A city lot beside the Southeast Expressway is the leading candidate to house hundreds of homeless displaced when the Long Island bridge was condemned.
Governor-elect Charlie Baker selected Jay Ash, Chelsea?s city manager, to lead the state?s housing and economic development agency.
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Federal regulators are implementing a temporary ban on fishing for cod, saying the species is in steep decline.
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Sister of missing Swampscott woman appeals for helpThe sister of Jaimee Mendez said she hopes a Salem woman who was found after being missing will share what she knows, if anything.
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Maura Healey will be the nation?s first openly gay attorney general when sworn into office in January.
The restrictions bring the military more in line with the civilian medical community and most Western militaries.
concert review
Stevie Wonder and his band performed the entire iconic 1976 album in a show at TD Garden Tuesday.
The UMass guard has been embraced by his teammates, and couldn?t be happier about his decision.
Thomas Farragher
More than $22 billion after the Big Dig, Boston remains one of the most congested cities in America.
JEFF JACOBY
Do something about gas prices? Why?When gas is $2.92 a gallon, the best energy policy is a free and robust economy. It?s also the best policy at any other price.
Cherington said the team?s glut of outfielders creates options and ?We?ll figure it out.?
Charlie Baker?s move to take control of the Mass. Republican Party is quickly bogging him down in internal party squabbles.
China committed to capping carbon emissions while President Obama unveiled a plan for deeper US emissions reductions through 2025.
Gas prices below $3 a gallon are taking pressure off family budgets at a time when wages are barely growing.
Specifics haven?t been made public yet, but we?re hearing that the concert will be Aug. 6, 2015.
Beijing Chinese Dining in Lexington Center isn?t a tiki-themed, scorpion-bowl-cocktail sort of joint.
The newest gear, hottest peaks, and coolest places to warm up after a long day of chasing snowy thrills.
Sometimes, the best color photographs make no attempt to use the entire palette.
Design New England
A Vermont tiny house is full of huge possibilitiesInspired by tiny house blogs, Ethan Waldman of Morristown, built himself a movable home.
ideas
How American voters fell out of love with their own partiesToday we hate the other side more than we root for our own team. Why the end of rah-rah politics is bad for democracy.
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