https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/en-usCopyright (C) 2026 newslocker.comFri, 04 Sep 2026 07:02:00 +0200 The nation’s birthday celebration, said Laura Cousineau, who co-owns the shop, along with her husband, Bob, “did not begin and end on the Fourth of July, but now in the remainder of 2026 offers all of us, in the most historic of all places in the nation&rsquo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/upstairs-downstairs-homes-250th-american-anniversary-fundraising-event-set-for-sept-30/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/upstairs-downstairs-homes-250th-american-anniversary-fundraising-event-set-for-sept-30/ After last year’s event sold out, Women’s Lunch Place is preparing to fill the room once again—and raise critically needed funds to provide essential services for women across Boston.
On Thursday, Oct. 29, at the Fairmont Copley Plaza, Spaghetti Dinn]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/womens-lunch-places-spaghetti-dinner-set-for-oct-29-at-fairmont-copley-plaza/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/womens-lunch-places-spaghetti-dinner-set-for-oct-29-at-fairmont-copley-plaza/ The Boston Parks and Recreation Department today announced the return of its popular ParkARTS Fall Watercolor Painting Workshop series, taking place throughout September. The free workshops are part of Boston Parks’ 2026 ParkARTS program, which brings arts and cultural programming to parks across the city.
Open to Boston residents ages 9 and up, the Watercolor Painting Workshops welcome artists of all skill levels to create their]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/parkarts-fall-watercolor-painting-workshops-return-for-2026/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/parkarts-fall-watercolor-painting-workshops-return-for-2026/ One of the latest Active Attack Integrated Response courses brought approximately three dozen first responders to Tufts University for two days of classroom instruction, hands-on exercises, and realistic scenarios. Participants incl]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/healey-driscoll-administration-expands-joint-active-shooter-response-training-statewide/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/healey-driscoll-administration-expands-joint-active-shooter-response-training-statewide/ Fire officials are offering guidance to help prevent fires and injuries during what is traditionally the leading month for fires in student housing.
“Massachusetts is proud to welcome thousands of students to our colleges each fall, and we want every one of them to have a safe and successful year,&]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/governor-maura-healey-declares-september-college-fire-safety-month/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/governor-maura-healey-declares-september-college-fire-safety-month/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/goats-and-boats-event-help-clean-up-the-parks-and-wetlands/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/goats-and-boats-event-help-clean-up-the-parks-and-wetlands/ Supported by the funding from the Mayor’s Office of Housing, the project transformed an existing brick row house into six renovated, income-restricted condominiums, expanding opportunities for first-time homebuyers while preserving long-term affordability]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/city-and-fenway-forward-celebrate-grand-opening-of-43-hemenway-st/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/city-and-fenway-forward-celebrate-grand-opening-of-43-hemenway-st/ The inaugural cohort is among the first district-wide AI educator ambassador programs in the nation and a core component of the BPS AI Literacy]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/city-and-boston-public-schools-launch-inaugural-cohort-of-bps-ai-educator-ambassadors/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/city-and-boston-public-schools-launch-inaugural-cohort-of-bps-ai-educator-ambassadors/ Poppy has a regular morning grooming session with Ed, who cleans her feet, checks her ears, medicates specific areas as directed by her dermatologist, and brushes her teeth. She also has a nightly toothbrushing before bed.
Poppy has a Sunday appoin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/at-home-grooming/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/at-home-grooming/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/wu-expands-boston-family-days-with-free-professionally-guided-tours/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/wu-expands-boston-family-days-with-free-professionally-guided-tours/ “Over the last several ye]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/wu-announces-kerry-jordan-as-executive-director-of-city-of-boston-election-department/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/wu-announces-kerry-jordan-as-executive-director-of-city-of-boston-election-department/ Gathered in 1669, Old South Church has a long and complex history. Its story includes radical abolitionists and the publication in 1700 of what is believed to be the first anti-slavery tract on this soil. It also includes early ministers an]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/old-south-church-installs-middle-passage-slave-trade-educational-exhibit/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/old-south-church-installs-middle-passage-slave-trade-educational-exhibit/ “Awesome audience, fantastic facility, and super staff!” said Driscoll following the performance. “We were honored to entertain the residents and staff at the Hale House with our musical ventriloquis]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/musical-ventriloquist-kevin-driscoll-brings-laughter-and-music-to-bostons-hale-house/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/musical-ventriloquist-kevin-driscoll-brings-laughter-and-music-to-bostons-hale-house/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/massachusetts-fire-departments-achieve-nations-fourth-highest-emergency-response-rate/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/massachusetts-fire-departments-achieve-nations-fourth-highest-emergency-response-rate/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/flynn-continues-to-advocate-on-public-safety-around-beacon-hill/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/flynn-continues-to-advocate-on-public-safety-around-beacon-hill/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/dcr-warns-drivers-about-storrowing-on-move-in-day/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/dcr-warns-drivers-about-storrowing-on-move-in-day/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/coso-announces-next-show-fantastical-realities/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/coso-announces-next-show-fantastical-realities/ “We’re disappointed by this outcome, which means that a new professional for-profit sports stadium and entertainment complex in Franklin Park will not be subject to the high level of scrutiny, formal review of alternatives, and required approvals that our state’s constitutional public recreation land protect]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/conservancy-citizen-plaintiffs-respond-to-mass-supreme-judicial-court-decision-in-franklin-park-white-stadium-case/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/conservancy-citizen-plaintiffs-respond-to-mass-supreme-judicial-court-decision-in-franklin-park-white-stadium-case/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/aquarium-documents-2000-animals-including-whale-sharks-during-aerial-survey/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/aquarium-documents-2000-animals-including-whale-sharks-during-aerial-survey/ Directed by Oscar- and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Laura Nix, the film “traces t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/upcoming-film-screening-at-copley-bpl-highlights-voters-rights-ahead-of-26-midterms/Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/massachusetts/upcoming-film-screening-at-copley-bpl-highlights-voters-rights-ahead-of-26-midterms/