Free admission, 200-plus donated books and a first-ever open mic headline the third annual fair downtown.

Southborough homeowners face a $713 average increase after the Select Board rejected a split tax rate 4-1 on Wednesday.

Guy Monseair was coaching at a Bronx rowing club when police caught up with him after a Cape Cod investigation.

A man escaped his burning tent near Maple Street as fire officials in Holyoke search for a link between six separate blazes.

The six-time Super Bowl champion heads a group of five coaching finalists, with Robert Kraft also advancing in a separate category.

Daniel Darris-O'Connor flipped the 22nd Middlesex District by 438 votes, months after winning a Select Board seat at 18.

The plan would nearly double the Cooledge Street site's public housing while adding roughly 900 market-rate units nearby.

Police tracked a phone stolen during a Chelsea assault to Salem, where officers stopped a Honda and arrested three people.

A three-vehicle crash at Coney Street left a van on its side, while a separate wreck hit a CVS on Main Street.

Visitor counts for the old Out of Town News spot range wildly from 47,500 to 250,000, depending who's counting.

The Greater Boston Chamber will build a statewide nonprofit to recruit employers, with an initial budget of roughly $2 million.

Friday's championship rematch doubles as a doubleheader with Boston College-UMass, and one ticket covers both games.

The Connecticut-born chain opens Nov. 13 with a DJ, giveaways and a spiced apple cider schmear.