13+ hour, 51+ min ago   (255+ words) Boston.com Governor Maura Healey honored a Good Samaritan who helped stop the shooting on Memorial Drive in May. On Friday, Healey presented Thomas Joseph “TJ” Swenson Jr. with the Madeline “Amy” Sweeney Award for Civilian Bravery during the state’s…...

18+ hour, 4+ min ago   (299+ words) Three Massachusetts schools have been ranked among Forbes’ picks for the 25 colleges and universities nationwide with the highest payoffs. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard University, and Williams College all made the list, ranking at 12, 13, and 17, respectively. To determine each…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (438+ words) A state senator from Western Massachusetts recently took to social media to call out her “most prolific contributors” in her Facebook comments. Jo Comerford, a Northampton Democrat, posted a video on social media last Friday, reading her most dedicated critics…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (603+ words) Hot on the heels of last week’s mistrial, Lindsay Clancy is once again asking a judge to find her not guilty in the 2023 deaths of her three children. In a motion filed Thursday, defense attorney Kevin Reddington asked Judge William…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (999+ words) The first time a white hockey puck-like object fell from a resident’s ceiling in a New Hampshire government-subsidized building, maintenance was at their door within 15 minutes. The second time it fell, the resident looked up the serial number. The Mînut…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (252+ words) An Amtrak Northeast Regional train traveling from Boston to Washington, D.C., struck and killed an individual at the Sharon MBTA station Wednesday afternoon, officials say. The train made contact with the person, who Amtrak officials say was trespassing, around 3:07 p.m. Sharon police…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (253+ words) An employee at Marylou’s Coffee in Norwood reported a customer threw food and a tip jar over the counter at them due to a dispute over food allergies. Shortly before 11 a.m. Sept. 1, a store employee called 911 alleging a customer dispute…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (832+ words) As Lindsay Clancy awaits word on the future of her criminal case following last week’s mistrial, attorneys for the Duxbury mother and her ex-husband continue to pursue civil lawsuits against the health care providers who treated her before she strangled…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (333+ words) An 83-year-old woman who owned and operated a West Springfield-based financial services company pleaded guilty last week in federal court to five counts of wire fraud in connection with a nearly $11 million Ponzi scheme, the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. Barbara…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (145+ words) New Hampshire animal control officers and emergency personnel came together to tranquilize and retrieve a bear “hanging out” in a tree in Manchester Wednesday. Shortly after 7 a.m., police received a report of a bear in a tree near Amory…...