Number of COVID-19 deaths in Massachusetts jumps to 25

New England

Published
March 26, 2020

Number of COVID-19 deaths in Massachusetts jumps to 25

The number of Massachusetts residents who have tested positive for the disease increased to more than 2,400.
Published
March 26, 2020

New Hampshire orders nonessential businesses to close

New Hampshire joins several other New England states telling residents to stay at home.
Published
March 24, 2020

Coronavirus – the latest in New England: Harvard president, wife, test positive

President Lawrence Bacow said he and his wife, Adele, started experiencing symptoms including a cough, fever and chills on Sunday.
Published
March 18, 2020

Boston Symphony Orchestra flutist Doriot Anthony Dwyer dies at 98

Dwyer was the second woman ever to win a principal chair in a major U.S. orchestra.
Published
March 16, 2020

Portland declares city emergency, imposes curfew for businesses

City Manager Jon Jennings issues a curfew for businesses where people gather, such as bars and restaurants, requiring that they close all day Tuesday and between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m. for the next 4 days.
Published
March 15, 2020

Massachusetts to shut schools, ban dining out to fight virus

The number of people infected with the virus in Massachusetts increased on Sunday to 164, up from 138 on Saturday.
Published
March 11, 2020

Cluster of coronavirus cases tied to Boston biotech meeting

Seventy of Massachusetts' 95 confirmed cases and 12 others outside of the state have been linked to a February conference at a downtown Boston hotel.
Published
March 9, 2020

Gas company pleads guilty to causing blasts that killed 1

As part of the plea agreement, Columbia Gas of Massachusetts will pay a $53 million fine.
Published
March 9, 2020

First recreational pot shop in a major East Coast city opens

Pure Oasis opens in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester, chosen under a provision of the state's law designed to help groups who were harmed by the war on drugs.
Published
March 9, 2020

Workers at Massachusetts’ largest power plant go on strike

Dozens of employees at Mystic Generating Station in Boston's Charlestown neighborhood cite public safety issues and concerns about working conditions.