New England has some of the highest electricity prices in the country. But this past winter, 140,000 households in Massachusetts got a break on their bills because they have a heat pump.
Support WBUR
A tail wind helped propel runners from Hopkinton to Boston, with the men's champion breaking a 15-year-old course record by more than one minute.
The mood in Boston in April 1775 was bleak and uncertain. The city was under military occupation, and division over the best path forward pitted families, friends and neighbors against...
Gov. Maura Healey will now appoint all members of a reformed Cannabis Control Commission. She signed a bill Sunday that included several changes to Massachusetts' marijuana industry.
In advance of the 130th running of the race from Hopkinton to Copley Square, Ashlock spoke with WBUR's Weekend Edition about some of the Boston Marathon's traditions, changes and memorable...
World Cup sticker shock doesn't end with the tickets. Even getting to the games can cost far more than usual, especially in Boston and New York. Here's what the Northeast's...
A panel convened by WBUR is sorting through dozens of local entries into NPR's famed Tiny Desk Contest.
The running community lost a legend last week: Bob Hall, the first person to ever race the Boston Marathon in a wheelchair, died at 74. Cog editor Cloe Axelson talked...
WBUR first reported that BPS could have fined Transdev over $1 million for more than 3,000 blown trips this year — but hadn’t issued any penalty. But now the district...
Fultz won the Boston Marathon on a day when temperatures neared 100 degrees. He's serving as the race's grand marshal this year.
In this excerpt from a conversation at WBUR's CitySpace, Whoop founder Will Ahmed discusses the Boston roots of his wearable tech brand with WBUR's Morning Edition host Tiziana Dearing.
From racing to art making to a colonial fair, here are seven fun things to do with kids around Greater Boston while school's out for April vacation.
The new airport shuttle service, which launched Thursday, runs three fixed routes through Boston, Cambridge and Somerville — and includes a "Ticket to Skip" pass that allows riders to go...
Here are some of the must-see people and places that dot the Boston Marathon route.
For centuries, the process of writing music has been the same, whether it’s done with pencil and paper or a computer: The art involves expressing human ideas through music. Generative...
The South Boston native who rose from the chief of immigration enforcement in ICE's Boston office to the top of the agency under President Trump is stepping down to join...
The Sugar Road Band is the brainchild of Berklee College of Music professor Leo Blanco.
Anne Brensley, a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, and her husband owed tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes to the federal government as of March, according to public...
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has appointed Rodney Marshall as the city’s next fire commissioner. He is the first Black fire chief in the department’s nearly 350-year history.
After five years in Brookline, the contemporary art gallery is in a new 2,000-square-foot space in downtown Boston.
Nina Froes, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, served alongside 19 judges at the immigration court in Chelmsford. That court now has just five permanent and two temporary judges.
Carlos Sanchez, a 67-year-old Texas resident, and his 23-year-old granddaughter, Mia Sanchez, both qualified to run the 2026 Boston Marathon. Sanchez believes they're the first grandparent-grandchild duo to do it.
Budgetwriters had to account for a number of colliding fiscal challenges, including a sluggish economy, eroding federal support and two potential ballot questions that could put dollars back in taxpayers...
On Monday, Mia Sanchez and her grandfather, Carlos Sanchez, will run the Boston Marathon. They believe they're the first known grandparent and grandchild pair to qualify to run the marathon...
Produced by the Harvard ArtLab and artist-researcher Jacek Smolicki, the Walking Festival of Sound features a lineup of 19 soundwalks, listening sessions and talks from local artists and practitioners. The...
The unique holiday creates a patchwork of schedule changes. Here's what you need to know about what's open and how to get around on Patriots' Day.
This year’s Boston Marathon forecast looks chilly and breezy — a much better setup for runners than warm or wet conditions. For spectators, it means dressing in layers.
As a giant snow pile in Somerville slowly melts in the wake of the region's snowiest winter in a decade, city workers are retrieving a fleet of abandoned vehicles that...
The Massachusetts governor filed a bill Tuesday that would require social media companies to implement special default settings, with time limits and disabled features, for users under the age of...
The fiscal year 2026 supplemental budget that Healey filed Tuesday afternoon seeks to make up the deficit left behind by a harsh winter that dumped several feet of snow across...
Over the last few years, shoe technology has advanced tremendously. And it’s changing the sport of running for everyone from the elite athletes breaking the tape in Copley Square to...