Katherine McCabe

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

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

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.

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.

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.

The Merrimack River flows through downtown Haverhill mostly out of public view, hidden behind a concrete flood wall and old brick buildings.