Local News: Boston, MA 

 | 

Sign Up

 | 

Sign In

Boston News Editors

Boston Info

Boston, Massachusetts is located in Suffolk County. Zip codes in Boston, MA include 02118, 02203, and 02297. The median home price in Boston is $445,000 which is roughly $270/per square foot. More Boston information.

Local Charities in Boston, MA

News Widget

Display the Boston news headlines on your website.

Get the Topix Headlines Widget

Share & bookmark

RSS icon mobile icon

Boston News

Local news for Boston, MA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

17 min ago | The Heartland Institute

Does Solar Energy Actually Make Massachusetts Safer?

Earlier this month, Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick announced that his state reached the goal of 250 megawatts of installed solar energy capacity.

Comment?

4 hrs ago | Opera News

Andris Nelsons Appointed Boston Symphony Orchestra Music Director

Nelsons, 34, will be the youngest music director to lead the BSO in more than a century when he assumes the post in the 2014-15 season.

Comment?

6 hrs ago | City of Boston

Mayor Menino Announces $1.8 Billion Capital Plan with Focus on Investments in Neighborhoods

Mayor Thomas M. Menino today joined city officials and community leaders at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Charlestown to highlight the City's five year, $1.8 billion Capital Plan, which includes 341 projects across Boston and covers the building and maintenance of all the City's infrastructure including roads, buildings, key technology ... (more)

Comment?

Sat May 18, 2013

Boston.com

Same-sex marriage supporters celebrate 9th anniversary in Boston Public Garden

Ellen Wade, at center-right in turquoise shirt, spoke at the gathering as her wife Maureen Brodoff, in striped cardigan, and other same-sex marriage supporters listened.

Comment?

EDGE

Megan Hilty Couldn't Be Happier

It is a rare actor that can graduate from college, and within a few short months, find themselves on Broadway, cast in a lead role in the biggest blockbuster musical in town opposite Tony Award-winning actors.

Comment?

Universal Hub

Saucy guitarist proposed for Allston

Update: The pizza chain says you can't believe everything you read, even its own license application - says it just wants to add a guitarist , not dinner theater .

Comment?

Spillingthebeans

Drool spotlight: UPPAbaby conquers Boston

When you sell strollers, stroller-spotting becomes a daily habit, and you notice which brands and models live in what parts of town.

Comment?

Patch.com

South End Restaurants with Outdoor Seating

Not sure where you can get a drink or a meal outside in the South End? The Boston Business Journal made the decision-making process delightfully easy for you.

Comment?

Dorchester Reporter, Dorchester MA

Memorial Day committee plans May 27th ceremonies

Memorial Day committee 2013: First row, from left to right, Mike McLoud, John O. Scannell, Donald Newell; back row: Frank Cahill, Mike Hegarty and Steve Bickerton.

Comment?

MassLive.com

Casting for 'The Judge' with Robert Downey Jr. set for...

Boston Casting will hold an open casting call for the upcoming movie "The Judge" starring Robert Downey Jr.

Comment?

Fri May 17, 2013

Patch.com

Weekend Planner: Concerts, Tap Dancing and Spaceman Playing Softball

It's Thursday, and you've got no idea what you'll do this weekend. Patch is coming to the rescue.

Comment?

Dorchester Reporter, Dorchester MA

Consalvo is the latest to formally kick off campaign to succeed Menino

As City Councillor Rob Consalvo's mayoral campaign kick-off wound down, Angelo Scaccia was at the front table, greeting people as they exited, getting up and sitting down, shaking their hands, and slapping their backs while complaining of his own being in pain.

Comment?

Arts Journal

Boston has a music director: what took them so long?

It is more than three years since James Levine's health left him unable to continue as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Comment?

Fox News

Moving Memorial Day Trips

To many, Memorial Day means the unofficial start to summer, a three-day weekend for grilling and a chance to break out white clothes that have been in the attic all winter.

Comment?

Patch.com

Handbag Assault Leads to Arrest

Friday, May 10 6:42 p.m.: A officer on a detail radioed in a domestic in progress near the Natick Mall .

1 comment

Boston.com

City: Help us pick where to put new Hubway stations in South Boston,...

A screenshot of the CoUrbanize website, which shows a map of existing Hubway stations and the areas being looked at for new stations.

Comment?

Thu May 16, 2013

Charlestown Patriot-Bridge

Local Student Honored with Max Warburg Courage Award

Gardner Pilot Academy student and Charlestown resident Yumin Lisa Wei, right, accepts her award from Mayor Menino and Gardner intern Sandy Simeon.

Comment?

Patch.com

Home Sales for the Love of Rescued Animals

Three years ago Weston real estate agent Leslie Mann read a story on the Internet that horrified her.

Comment?

Boston Herald

Boston fire commissioner calls deputy chiefs 'dinosaurs'

Boston Fire Commissioner Rodrick Fraser today sounded off against his 13 deputy chiefs, calling them a "bunch of dinosaurs" for resisting change and being "unprofessional" for releasing a letter to the media saying they had no confidence in their chief for not taking command during the chaos after the marathon bombings.

Comment?

Patch.com

600 Attendees, Taste of West Roxbury Raised $22K for West Roxbury Main Streets

Compared to last year's Taste, the 2nd annual Taste of West Roxbury had more attendees, and raised more money for West Roxbury Main Streets' revitalization efforts.

Comment?