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First vax mandate for businesses considered; Popular bar back from the dead; Bathrobe-wearing thief; Library sorry for Dunkin' dig; More.
Campus police at Bridgewater State University say the World Mission Church has been asking for students' personal information.
Police said the suspect – while wearing a purple bathrobe – propped the door to an apartment complex open and stole more than five packages.
A statewide increase in coronavirus has gripped Massachusetts following Thanksgiving, according to state data.
A statewide increase in coronavirus has gripped Massachusetts following Thanksgiving, according to state data.
A statewide increase in coronavirus has gripped Massachusetts following Thanksgiving, according to state data.
A statewide increase in coronavirus has gripped Massachusetts following Thanksgiving, according to state data.
A statewide increase in coronavirus has gripped Massachusetts following Thanksgiving, according to state data.
A decades-old haunt on Boylston Street that closed during the pandemic will reopen in early 2022.
Officer Anthony Pasquarello, a 15-year veteran of the Essex County Sheriff's Department, was 37 years old.
Traffic was backed up on both sides of the highway following a rollover in the median Friday morning.
For $150, residents are allowed to park in resident and commuter permit parking spaces and access the Compost Center.
And: School violence reveals issues of trust, understaffing; Homes burglarized while residents slept; Raccoon fight ends in headlock; More.
Police say nearly one in four Americans has reported having a package stolen at least once.
Students and administrators responded to recent incidents of violence at Medford High School at a school committee meeting on Monday.
Feds: Wagner Sozi, 33, used dozens of stolen identities to open accounts, make purchases and apply for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.
The district's positivity rate was just under 4 percent in the week after Thanksgiving, compared to an earlier rate of below 1 percent.
Santa is making his 72nd annual trip to visit the children of Malden.
Police say nearly one in four Americans has reported having a package stolen at least once.
Vice President Kamala Harris broke a deadlocked Senate, confirming Rollins as the first Black woman to hold the position in Massachusetts.
