Free berry, bee, and tomato-themed days hit the North End market Aug. 18-20, with a cider donut contest and state ag chief reading to kids.

Peabody buyers now face bidding wars once reserved for Boston proper, with homes moving in just 20 days.

A trooper clocked the Hyundai speeding north before the chase paused, then resumed with spike strips near Portsmouth.

An officer backed off pursuing the driver, who crashed anyway and was pinned inside the wrecked car on Chestnut Street.

Debora Kapisha, a Maine Medical Center nurse, was headed for a Louisiana detention center before nurses and lawmakers intervened.

An anonymous caller claimed two kids were trapped with their parents' killer inside a Stafford Road home. It was all fake, Fall River police say.

Mary McNally vanished from Malden's east side Friday evening. Police say she has since been found safe.

The Cambridge-born chain is remodeling its Burlington spot and eyeing Seekonk, Dartmouth, Norwell and Quincy next.

Free family fun hits Weston Park Saturday, with more than 40 vendors and a life-sized Candy Land board.

Patricia Jehlen backs Christine Barber as four Democrats chase her old Senate seat covering Somerville, Medford and Cambridge.

The crash near Grove and Washington streets came hours after a cement truck knocked out power in the same neighborhood.

A man slipped into occupied bedrooms on Heath Street twice in three days, stealing a laptop, a purse and a Kindle before vanishing.

The Medford fish ladder count is the highest since tracking began in 2012, with an even bigger boost expected once Woburn's new passage opens.