Republican lawmakers are calling for an overhaul of the state’s emergency shelter system amid rising costs and revelations ...

Gov. Maura Healey is pledging to make major investments to fix the beleaguered MBTA, build more housing and improve education ...

Members of the state’s congressional delegation joined other House Democrats in voting against a bill supported by Republican ...

After an unprecedented fall fire season in Massachusetts and as wildfires rage in California, state officials are urging ...

Two weeks ago, widespread wildfires tore through the heart of the Pacific Palisades neighborhood in Los Angeles.

The frequency and severity of wildfires in the Northeast this fall and winter should be a wake up call to residents that in the near future, lives and property will ...

With a letter of compliance to the state’s MBTA zoning mandate in hand, Haverhill officials say the city is ahead of most in the region in qualifying for ...

The death of a 61-year-old man who was discovered outside of the Haverhill YMCA Tuesday night, prompted an investigation by authorities and the nonprofit.

BOSTON — In a warning to communities along the MBTA system, the state’s highest court has affirmed the Attorney General’s authority to sue cities and towns to force them to comply with a state law ...

It’s the 60th anniversary of the Riverside Squares, and club members and their friends are celebrating in suitable style — with lots of squares and dancing. There is a potluck table of homemade bean, ...

Because of frigid temperatures, the Universalist Unitarian Church of Haverhill has opened the lower level of the building on 16 Ashland St. as a warming center. Doors will be open from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m ...