Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins was charged with extortion involving the purchase of an equity interest in a Boston-based cannabis company by federal authorities last week.

Last week, Governor Maura Healey signed the updated Shield Law, which prevents the disclosure of sensitive data, such as a physician’s name, and formally establishes that abortions are to be provided ...

The free, 13th annual JP Music Festival will be held at Pinebank Field at Jamaica Pond on Saturday, September 6 from 12–7 p.m. with more than 21 acts, two stages, and seven hours of non-stop music The ...

Governor Maura Healey is announcing that the final hotel shelters in Massachusetts are closed, months ahead of schedule. She is also formally terminating an emergency declaration she issued in August ...

Governor Maura Healey is reminding Massachusetts renters, landlords and brokers that the state’s new policy banning forced renter-paid broker’s fees went into effect on August 1. Earlier this year, ...

How it works: Beginning Aug. 1, individuals can redeem the $31 credit – equivalent to $1 per day throughout National Wellness Month – by entering code BLUECROSSMARIDE in the “Rewards” section of the ...

Reiskind noted that nomination papers are available at the local libraries and at Curtis Hall. Candidates must submit their nomination papers, either in person or on-line, by August 19. The next ...

Following is the complete text of the letter sent recently by the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council (JPNC) to the City of Boston’s Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) expressing the JPNC’s dissatisfaction ...

While residents across the Commonwealth have just experienced a record-breaking heatwave in some areas, municipal officials are acting on a less-often-discussed contributor to the climate crisis: food ...

Kristen ‘Kris’ Sarri has been named The Nature Conservancy’s new Massachusetts State Director, bringing 30 years of deep knowledge about environmental nonprofit work and government leadership to the ...

The MBTA proudly celebrates the 35th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and joined advocates, members of the community, and legislators at the ADA 35 Rally and March led by the ...

Six more rehabilitated sea turtles are back in the ocean waters off Cape Cod following the New England Aquarium’s fourth release event of the season.