The Omni Parker House completed a $65M restoration of rooms, lobby and event space in 2025, reopening refreshed ahead of Boston's 2026 World Cup and America 250 traffic.

The Mass Ready Act includes language that would ban thin single‑use plastic bags and impose a 10¢ recycled‑paper bag fee statewide, with small‑store carve‑outs.

Census and industry data show Boston’s 2025 growth was modest and concentrated in close‑in suburbs rather than the city core. The shift could reshape housing and downtown recovery plans.

A Dublin contractor was sentenced to 56 months after prosecutors say he bilked New England homeowners of more than $1.5M, including an elderly West Roxbury widow.

A water main break near the Boston Public Garden carved a sinkhole on Park Plaza, buckling the roadway and closing nearby streets.

A runaway emu named Walter wandered into a Barnstable neighborhood Wednesday before a Yarmouth officer and local police corralled him and returned him to a Marstons Mills farm.

Far Out Ice Cream is opening a Cleveland Circle shop at 1930 Beacon St, bringing New Zealand‑style fruit‑blended scoops to Brighton this spring.

Former Lowell Rep David Nangle is appealing a decision that would strip about $806,000 in pension benefits, arguing the crimes were personal, not job-related.

Families of Reflections students say Williams Elementary's playground keeps their children on the sidelines; city officials estimate a full upgrade could cost roughly $1.2M.

The Massachusetts Parole Board granted parole to Patrick Grier after resentencing under the SJC's Mattis decision, reopening questions about a 2008 Dorchester killing.

A Boston nurse’s persistent headaches were diagnosed as idiopathic intracranial hypertension; new MRI research from Mass General Brigham points to less invasive diagnostic clues. Researchers are also studying GLP‑1 drugs as a possible treatment.

A Cape Air commuter flight from Nantucket to Boston had part of its cabin door open after takeoff; the plane returned safely and is now under inspection. Passengers were rebooked onto another flight.

A planned life‑sciences conversion beside North Station has been scrapped; the developer says the Friend Street building will be converted to housing amid a soft lab market and neighborhood pushback.