Dine Out Boston returns Aug. 1–15 with nearly 200 restaurants offering prix‑fixe lunches and dinners. Our picks highlight new openings, classic institutions and the best bargains.

A Belmont engineering teacher and longtime camp leader was arrested and charged with two counts of possession of child sexual abuse material. Arraignment is set for July 27 in Cambridge District Court.

National Grid, Eversource and Unitil are resetting supply rates Aug. 1, nudging many Massachusetts bills up about $10 a month and widening the gap with municipal aggregation programs.

A 15-year-old was arrested after shots were fired during the Puerto Rican Festival in Roxbury; police recovered a revolver and the teen faces multiple weapons charges.

Robert Kraft says the Patriots offered Christian Gonzalez a contract that could make him the NFL’s highest‑paid cornerback and the franchise’s highest‑paid player as camp opens in Foxborough.

Brothers Nate and Nelson Rouette pulled a 5‑foot juvenile tiger shark onto a Falmouth beach, photographed it, then freed and released it as researchers note more warm‑water visitors near the Cape.

MassDOT has opened a swath of Davol Street waterfront in Fall River for private development after the Route 79 removal. Officials and planners say the parcels could support housing, retail and public space near the MBTA stop.

A former Boston Children’s nurse was indicted after prosecutors say two teenage patients were sexually assaulted while recovering from surgery. Authorities are urging parents to come forward.

ER doctors in Boston say e‑bikes and e‑scooters are motorized vehicles and warn parents to rethink age limits, training and helmets.

A Boston Business Journal analysis finds Massachusetts' top 50 CEOs reported more than $1 billion in pay for 2025; GE Vernova’s Scott Strazik led the per‑dollar value ranking.

MassDems chair Steve Kerrigan was arrested in Southborough and pleaded to sufficient facts in Westborough District Court; the case was continued without a finding. Court records show a .089 breath test and a 45‑day loss of driving privileges.

Cambridge’s sweeping zoning rewrite is already reshaping streets: dozens of projects are moving forward, and neighbors are pushing back with landmark petitions and lawsuits. The fights over 9 Wyman Road and other sites show how hard it will be to build and preserve at the same time.

New DNA testing points to a deceased suspect in the 1995 killing of Celestina Perez in Springfield, offering long‑awaited answers for her family after 31 years.