An explosion from a manhole in Cambridge shut down part of Harvard Square to traffic on Wednesday, with police and firefighters investigating what happened. The Cambridge Fire Department initially posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, about a structure fire on Brattle Street at around...
Miami Dolphins defensive lineman Christian Wilkins will go into this season without a new contract.Wilkins had withheld himself from team drills for the past two weeks in an effort to jump-start a contract extension with Miami, but the two sides were not able to make...
“She was breathing in blood, at least one breath, while she was alive.”A medical examiner testified in Worcester County Superior Court Wednesday that she found evidence of hemo-aspiration while examining Cynthia Webb’s charred body the day after the body was discovered in the trunk of...
Gov. Maura Healey added her voice Wednesday to the WEEI/NESN 36-hour radio telethon, urging people to “give as much as they can” to the Jimmy Fund to advance cancer research, treatment, and care for families.“I don’t know anyone who doesn’t have a personal experience in...
WESTFIELD — After a rough season of weather cancelations, ArtWorks Westfield will host a free “make-up” summer concert this Friday, Sept. 1, featuring Cobblestone Road.This highly acclaimed new country band “with a honkytonk attitude” will play at the Lambson Square stage at 53 Elm St.,...
Tufts University is mourning the loss of a 57-year-old professor who died after he was hit by a UPS truck while riding his bicycle in Newton this week.Professor Andrew “Alex” Bohm, of Newton, was hit at the intersection of Bridge and Watertown streets in Newton...
(This article is part of a three-part series about behind-the-scenes at Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.)LENOX – Looking at the main stage at Tanglewood, you could easily miss the small, triangular-shaped window on the left side.Behind that window, there’s practically a...
SPRINGFIELD — Monica Sanchez, the live-in girlfriend of mass shooter Victor Nieves, was arrested Wednesday and charged with improper storage of weapons and ammunition used in a horrific double murder-suicide on Aug. 14 that took the life of a grandmother and a 10-year-old girl.Sanchez, 32,...
After a $70,000 viola was stolen in Boston, police are asking for the public’s help.The viola worth $70,000 went missing between 2 a.m. to 3:50 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 27 during a larceny on Glenville Avenue, the Boston Police Department said.The viola is 16.5 inches...
During what has been described as one of our hottest summers on record, millions of Americans fled to the beaches, hoping to catch a breeze and maybe find a patch of cool water.And while they might find those things in some places, many people are...