Lighting up the Lagoon

Annual boat parade continues to grow. Captains Lynne Richmond and Mason Almeida prepared to pick up passengers on their charter boat "Our Passion" for the Lagoon Pond Illumination Night ride. —Dena Porter A fun time was had by all at the …

Massachusetts Municipal Utility Celebrates Launch of Energy Storage Microgrid

Town leaders from Groton, Massachusetts held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its second energy storage microgrid last week. The 3-MW system will reduce grid load during peak events, reduce energy costs for customers, lower carbon emissions, improve …

Closed school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, will get $17 million upgrade

The Cambridge (Massachusetts) district plans to spend nearly $17 million to upgrade and find a new use for one of its elementary schools. Cambridge Day reports that a feasibility analysis will look at possible scenarios for the future of Kennedy-Longfellow …

Welch’s Opens New Waltham, Massachusetts, Headquarters

Fruit-based foods and beverage company Welch’s officially opened its new corporate headquarters in Waltham, Mass., this week, a move that the company called “a pivotal moment in the company’s 150-year history” in its release announcing the event. Welch’s …

Direct SLT: A Revolutionary Advance in Glaucoma Treatment Debuts in Massachusetts

Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness worldwide, affecting over 3 million Americans and millions more globally. This silent disease gradually damages the optic nerve—often without noticeable symptoms until significant vision is …

Eversource to Install First Smart Meters in Western Massachusetts in Summer 2025

Eversource will begin installing the first smart meters at customers’ homes and businesses in Western Massachusetts in late July and continue through the following months. The energy company will expand to Eastern Massachusetts in installing network …

Massachusetts Senate Approves $1.3 Billion Budget Funded by Millionaire Surtax

Massachusetts Celebrates National Apprenticeship Day

Fostering Growth Massachusetts is widely recognized as having some of the nation’s best programs, and the Healey-Driscoll Administration has prioritized registered apprenticeship as a workforce strategy to address the state’s ongoing need for skilled labor …

The true story behind ‘The Lot Next Door’

A knock on a church door, an unexpected alliance, a battle to preserve a neighborhood: This is the true story of “The Lot Next Door,” a play in development by the Dorchester Weather theater ensemble. In 2017, Ruby Reyes walked across the street and knocked …

Casey Affleck urges Mass. lawmakers to ban separation of baby monkeys

In a letter sent Monday to Massachusetts lawmakers, actor Casey Affleck is urging a bill that would prohibit the separation of baby monkeys from their mothers for laboratory experiments, a practice that animal rights activists have protested since 2022. “ …