Earlier this year, Rye’s conservation commission sealed a town-owned barn, essentially evicting a colony of barn swallows that had roosted in the structure each summer for decades. Many residents have moved to reverse that.

Anthony DiLorenzo easily won the Republican primary on Tuesday night, while Stefany Shaheen edged out Maura Sullivan for the Democratic nomination.

Democratic Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander and Republican Lily Tang Williams both easily won their respective primaries. The two faced each other in the 2024 general election.

Many Muslims in Massachusetts say they still feel a need to defend their religion and patriotism.

The week of Labor Day marks the unofficial kickoff of the general election season. President Trump's unpopularity and Democratic enthusiasm means control of Congress is on the ballot.

All public schools in Springfield, Mass., will be closed Tuesday, September 8, following a cyber incident.

It's been almost a decade since federal health officials first issued a warning about the herbal product kratom, promoted as a safe alternative to opioids for pain. It remains readily available in stores. Massachusetts and Springfield officials are taking action.

As eastern Massachusetts officials ask for more water from the Quabbin Reservoir in western Mass., the state's Interbasin Transfer Act stipulates applications need to spell out which communities will receiving the water, why they need it and whether other options been explored. At the moment says Mass. state Representative Aaron Saunders (D-Belchertown), those answers are not in the MWRA's application.