Katherine McCabe

"She is comfortable," her grandson, Joseph P. Kennedy III, wrote on X Tuesday night.

Cardinal Seán P. O’ Malley attended the annual Celebration of Priesthood dinner Wednesday night at a Seaport hotel for his last time as archbishop of Boston.

The island will have some 70 police officers to crack down on public drinking this Fourth of July weekend.

John Joseph Hartin, now 46, fled Massachusetts after being charged with sexually assaulting two young boys in 1993.

Survivors of the bombing participated in ceremonies held today near the race’s finish line.

Brian Caron, who lived in Peabody, couldn’t escape ammonia fumes inside the Stavis Seafoods plant on Wednesday.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy inspired hundreds of volunteers to work to improve literacy, and a call to action at Faneuil Hall.

The decision to close came on the eve of the 20th anniversary of a fire that destroyed its textile mills.

Veterans with PTSD are moving forward by going back to college, buddying up with a service dog, and seeking the compassion of fellow veterans.

The second anniversary of the Danvers High teacher’s murder will be marked Thursday with a “Kindness for Colleen” campaign.

Weylu’s and the Hilltop Steak House are gone, with the miniature golf course guarded by the orange dinosaur next to be demolished.

The iconic miniature golf course in Saugus where it stands is closing after 57 years of business.

The 19th century Methodist camp meeting ground in Hamilton hopes to sell long-abandoned cottages that have fallen into disrepair.

Parents and students had fought to keep Winchester High School principal Sean Kiley, previously placed on leave, in the job.

A Bedford, New Hamsphire mother shot and killed her two young daughters, and then likely shot herself to death, authorities said.

Political change swept through Saugus on Tuesday, where residents voted overwhelmingly to recall four selectmen, ending months of political turmoil.

City offices will find a new home amid sleek apartments and retail shops to be built in a $100 million development in Malden that also will reopen Pleasant Street to traffic for the first time since the early 1970s.

Tommy Cooney’s idea to stand up for Danny Keefe — a disabled boy from Bridgewater — went viral, with appearances last year on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and at a Patriots game as guest of Tom Brady. This year, when a second Danny Appreciation Day was held at the Williams Intermediate School in Bridgewater, ESPN did a story. Now, going forward, the school — where Tommy is in the sixth grade — hopes to build upon his good work, and set aside a day where students are reminded to be compassionate and understanding to each other every day.

There wasn’t much to cheer about four years ago at the <a href="http://murkland.lowell.k12.ma.us/pages/Charlotte_M__Murkland_Elementa" target="_blank">Charlotte M. Murkland Elementary School</a> in Lowell.

DANVERS — With the promise of spring in the air and the school band playing “Shipping Up To Boston” as a tribute to slain teacher Colleen Ritzer, <a href="http://danverspublicschools.org/dhs/" target="_blank">Danvers</a> officially dedicated its new $70 million high school on Saturday.