Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is praising a decision issued by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation that will ban daytime transportation of hazardous material through New England#39;s largest city.

The Boston Globe has been nominated for 15 Boston/New England Emmy Awards across nine categories for visual and multimedia storytelling. The nominations are the third most among a field of 69 media outlets, the regional chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced this week. The Globe’s nominations include those for outstanding video journalist, outstanding politics ...

BOSTON, March 25 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts man brought his girlfriend to the New England Aquarium in Boston, where he arranged for divers in a fish tank to hold a sign proposing marriage.

A Massachusetts appeals court ruled on Monday that the cities of Boston and Newton should refund $7.5 million in property taxes collected from telecom company Verizon New England Inc.

A Boston restaurateur is taking aim at OpenTable Inc., the online restaurant reservation company. Jeffrey Gates , a partner at the Aquitaine Group , which operates six restaurants in the Boston area, officially launched an online restaurant reservation and table management system called UReserv on Monday at the New England Food Show, an industry trade show at the Boston Convention and Exhibition ...