The Massachusetts attorney general sued Agretech, saying runoff from the company's Dracut recycling yard reached the Merrimack River and violated federal clean-water law. The case was filed in federal court in Boston.

Patchy fog and light drizzle slow Boston's Friday commute. Sunshine and warmer temperatures return Saturday and Sunday.

Advocates signed a roughly 95,000-square-foot lease to move its headquarters from Framingham to Marlborough’s InterLocke office complex this fall.

Whitman resident Dawn Varley won $1 million on a Massachusetts Lottery scratch ticket and took a $650,000 lump-sum; the ticket was sold at Little Comfort General Store.

Franchise partners Rong Cong and Lelin Kandel are expanding Pokeworks across Greater Boston, with Burlington and Hanover among the first confirmed openings.

Advocates warn a pause on state rental subsidies for people with serious mental illness could push clients into homelessness as lawmakers debate FY27 funding.

Officers responding to a medical call in Malden encountered suspected fentanyl after an unsecured bag opened; no officers were injured.

Boylston Properties paid $46M for five office buildings in Wellesley’s Lower Falls and plans cosmetic upgrades while keeping the site office-focused.

Boston will repave State Street this summer while a planned full rebuild is pushed into fiscal year 2028 under the city’s capital plan. The repave leaves major accessibility fixes on hold.

Lainey Wilson and Chance the Rapper will perform with the Boston Pops on July 4 at the Hatch Shell as part of Massachusetts' 250th celebration with an expanded fireworks show.

CBSET is expanding into Waltham with a 110,000‑sqft facility that will triple preclinical capacity and serve as a U.S. hub for foreign biotechs.

Five years after the edX sale, a Harvard‑MIT nonprofit has funded co‑ops, a manufacturing certificate at NECC and career programs — but critics question the slow pace.

A Webster man was given a decade in federal prison after prosecutors said he supplied about a kilogram of crystal meth to undercover agents in early 2025.