The State Police detective captain who pocketed an eye-popping $584,072 in pay last year amassed record overtime using 27 different reasons — including bonus hours on days he called in sick, ...

As more low-income and middle-class workers move here seeking affordable housing, Brockton officials are grappling with how ...

Emergency responders in Ayer and other towns across north central Massachusetts are struggling to adapt to the absence of ...

The scarcity of medical marijuana dispensaries compared to recreational pot shops — and the hurdles it presents patients — reflect fundamental issues in state's medical marijuana market and how it's ...

UMass Lowell, together with colleges and universities across the state, is developing free, online textbooks that are more culturally inclusive, interactive and career focused to better engage ...

Nurture is more influential than nature when it comes to number of major diseases and premature death, according to a new study.Environmental factors are almost 10 times more important than genetic ...

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