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Cambridge eyes ban on most gas-powered leaf blowers over health, environmental concerns

The proposed ordinance, which would follow similar measures implemented in other communities, would require residents to end their use by March 2025 and businesses to end their use a year after that.

The sailboat, the skateboarder, and the shipwreck Gloucester was left to clean up
“We’ll never see this guy again,” said T.J. Ciarametaro, the Gloucester harbormaster, after the wreck.

Two New England eateries make Esquire’s list of best new restaurants in America
A Jewish tavern in Somerville and a Rhode Island seafood spot made the cut.

News from Cambridge

Class is in session: Taylor Swift course coming to Harvard next year

“Taylor Swift and Her World” will dive into the singer’s evolution and her artistic counterparts, according to professor Stephanie Burt.

Harvard, MIT presidents to testify before Congress about confronting antisemitism on campus

Tensions over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have roiled campuses in recent weeks following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel, and the war that followed.

Charges dismissed against driver who crashed car through barrier at Alewife parking garage in February

The man was facing multiple charges in connection to the February crash that left his vehicle teetering on the edge of garage’s fifth level and sent debris crashing through glass panels over the station’s lobby and mezzanine.

News from Somerville

Smoky morning commute for passengers on MBTA Red Line train

T riders found themselves walking through a smoky haze at Harvard Station this morning.

Meet the ‘SafetyStick,’ Somerville’s new robotic approach to doling out parking tickets

Somerville officials are trying a new way to curb illegal parking: watching spots with cameras, and sending tickets in the mail.

Meet ‘Drain the Rock Johnson’ and ‘Shania Drain’ — Somerville storm drains ‘adopted’ and named as part of a new city program

People have been getting creative with the city's new "Adopt-a-drain" initiative.

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The sailboat, the skateboarder, and the shipwreck Gloucester was left to clean up

“We’ll never see this guy again,” said T.J. Ciarametaro, the Gloucester harbormaster, after the wreck.

Two Massachusetts schools are ditching oil for geothermal heat pumps

Thanks to incentives from Washington, D.C., two Massachusetts public schools are turning away from fossil fuels and toward clean energy for heating and cooling.

123-year-old jewelry store in Brockton is closing

"Once you get into your 80s and look down the road, all you see are people getting sick or having broken bones," owner Gladys Rysman said. "So before we got into that, we thought we would simplify life.”

News from Newton

In Newton, Somerville, ‘catch-up’ water bills catch many off guard, with some owing thousands

Two men arrested, more than 1,000 pieces of stolen mail recovered after crash in Brookline

Critics’ successes in election could cool interest in Newton’s plan for more housing

News from Cape Cod and Islands

President Biden to celebrate Thanksgiving, continue birthday festivities with coconut cake on Nantucket

Are offshore wind developments a threat to Cape Cod? Here’s what experts say.

ICE arrests man convicted of child rape in Brazil on Martha’s Vineyard

Laughter on the way at Harvard Square
WATCH: The beloved Comedy Studio was home to Boston’s comedy boom in the 1980s and now work is underway to rebuild.

Laughter on the way at Harvard Square

Home to the city's comedy boom in the 1980s, the Comedy Studio hopes to reclaim its spot as the heart of Boston's comedy scene.
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Siblings Lilly and Asa seek a home together

Sunday’s Child is a weekly column featuring a child or children currently in foster care awaiting adoption.

Two Massachusetts schools are ditching oil for geothermal heat pumps

Thanks to incentives from Washington, D.C., two Massachusetts public schools are turning away from fossil fuels and toward clean energy for heating and cooling.

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‘Cambridge, we have a problem’: The true story of NASA’s center in Kendall Square

The NASA Electronics Research Center, which will soon be knocked down, is “the only major center the space agency has closed,” according to the author of the official NASA history.

Woman dies, man injured after shooting in Cambridge early Thanksgiving morning

A woman died and a man was injured in a shooting in Cambridge early Thanksgiving morning, police said.

A Cambridge resident wanted bigger things for her urban front yard. Neighbors helped plant a ‘Miyawaki forest’ there.

Using a popular approach to planting trees, even a Cambridge front yard can be rapidly transformed into an environmentally friendly space.

123-year-old jewelry store in Brockton is closing

"Once you get into your 80s and look down the road, all you see are people getting sick or having broken bones," owner Gladys Rysman said. "So before we got into that, we thought we would simplify life.”

Marshfield woman killed in crash involving police vehicle

Michelle Freestone was driving a Subaru Forrester that collided with a Marshfield police vehicle around 10:30 a.m. on Plain Street.

Tewksbury police looking for gunman who held up convenience store

Tewksbury police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a gunman who allegedly wielded a high powered weapon during an armed robbery at a convenience store Sunday night, officials said.