The Sumner Tunnel — which connects downtown Boston to East Boston and is a key route to Logan Airport — reopened Monday after a month-long closure.The tunnel closed on July 5 to allow crews to do repair work on its ceiling, roadway, walls, lighting and...
On Aug. 3 and 4, the Amherst Railway Society, CTrail and Springfield’s Union Station partnered to bring Kids On Track - a model railroad show - to Union Station.The two-day show - held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day - featured operating model...
Saturday’s sixth annual Brew at the Zoo was such a success that at 9 a.m. that day, the Zoo in Forest park & Education Center announced that there were no tickets left for the event on its Facebook page.The event featured pours from more than...
Hundreds of workers at two hospitals owned by bankrupt hospital chain Steward Health Care will be laid off by the end of August, as the company barrels ahead with the closure of two of its Massachusetts facilities — in Dorchester and Ayer.In all, 1,243 workers...
While Monday will largely be dry across Massachusetts, National Weather Service forecasters say scattered strong to severe storms could impact the Bay State on Monday evening, particularly in areas north of Interstate 90. The primary threat from the storms is damaging wind, with forecasters warning...
New England Public Media has announced the creation of a new position being filled by an internal candidate, three current team member promotions and two new additions.John Sutton, who currently serves as the NEPM interim chief content officer, has accepted the newly established position of...
Hawkeye Innovation LLC, a veteran-owned contract manufacturing company in Agawam, specializing in flexible contract manufacturing services and government sourcing for Governors America Corp., has been certified by the Veteran Small Business Certification Program (VetCert) at the Small Business Administration. The confirms the company’s eligibility to...
On a Sunday night in June, 6-year-old Zayan Mayanja escaped from his home through a window. Early the next morning, the non-verbal child on the autism spectrum was pronounced dead at Lowell General Hospital.He had drowned in Nabnasset Pond in Westford overnight, found behind a...
In the little town of Whitman, just south of Boston, there’s a parking lot between a Wendy’s and a Walgreens with a curious sign.It’s a large white wooden board that features a colonial bellman and the number “1709.” From a distance, it doesn’t look like...
While Chief Martin Brody told Quint, “You’re gonna need a bigger boat,” in the movie “Jaws,” there are several “Jaws”-themed tours on Cape Cod that have enough space for fans of the classic film. The 1975 film “Jaws” and its sequel “Jaws 2″ were shot...
