Environmental Developments to Watch in New England

[co-author: Sarah Simon, 2025 Summer Associate] With an office in Boston, Beveridge & Diamond (B&D) closely tracks developments, upcoming deadlines, and business implications for companies with operations in Massachusetts and the greater New...

Boston’s arts and crafts society, the nation’s first, to close after 127 years

The Society of Arts and Crafts, a 127-year-old organization that has struggled financially in recent years, announced Wednesday that it is closing operations, the end of an era for the nation’s first organization dedicated to arts and crafts....

Massachusetts Clean Energy Center Awarded $1.9M To Develop Test Sites for Tidal and Wave Energy

Through its new Ocean Innovation Network, this award will further position Massachusetts as a leader in ocean technology, accelerating the development of new solutions while fostering connections among marine science and technology businesses,...

Fawning Fifa boss in a tough spot if Trump tells him to pull Boston’s World Cup games

This year in New York, Fifa opened an office in Trump Tower. Good politicking. An easy decision to take in furtherance of diplomacy, it helped keep football on the right side of an irascible US president. Fifa president Gianni Infantino took his...

New study finds large fluctuations in sea level occurred throughout the last ice age, a significant shift in understanding of past climate

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Large changes in global sea level, fueled by fluctuations in ice sheet growth and decay, occurred throughout the last ice age, rather than just toward the end of that period, a study publishing this week in the journal Science...

Massachusetts Announces Intention to Join the International Union for Conservation of Nature

Special to the Sun The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced Massachusetts’ intention to join the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world’s largest and most diverse environmental membership network comprised of 1,400...

Boston’s rat race: Which neighborhoods reign as rodent capitals?

At night, you can hear them before you see them. Beneath piled trash bags comes the faint rustle and scratch that makes every Bostonian’s skin crawl — then the slick blur of fur and a long tail slipping into the gutter. “The rats in our...

Town of Boston receives Gold Award for comprehensive planning

The Town of Boston has been honored with the Gold Award for Comprehensive Planning from the American Planning Association – New York Upstate Chapter (APA-NY Upstate) at the organization’s annual meeting in Rochester. This recognition reflects the...

5 suspects charged in Boston for attack on gay couple with baseball bat

Police in Boston, Massachusetts have arrested and charged five men in relation to a violent attack against a gay couple in the city's Mattapan neighborhood last month. Patrick Fanfan, 53, Maurice Payne, 37, and Woopenson Morisset, 30, have all...

Coletta Zapata Endorsed by Environmental League of Massachusetts Action Fund

The Environmental League of Massachusetts Action Fund has endorsed Gabriela Coletta Zapata for re-election as District 1 Boston City Councilor, a credit to her commitment to the environment and climate action. With issues of public health,...

Chowderfest Returns to Downtown Boston

Special to the Patriot-Bridge The Downtown Boston Alliance (DBA), in partnership with Conventures, is excited to announce the return of Chowderfest on Saturday, October 25, from 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. at Downtown Crossing. This can’t-miss fall...

From Massachusetts, Wavelength Coffee Signals Sustainability

Inside the new Wavelength Coffee Roasters headquarters in Shirley, Massachusetts. All images courtesy of Wavelength Coffee Roasters. A new coffee roasting company in Shirley, Massachusetts, called Wavelength Coffee is launching this week with a...

Under Trump, money is about to get tight — and Massachusetts isn’t ready

The clouds are darkening over Beacon Hill at the same time that local businesses have slowed hiring in reaction to tariffs and what Susan M. Collins, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, this week called a “highly uncertain...

Artist Simone Bodmer-Turner Trades New York City for Rural Massachusetts, Expanding Her Creative Practice With Partner Scott MacDonough

This past February, the artist finally fired back up the kilns—there’s one installed in a barn on the property, roomy enough for her ceramic chairs and lamps, another small one in the basement, and two more in the production facility she set up in...

Rep. Moulton challenges Sen. Markey in Massachusetts

BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, a moderate Massachusetts Democrat, said Wednesday that he will challenge U.S. Sen. Edward Markey for the Democratic nomination in next year's Senate race, arguing it's time for the party to embrace a new...

Boston health center stops ‘gender transitions’ for minors to comply with Trump rules

News Fenway Health said it was giving in to the 'shifting federal landscape' brought about by the Trump administration. BOSTON (LifeSiteNews) – Fenway Health in Massachusetts is the latest prominent medical system to stop conducting gender...

For Boston Sand & Gravel, 700-plus new neighbors is cause for concern

In its six decades off the industrial edge of Charlestown’s Rutherford Avenue, the giant Boston Sand & Gravel complex has never had a neighbor. Now, 705 apartments might go in on some empty parking lots next door. The industrial stalwart is...

Affordable Art Fair coming to Boston this month for very first time

Art lovers can browse for new pieces at a cheaper price when an international art fair makes it Massachusetts debut. The Affordable Art Fair will come to Boston for the very first time on Thursday, Oct. 23 and last through Sunday, Oct. 26. Located...

Massachusetts Health Connector Awards New State-Based Marketplace Contract to Maximus

Latest contract expands the Company’s state health insurance exchange market offerings to include premium billing services TYSONS, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Maximus (NYSE: MMS), a leading employer and provider of government services, today announced...

Candace Parker, Aliyah Boston Make Thoughts Known on Cathy Engelbert Getting Booed at WNBA Finals

Something that used to be criticism for Cathy Engelbert has evolved into outright hatred at this point. I am saying it without any exaggeration whatsoever. For a long time, we knew Engelbert and the players (WNBPA) weren’t in the best place; they...