Lawmakers are advancing a proposal to ban the use of cellphones and other electronic gadgets in public schools in response to rising concerns they are distracting from classroom ...

A long-awaited, 640-space parking garage in downtown Haverhill is one step closer to opening, with the “topping off” of a ...

Expanding criminal background checks for newly arriving migrants and other homeless adults entering the state's emergency shelter system could cost taxpayers more than $3.3 million a year, according ...

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the ...

Crimson lights covered the night sky with vibrant splashes, each unfurling like a blooming rose. Their booms echoed overhead, ...

Advocates and parents who have adult children with autism urged lawmakers to extend MassHealth coverage of a behavioral therapy, while a top Senate Democrat raised financial concerns about ...

Massachusetts members of the all-Democrat congressional delegation are blasting President Donald Trump’s “unilateral” attack on Iran over the weekend, questioning the legality of the strike and raisin ...

Democratic governors are urging Congress to reject a proposal that would require states to pick up a larger portion of costs for the federally funded “food stamp” program, ...

A Haverhill man was sentenced in federal court in Boston last week for trafficking cocaine and illegal firearms; the last of three co-conspirators to be sentenced for their operation in ...

Tattersall farm, 543 North Broadway, has once again postponed its stargazing event due to inclement weather. The storms have pushed the evening of telescopes and constellations to 8 p.m., Friday, ...

AutoFair Subaru of Haverhill presented an $18,000 check to Emmaus, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to helping ...

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the ...