Massachusetts cities & towns

For the second time in three years a small town in western Massachusetts is ordering that a monument to a reported UFO sighting be moved. The monument, first placed near the replica of a historic covered bridge in the town of Sheffield in 2015, commemorates the reported sighting on September 1, 1969 of an object with a ...

The activists from Environment Massachusetts and MASSPIRG Students announced the launch of the "Sox Go Green" campaign this week. ... Advocates say at least seven cities and towns in Massachusetts and schools like Harvard and Boston University have already committed to achieve 100 percent ...

SHEFFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A memorial in a remote corner of Massachusetts that marks a 1969 UFO sighting has been ordered moved, but one man who experienced a close encounter is objecting. The 5,000-pound memorial in Sheffield was installed in 2015, but was moved about 30 feet a few weeks later ...

SHEFFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A memorial in a remote corner of Massachusetts that marks a 1969 UFO sighting has been ordered moved, but one man who experienced a close encounter is objecting. The 5,000-pound memorial in Sheffield was installed in 2015, but was moved about 30 feet a few weeks later ...

WEST SPRINGFIELD -- Three Hampden County cities are expected to receive over $5.8 million in Chapter 90 highway money as a result of Senate legislation authorizing $600 million for road and bridge ... "The Chapter 90 funding is critical for towns and cities to maintain their local roads," Welch said.

But what about town halls taking on a new purpose? In Berkshire County, Massachusetts, two former town halls just a few miles from each other may soon see new life. ... The old town hall has been a fixture on the village's main street since 1854. It's a simple-looking, two-story wooden building with white ...

Roland Lehmann lost his class ring at Mount Tom in Massachusetts soon after graduating from Torrington High School in 1961. Above, Lehmann ... Decades later, city resident Jennifer Lucia and her family went swimming at Mount Tom, where they go every year on the Fourth of July. Her little cousin and ...

... Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Rhode Island · South Carolina ...

Western Massachusetts is, generally speaking, the bucolic chunk of land lying west of Worcester County—an area containing the Berkshires, the Connecticut River Valley, and the city of Springfield. Here we have The Basketball Hall of Fame. We have mountains that would be hills in any other state.

A Massachusetts city is working to reduce pollution exposure in communities where its threats loom large. ... In the neighborhoods straddling Interstate 93 in Somerville, Massachusetts, residents know to keep their windows shut each weekday as commuters travel from Boston's suburbs into the city, their ...

Re “Proposal could charge landlords for vacant storefronts” (Metro, April 4): As a cofounder of the citizens group Support Arlington Center, I wanted your readers to know that Arlington established a vacant property bylaw in 2016 and that it has already made an impact. The goal of the bylaw is to reduce the ...

Massachusetts students and parents inspired by gun violence survivors in Parkland, Florida, are holding town halls across the state to discuss firearm policy with legislators. ... Boston police department data shows there was an increase of victims of fatal shootings in the city from 158 to 186 people in 2017.

Across Massachusetts, small cities and towns held marches and rallies to press for stricter gun control laws and safer school in the wake of the mass shooting ... and cars to the larger protests, but Ipswich is a really tight community,” said Kerrie Bates, who helped to organize a rally in that North Shore town.

Massachusetts began to dig out from the nor'easter Wednesday morning, which dropped more than 2 feet of snow on some areas. Wilmington got the top spot, according to the National Weather Service, recording 31 inches of snow. The following snowfall totals were reported at 9:02 a.m., Wednesday.

BOSTON (CBS) – Students across Massachusetts met with politicians Saturday for a discussion on gun control. Five town hall events were held as part of the “Town Hall for Our Lives” series, inspired by last month's “March for Our Lives” protests across the country. natick2 Students Hold Town Hall For Our ...