Top 5 Reasons People Love Shopping at This Massachusetts Grocer

Massachusetts has plenty of grocery stores where people can do their shopping. Whether it's mom and pop stores or the bigger chains, people have many options and some places have enough variety that you can get all of your shopping done at one location …

Small businesses in Massachusetts are entering the danger zone

Jon Hurst is president of the Retailers Association of Massachusetts. Mark Melnik is director of economic and public policy research at the UMass Donahue Institute. Facing a mix of rising operational expenses and demographic factors, the small-business …

3rd Tulips Mania held in Massachusetts, U.S.

A volunteer helps pack up tulips for visitors at the third annual Tulips Mania in Wellesley, Massachusetts, the United States, on May 4, 2025. More than 75,000 tulips were displayed for this event. (Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua) Visitors take …

Nearly a Million in Massachusetts Forced to Repay Student Loans

Another COVID-era policy has gone the way of the face mask, social distancing and mandatory vaxxing. The federal government is again targeting those scofflaws who borrowed money for college but have refused to pay it back. When businesses closed and …

Elm trees return to Rockport, Massachusetts

Transcript: When Nathan Ives was growing up in Rockport, Massachusetts, tall elm trees shaded many of the streets in town. Ives: “They were just gorgeous, and there was just this canopy that would cover you and embrace you as you went up and down most of …

Massachusetts communities that bet big on offshore wind face uncertainty

Since taking office in January, President Trump has worked to fulfill a campaign promise to shut down the young offshore wind industry in the U.S. He stopped all federal permitting, and this week, his administration issued a stop-work order to a project …

Massachusetts Democrats ‘Must Reevaluate’ Climate Change Goals

Elections have consequences, and for some Democrats in the Massachusetts Legislature, Donald Trump's return to the White House may mean abandoning or reworking some climate change mandates and initiatives. State House News Service reported that …

Massachusetts Forward Party moves ahead, holds first convention

True to their name the Massachusetts Forward Party appears to be moving, well, forward. Party members met for their first official Convention in Waltham on Sunday, hosted by former Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey, to elect officers, approve party bylaws, and begin …

Walk for Hunger raises money to help food insecure children and families in Massachusetts

Meet Sadie Jean Sworzen, a Cheshire toddler who was crowned Miss Massachusetts Wee Toddler at the East Coast USA pageant

CHESHIRE — Sadie Jean Sworzen is not your average toddler. She's a champion. On April 27, the 3-year-old competed in the East Coast USA pageant in Trumbull, Conn., and was crowned Massachusetts Wee Toddler Miss. “It’s a lot of fun,” Sadie’s mother, …