Two Cottage Farm mansions in Brookline closed in early June for about $10 million and $8.7 million, ranking among the week's top luxury sales in Massachusetts.

A Chestnut Hill–based group launched a free live wildfire map with address alerts as 2026's fire season intensifies.

Novartis agreed to buy Myricx Bio for up to $1.5 billion, adding a novel ADC payload platform and underscoring the Boston‑area connections between small biotech and big pharma. The deal could reshape local hiring and partnership flows as programs move toward clinical development.

James Merlin, 66, was pulled from Duxbury Bay on Sunday and later died at a local hospital. Officials say no foul play is suspected as investigators probe the incident.

Cambridge's one‑year push to put every eighth‑grader in Algebra I left more than 60% of students needing to repeat the course in high school.

A fueling-system failure at Logan prompted an FAA ground stop Sunday night, causing delays and cancellations across the airport.

Disgraced ex‑Fall River mayor Jasiel Correia is due to be released from federal custody on July 11 after serving just over four years of a six‑year sentence.

A Flood Watch was expanded overnight for much of southeast Massachusetts. Heavy bands of rain late Monday night into Tuesday could cause flash flooding and coastal rough seas.

A two-alarm fire on Maple Street in Roxbury collapsed part of the roof and displaced 11 residents, including eight children. Crews fought the blaze from the exterior as investigators secured the scene.

Three Braintree firefighters were injured in a late-night North Bowditch Street house fire; two were hospitalized and released. The home was declared a total loss.

A Dorchester multi‑family home caught fire Sunday morning at 1 Maple Street; the roof collapsed and crews established a collapse zone while fighting the blaze from the exterior.

A restored slate gravestone at Boston’s Granary Burying Ground has been identified as belonging to a man called Sebastian Lake and may be one of the oldest markers for a free Black person in America. City officials announced the find during the July 4 oration.

Partly sunny and near 81°F today. Heavy downpours could bring localized flooding Monday night into Tuesday.