Local News This Google retail space will include the sale of tech items such as Pixel phones and Nest devices, as well as Fitbits. Newbury Street is getting a new retail resident to add to the bustling business corridor found in Back Bay. A new Google store, being prepared by Alphabet Inc., will open at … [Read more…]
Skiing Guests skied during a fall festival on October 22. A small Massachusetts ski area surprised the skiing world this season by opening first in the country, beating out ski resorts in Colorado. Black Mountain will open this winter after all Skiers were carving turns on a small strip of man-made snow serviced by a … [Read more…]
Travel These destinations are full of holiday spirit. Main Street at Christmas in Stockbridge. Stockbridge Chamber of Commerce Looking to fill your holiday season with magic? It’s a sure bet at four destinations across New England, according to Country Living. 4 of America’s best Christmas towns are in New England, according to Travel + Leisure … [Read more…]
New England Travel Book your next charmed getaway. A room at Tourists in North Adams. Tourists Travelers seeking a charming getaway full of design and local history will find two of the nation’s best in the Berkshires and on Nantucket, according to Vogue. 2 of the world’s best hotels are in New England, according to … [Read more…]
National News It’s “often named the most haunted city in America,” according to Viator. People walk across Bourbon Street on Sept. 4, 2021, in the French Quarter of New Orleans. The Associated Press The historic city of Salem, world-renowned for its monthlong celebration of Halloween and the birthplace of the Salem Witch Trials, is not … [Read more…]
Local News All of the public elementary schools in the top 10 were in eastern Massachusetts. Eliot K-8 Innovation School was in the top 10 best public elementary schools in Massachusetts, according to a U.S. News & World Report ranking. Blake Nissen/Boston Globe The U.S. News & World Report released its rankings of Massachusetts’ top … [Read more…]
Local News Advocates for safety in the marijuana industry have called for more safeguards to make sure the cannabis business doesn’t put workers or the public at risk. FILE – Marijuana plants are seen at a growing facility in Washington County, N.Y., May 12, 2023. The U.S. cannabis production industry’s first reported occupational asthma death … [Read more…]
New England Travel It features more than 750,000 LED lights. The seasonal festival of lights known as Gardens Aglow returns to the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, Maine. Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens If your Christmas wish list includes visiting a remarkable light display, Maine has one of the best in the nation, according to … [Read more…]
World News Tanner W. Grone, 26, of Gorham, New Hampshire enlisted in the Army in 2017 as a UH-60 repairer. He served as a flight instructor and and MH-60M crew chief for the 160th. The logo of the headquarters of the US European Command. AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle, file By TARA COPP, Associated Press November 13, … [Read more…]
Local News Vermont’s unemployment rate was 1.9% in September, among the lowest in the country, and the labor force is still thousands of people smaller than before the pandemic. Jacques Demers works on the floor of Lake Champlain Chocolate in Williston, Vt., on Nov. 8, 2023. Hilary Swift/The New York Times By Ben Casselman and … [Read more…]