Massachusetts News

Springfield Bishop Timothy A. McDonnell presided over the "Rite of Diaconate Ordination" as the men from across western Massachusetts became the newest permanent deacons in the diocese.

The father of a Medal of Honor winner from Massachusetts is again planning to place thousands of U.S. flags on graves at the Bourne National Cemetery.

The Massachusetts special election race for the Senate is getting more combative, with election day only a month away.

The Rochester Opera House doors are open for the third season of Summer Theatre Camp, a joyous hands-on theatre experience for students ages four through teen.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has proposed a fee structure for a self-financed medical marijuana industry that supports patient access without relying on taxpayer resources.

A new super PAC is launching a campaign to paint Massachusetts U.S. candidate Gabriel Gomez as a "lightweight version of Mitt Romney," according to a memo obtained by Politico .

In my mind, I had great plans and every day I awoke with the greatest of hopes for the day's events.

The following is a notice from the Simons Masonic Lodge: On Saturday, May 25, the Burlington Police DARE Program and Simonds Masonic Lodge will hold a Child Identification Program event at the Burlington Police Department headquarters on Center Street from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.. Parents and their children of any age are welcome.

A Puerto Rican who has lived in for more than four decades, Masso recently joined the Massachusetts Port Authority 's senior leadership team as the Director of Community Relations under the direction of CEO & Executive Director .

A funeral Mass with full military honors for U.S. Army Spc. Mitchell Daehling is scheduled for Friday at St.

The Massachusetts Senate has voted to establish a Department of Public Health ALS registry named after former Gov.

She was born July 2, 1963, in Warren, the daughter of Mary Ann Davis and the late Kenneth E. Davis.

Belchertown: Services at Quabbin Park Cemetery. Visitors should begin gathering at 10:30 a.m. for 11 a.m. ceremony.

An Obamacare earmark championed by former Sen. John Kerry that raised wage payments to Massachusetts hospitals at the expense of those in the other 49 states is coming under fire in Congress and could die now that the 29-year Senate veteran is gone.

Republican Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez was out stumping for votes here, surrounded by supporters in a campaign scene one doesn't normally expect to see in odd-numbered years; a reminder yet another special election is underway in Massachusetts.

A former Massachusetts lawmaker who more recently worked as a tutor at a Boston charter school has been held on $10,000 bail after pleading not guilty to drug charges.

The following was reported by the Acton Police Department on May 14: Emergency personnel was dispatched to Powdermill Road for a report of a fire inside the building.

New rules for the medical use of marijuana have been written into the commonwealth's regulatory code by the Massachusetts Public Health Council, according to State House News Service report.

The state Senate has adopted a proposal allowing Massachusetts to recoup public benefits given to anyone later convicted of using of a weapon of mass destruction.

Braintree High School students captured three elite awards at the 2013 Massachusetts Science & Engineering Fair held at MIT, May 2-4th. Jacqueline Flynn, a sophomore presenting her first science fair project, was awarded 1st Place.