

With 2023 roughly halfway over, the end of the year is closer than you might think — and this year, it’s particularly special.

A man accused of attacking police with a machete near New York’s Times Square on New Year’s Eve is now facing federal terrorism charges after he became determined to wage jihad against the U.S. government, authorities announced Tuesday. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement that Trevor Thomas Bickford was charged with federal crimes in connection with his...

A fight that broke out early on New Year’s Eve left two people stabbed in Manchester, New Hampshire, police said Tuesday, announcing the arrest of a man in the case. Charles Dexter, 35, faces charges of assault, having a deadly weapon, falsifying evidence and riot over the fight that was reported about 6:45 a.m. Saturday, Manchester police said. The fight…

Trevor Bickford, 19, was arrested on charges of attempting to murder officers, police said Monday as authorities continue to investigate whether he was motivated by Islamic extremism.

The teenage suspect in New Year’s Eve machete attack on three NYPD officers near Times Square has been charged with attempted murder, police said.

We have more mild temperatures running well above normal for this time of the year.

We’re ringing in 2023 the way we left 2022: with more mild air. Rain has departed, and the drier air will work in on the heels of a gusty northwest wind. The wind backs off tonight, but only slightly cooler air will dip in tomorrow. All looks bright and (somewhat) balmy for the Winter Classic at Fenway, but even tomorrow…

New Year’s Day Today (Sunday): Partly cloudy, patchy fog. Sun breaks out, breezy. Highs in the 50s, 40s north. Overnight Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, colder. Lows in the mid 30s. Monday: Mostly sunny. Highs around 50.

A team of NYPD officers working the New Year’s Eve detail near Times Square were attacked two hours before the ball drop Saturday, officials said.

Getting into the city today for the holiday? Many said it was smooth sailing, despite warnings from the MBTA that repairs on multiple Orange Line could force delays up to 15 minutes.

This is what it looks like in Times Square right now.

With countdowns and fireworks, revelers in major city centers across the Asia-Pacific region are ushering in the first new year without COVID-19 restrictions since the pandemic began in 2020. While COVID-19 continues to cause death and dismay, particularly in China, which is battling a nationwide surge in infections after suddenly easing anti-epidemic measures, countries had largely lifted quarantine requirements, restrictions...

Showers continue to fill in today to wrap up 2022.  The new year doesn’t mean we wrap up with the warm temps, however.  Mild air is here to stay for the first several days of 2023.  Cloudy skies, fog near the south coast, and scattered showers will be off and on through early afternoon.  By mid afternoon the rain...

The year will end on a high note, with record breaking temperatures of Friday carrying into New Year’s Eve for New England. Temperatures will run 10-15° above average, with most areas of Southern New England reaching the mid 50s. Saturday will start with cloudy conditions across the region, as a weather system approaches. Those clouds will prohibit the region...

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Friday night: Partly to mostly cloudy. Lows in the 40s, 30s north. New Year’s Eve: Cloudy, midday and afternoon showers, evening and First Night rain. Highs in the 50s. New Year’s Day: Any early showers depart for breezy breaks of sun. Highs in the 50s, 40s north.

Did December fly by or is it just me? Actually – 2022 seemed to move at turbo speed in the Noyes household! As we ring in the New Year – our weather will feature remarkably mild temperatures, and some wet weather – but no significant storms in the forecast.  The rest of our Friday features temperatures in the 50s under a…

Warmth has arrived to New England. Whether this mild air is a spring preview or autumn redux is up for debate. But, certainly the idea of a January thaw has been elevated in recent winters, with temperatures into the 50s and 60s something that – at least for a few stretches each winter – has almost become expected in New England,…

A busy holiday weekend is ahead in Boston. City Hall Plaza has turned into the home of the NHL for the next couple of days. A fan festival is taking place there ahead of the Winter Classic at Fenway Park. The game between the Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins is sold out, but the festival is free and open to…