Summer savings and reduced schedules coming to South Coast Rail
The MBTA is offering deep discounts for the next three months. Here’s how to take advantage, and the schedule changes you should know about.
‘Subject to Change’: 275 collective years of artmaking experience
An exhibition featuring artists aged 78 to 84 started out as something entirely different.
Mass. Senate proposes ‘historic’ increase in local aid. Is it enough?
New Bedford, Fairhaven, and Dartmouth officials all face budget struggles. They say they need more local aid from the state.
Healey offers guidance to protect students, patients, worshippers from ICE
The new guidance clarifies that administrative warrants issued by ICE or the Department of Homeland Security do not authorize entry into nonpublic spaces.
Long-awaited sexual misconduct protections for students advance on Beacon Hill
The Massachusetts Senate voted to extend protections against sexual misconduct and abuse by school staff to students who are 16 and 17.
Historic ships, Seastreak coming to offshore wind terminal as industry diminishes
The schooner Ernestina-Morrissey will move to the Marine Commerce Terminal, near “sleeping” Seastreak ferryboats. A Portuguese tall ship will visit in July.
Beyond the whale: How seaweed shaped New Bedford’s maritime history
After living in the Whaling City, one researcher argues that seaweed is deeply entwined with New Bedford life.
Mass. Uber, Lyft drivers certify first statewide ride-hailing union amid automation fears
The move is a milestone in the growing effort to organize gig-economy workers.
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