The owner of an Oxford gym now says the town has shut off the water and electricity to his building in an effort to enforce a shutdown order.
Highly ranked former employees of eBay, an online retailer portal, have been charged with cyberstalking and harassing a Natick, Massachusetts, couple for a newsletter they published, which criticized the company.
Some feathery friends were saved after a Massachusetts state trooper rescued eight ducklings who had fallen through a storm drain grate at a Nahant Beach parking lot, according to police.
BOSTON – The Boston Marathon will not be held this year, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced Thursday afternoon. Walsh announced earlier this year that the marathon would be postponed until Sept. 14 amid coronavirus mitigation measures, but he said it “became increasingly clear” that the date would not be feasible. A virtual Boston Marathon will be […]
The Memorial Day barbecue is a backyard staple. If firing up the grill is on your list this year, then keeping social distance will need to be part of your socializing. Dr. Erin Bromage is a comparative immunologist at UMass Dartmouth. He runs a blog with health tips on COVID-19, which has since gone viral. With […]
ATLANTA – The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has issued an advisory on an inflammatory disease mainly affecting children that is associated with the novel coronavirus. The condition, called Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), is similar to Kawasaki disease, which causes inflammation of many tissues of the body, including on the hands, feet, mouth, lips, throat […]
SOMERVILLE, Mass. – What’s flushed down the toilet could help paint a clearer picture of COVID-19 infection in some communities. Biobot Analytics is currently quantifying how much of the novel coronavirus is spreading by testing wastewater from 150 wastewater treatment plants in 30 different states. The CEO and co-founder of the MIT startup said the […]
Billions of dollars are set to flood into the United States as the coronavirus stimulus plan means checks will soon arrive for most Americans. All that money could mean Christmas for crooks looking to steal your cash. One former FBI agent is looking to protect your stimulus check and bank account It’s the largest stimulus package […]
BOSTON – Residents of several communities have come up with a fun way to keep kids entertained while school is out. Cities and towns such as Boston, Walpole, Haverhill, Leominster and others have organized “bear hunts,” where residents place teddy bears in their windows so kids can drive or walk around spotting the bears. “As we […]
BOSTON – One of the first people in Massachusetts to have contracted and recovered from the coronavirus shared her story with WFXT-TV. The woman, a photographer from Boston, unknowingly got the virus while photographing the Biogen conference and then went on to photograph other events, including a large party for wedding vendors in Somerville the following week. […]