Unionized workers at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art went on strike Wednesday after no agreement was reached with the museum on wages.
Carrying signs such as “Living Artists Living Wages” and “Our Power is in Our Unity,” the workers pi…
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Boston police investigating shooting in Roxbury
Boston police are investigating a shooting in the city’s Roxbury neighborhood on Wednesday morning.
The shooting was reported shortly around 10:30 a.m. on Marcella Street. Police said they received a call for a person shot and the victim was …
Police activity prompts shelter-in-place at schools in Barnstable
A police activity prompted a shelter-in-place Wednesday morning at schools in Barnstable, Massachusetts, according school officials.
Barnstable High School, Barnstable Intermediate School, Hyannis West Elementary School, Enoch Cobb Early Learning C…
GE reveals date, details of historic final spinoff
General Electric’s board of directors held a momentous vote the afternoon of Feb. 29 in which board members formally approved the spinoff of GE Vernova as well as the share distribution to GE shareholders.
GE set the spinoff time for the premarket …
2nd storm moves in Wednesday night, bringing heavy rain and flooding risk
Our second of three storm systems this week will move through Wednesday night into Thursday, prompting a First Alert day for Thursday.
Flooding rainfall and gusty winds will be the main threats from this storm system. Prior to the heavy rain W…
More MBTA slow zones added in February than removed
The MBTA’s effort to remove all slow zones by the end of the year hit a bit of a snag Tuesday night, according to the T’s speed restriction dashboard.
The MBTA added 24 new slow zones, while only eliminating 15. Compare that to this past December and January, the T moved at a record pace, removing more than 50 of those slow zones.
The agency told The Boston Globe that a special machine detected some previously unseen track defects, which led to the increased number.
However, T general manager, Phillip Eng, said the goal remains to get rid of every slow zone at least before the end of the year.
