5 Great Pumpkin Spice Lattes To Try In Massachusetts This Fall

Fall has arrived in Massachusetts, and that means pumpkin spice lattes are back on coffee shop menus across the state. While Dunkin' and Starbucks remain popular choices, local coffee shops have plenty to offer pumpkin spice fans, too. Some use …

Massachusetts needs to rethink how it improves schools. Here is a blueprint for doing it.

MASSACHUSETTS HAS DONE this before. It’s time to do it again. In 1993, when the Commonwealth confronted an economy reshaped by globalization and information technology, it did something remarkably ambitious. It did not respond with another program or grant …

St. John's Shrewsbury Stuns Xaverian 42-22: 5 Takeaways From Massachusetts Football Upset

St. John's Shrewsbury is no longer just an unbeaten team off to a promising start. The Pioneers have a victory over the program that has dominated Massachusetts Division 1 football for the past three seasons. Behind five touchdown passes from Brad …

Meg Montagnino-Jarrett Brings Massachusetts to the Screen

Meg Montagnino-Jarrett’s career began with an unexpected phone call. Today, she heads up the Massachusetts Film Office, the government agency tasked with promoting the state as a location for movie and TV productions, like the recent Emmy-winning hit Widow …

Massachusetts school district makes $14 million HVAC investment to get AC in every classroom

One Massachusetts school district is on the verge of a major goal: air conditioning in every classroom. Springfield Public Schools said eight schools now lack air conditioning, down from roughly 30, after a $14 million investment in heating, ventilation, …

🔒 Bangor-based Haley Ward acquires Massachusetts environmental and civil engineering firm

Bangor-based engineering firm Haley Ward continued its expansion beyond Maine with the acquisition of CDW Consultants Inc., an environmental and civil engineering consulting firm based in Framingham, Mass. The acquisition is expected to strengthen Haley …

‘Sandra’s first sexual experience involved a crime’: A former Massachusetts cop goes on trial

I'm a Massachusetts native. Skip Salem and check out this less-crowded neighboring city for Halloween fun.

Anyone from Massachusetts knows that during Halloween, Salem is packed tighter than a Candy Crush board. I've visited Salem many times, but I like to avoid the area from September through the beginning of November because of the surge in tourism. Each …

‘Sandra’s first sexual experience involved a crime’: A former Massachusetts cop goes on trial

Boston (CNN) — The trial of a former police officer accused of killing a young woman five years ago in her suburban Boston apartment opened Friday with two vastly different accounts of Sandra Birchmore’s final days. Birchmore, 23, was found slumped on her …

On the ballot: A look at four November ballot questions more likely to impact Massachusetts voters' lives, communities, ...

Do you like the way Beacon Hill operates in near secrecy while deciding how your hard-earned tax dollars are spent? Do you think the state needs a limit on how much revenue it can raise? Or do you think a limit would result in cuts to schools and public …