SHELBURNE FALLS, MASS. (WWLP) — The long weekend and nice weather were a perfect combination to bring people out to western Massachusetts to experience the famed fall foliage. Franklin County and the Berkshires offering some of the best views out there. However, this year, most of the leaf peepers are […]
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BOSTON — Joe Kennedy was once thought to be such a lock to defeat Sen. Ed Markey that there was widespread speculation in Massachusetts that Markey might just retire to avoid a humbling end. But Markey is piling up endorsements and closing in on the young congressman in the polls […]
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts will begin to ease some of its pandemic restrictions on businesses as spikes in the number of hospitalizations and new cases of COVID-19 have begun to slow, Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday. Beginning Monday at 5 a.m., the state’s early closure order for businesses and the […]
By WILL WEISSERT and ELANA SCHOR, Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — His motorcade thunders around Delaware, snarling traffic. Everywhere he goes, a security team envelops him and a pack of journalists trails behind. Yet President-elect Joe Biden enters his church, St. Joseph on the Brandywine, with startlingly little interruption. […]
Tree House Brewing Co. turned heads Thursday amidst a presidential election with the announcement of a new waterfront taproom on Cape Cod. Just a day later they’re sharing more big news. The award-winning brewery announced Friday it has plans to open a Western Massachusetts taproom next year as well. The […]
The city of Salem, Mass., typically a popular tourist destination around Halloween, announced on Wednesday that it will be tripling fines typically implemented over the holiday in order to limit the number of people visiting amid the coronavirus pandemic. In a press release on Wednesday, Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll outlined […]
Gov. Charlie Baker is encouraging Massachusetts residents to think about not traveling this Thanksgiving due to the coronavirus pandemic. “This might be a good year not to travel,” he said during a press conference Wednesday afternoon. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is also already discouraging people from making […]