Quincy confirmed a long‑rumored Trader Joe’s will anchor a McConville Way redevelopment, joining housing and a new 100,000‑sq‑ft BIDMC ambulatory center targeted for 2027.

Councilors Durkan and Santana filed a zoning petition to strip minimum off‑street parking from new housing projects, arguing it will lower costs and unlock more builds.

A 100-seat Peruvian restaurant from the team behind Celeste and La Royal has opened at Lyrik Back Bay, serving ceviche, chifa dishes and live music.

A Dorchester homeowner says a downstairs tenant refused to pay and made her life a yearlong court fight, leaving her with big repair bills and emotional strain. The landlord estimates heavy financial losses after a protracted eviction and subsidy problems.

Winthrop Center sold about 40 condos in 2025 and accounted for roughly half of Boston's luxury transactions as downtown high-end supply swelled.

A Harvard Medical School analysis ties big album drops to a roughly 15% rise in U.S. traffic fatalities, highlighting smartphone distraction as a likely factor.

Usher and Chris Brown announced a 33‑date R&B stadium tour that stops at Gillette Stadium on Aug. 17. Presales start April 21 and general sale opens April 27 at noon.

Acton’s Crossroads Cafe will close this Saturday after 38 years, leaving behind hearty steaks, lobster rolls and decades of neighborhood memories.

A Lowell home aide who admitted to taking $1.4M was ordered to repay $500K, but estate lawyers say unpaid balances remain after bank records showed lavish spending.

North Attleboro's Route One Cinema Pub will screen its final films on May 31 after a 27‑year run of dinner‑and‑a‑movie nights.

Quincy philanthropists Rob and Karen Hale gave roughly $110 million in 2025, including a record $100 million to Boston Children’s to help build a pediatric psychiatric center.

Boston Sand & Gravel sued to block a 705‑unit housing plan at the Austin Street lots, warning heavy trucks and pedestrians would be dangerously intertwined.

Bob Hall, whose 1975 Boston Marathon finish prompted formal recognition of wheelchair competitors and who built the racing chairs that followed, has died at 74.