Freetown is still noncompliant with the MBTA Communities Law. The law requires Freetown to have a multifamily overlay district with 15 units per acre that can hold at least 750 units. Towns that are ...

The MBTA will offer free, extended service on New Year's Eve to ensure Bostonians get home safely after celebrating, according to Mayor Michelle Wu. The city will ring in 2026 with First Night ...

A former cleaner employed by the MBTA was charged in connection with a “major theft” of technology from the transit agency worth more than $120,000, prosecutors said. Marcelo Batista-Sales, 39, of ...

Katherine “Kate” Ho, the John L. Weinberg Professor of Economics and Business Policy, died on Dec. 8, 2025, surrounded by family. She was 53. A memorial will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 27, ...

The MBTA has made incredible strides over the past two years, and Phillip Eng, the New Yorker who came out of retirement to fix Boston's public transportation system, is getting rave reviews. It was ...

His fate is still unlearned. A newly-designed Charlie Card will interact with the new card readers. New fare collection readers are being tested on MBTA buses, place at all doors. This allows faster ...

This holiday season, one six-car Orange Line and two Green Line cars are dressed up for the holidays. The MBTA's Chief Operating Officer Ryan Coholan dressed as Santa Claus (center) in 2024, while ...

Kate Ho, who served as the John L. Weinberg Professor of Economics and Business Policy and the co-director of the university’s Center for Health and Wellbeing at the University, died on Dec. 8 from ...

AFFORDABILITY. SOME BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW. SKY 5 IS LIVE OVER BRAINTREE, WHERE AN MBTA VEHICLE HAS CRASHED. THIS IS GRANITE STREET AT WEST STREET. THE VEHICLE IS PART OF THE MBTA’S THE RIDE SERVICE.

Reggie Clark, center, signs the accessibility agreement on Dec. 10, 2025, with lawyer Taramattie Doucette. Fellow plaintiffs Tom Gilbert, left and Andy Forman look on. Disabled MBTA riders faced a ...

A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk was in a festive mood over the weekend, issuing a holly jolly “Ho-ho-ho” in the skies. As spotted by the Flightradar24 flight tracking site and shared on its X account, ...

One final South Shore town will vote before year’s end on zoning rules to comply with a state multifamily housing law. Hanover voters will gather for a Monday, Dec. 8, special town meeting to decide ...