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The state agency focused on health care information and analysis did not adequately monitor hospitals experiencing financial distress and failed to fine facilities and health systems for defying data reporting requirements, according to a new report from Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s office. DiZoglio’s examination of the Center for Health In...

The cold snap New England is going through means Ice Castles is almost ready to open in New Hampshire.

Bundle up! The name of the game this week is COLD! And there’s no significant warmup in sight. As we continue moving through this Monday, dress in layers! High temperatures will be in the low 30s with clouds and sunshine. We escaped the big winter storm impacting the Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic with snow. However, a few snowflakes could develop Mo...

Immigration continues to be a divisive topic as we move into 2025. Over the past two years, many conversations in Massachusetts have centered around the strain on the state’s Emergency Assistance shelter system and the financial resources it takes to resettle migrant arrivals. But some advocates say we need to consider not just shelter, but t...

The lineup for this year’s Boston Calling music festival has been announced, including big-name acts like Luke Combs, Dave Matthews Band and Fall Out Boy. Also included in the lineup of over 50 artists are Vampire Weekend, Avril Lavigne, Cage The Elephant, Megan Moroney, Sublime, Sheryl Crow, T-Pain, The Black Crowes, Public Enemy, Remi Wolf,...

Suspended Massachusetts State Trooper Michael Proctor is scheduled to appear before a state police trial board next week, according to a recent court filing in the Karen Read murder trial. Proctor, who was the lead investigator in the Read case, was suspended without pay last July after a duty status hearing. The state trooper had publicly admitted...

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A decades-old roast beef joint north of Boston that shut down in 2023 is back in its old home. According to a poster within the Friends of Boston’s Hidden Restaurants Facebook group page, Harrison’s is open once again in North Andover, with a Facebook thread from the Chickering...

Firefighters are at the scene of a fire at Mashpee Middle-High School on Monday morning. The fire department confirmed they are at the scene but had no word on the extent of the fire. The fire was reported at the school on Old Barnstable Road shortly after 9:14 a.m. Aerial video showed multiple fire vehicles at the scene, and firefighters...

The police officer in Bedford, New Hampshire, injured early Saturday morning after being shot by his own gun during a struggle with a suspect has now been identified. Bedford Police Chief Daniel Douidi identified the officer Monday as 24-year-old David Benway-Fongemie, and said he is recovering at home and doing well. He said Benway-Fongemie was hi...

A teenager was detained by police after assaulting an employee at a CVS store in Boston’s Allston neighborhood on Sunday. Boston police said they responded to a report of a disturbance at the CVS on Brighton Avenue at 6:22 p.m. Upon arrival, officers interviewed the victim, who reported that a group of teens had been causing a disturbance in ...

An arrest has been made after a man was found dead in Hubbardston, Massachusetts, over the weekend. Ryan Wilcox, 32, is charged with armed assault with intent to kill, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury and assault with a dangerous weapon, the Worcester District Attorney’s Office said. He was arraigned M...

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is scheduled to hear arguments Monday in a case about whether records from the custody hearings for Harmony Montgomery should be made public. Investigators believe Harmony, who was just 5 years old at the time, was slain in December 2019, though she wasn’t reported missing for almost two years and her body h...

A 45-year-old Charlestown man has been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting over the weekend at a 7-Eleven parking lot in the Boston neighborhood. Boston police announced Monday morning that David Menezes was arrested Sunday night in Roxbury and will face a murder charge. Officers responded shortly after 10:30 p.m. Saturday to 140 Main Str...