
As Boston diners ditch alcohol, some restaurants do too
As more people — especially young adults — reduce their alcohol consumption, local bars and restaurants are expanding their low‑ and no‑alco...
Radio and PodcastLive Radio & PodcastsOpening Radio and Podcast...

Radio and PodcastLive Radio & PodcastsFetching podcast shows and categories...
Radio and PodcastLive Radio & PodcastsFetching podcast episodes...

Local news coverage from WBUR

As more people — especially young adults — reduce their alcohol consumption, local bars and restaurants are expanding their low‑ and no‑alco...

It all began when the Belly Gang Kushington, a rising Atlanta rapper known for his strip club anthem “Friend Do (remix),” issued a challenge...

Legal filings by Boston Police and ICE paint Alejandro Orrego as a man with a propensity for fighting cops. Orrego sees himself as the victi...

The Native American sport, in which players use two sticks to carry and toss a small ball, is considered one of the oldest team sports in th...

The Trump administration so far says it has no plans to send federal agents to the polls in November. But local Democrats and election offic...

Boston Lyric Opera is adding its voice to America's 250th anniversary with a rebellious reimagining of the classic comedy "Daughter of the R...

Electricity demand is projected to increase across New England in the next several years. But utilities in the region are working on program...

Local volunteers offer guidance and recommendations to help homeowners lower their energy costs and reduce climate-warming pollution.

Mike Kennealy hails from the moderate era of Republicans in Massachusetts. After a career in private equity, he worked for two terms under f...

A new documentary premiering at the Independent Film Festival Boston tells the story of a North Shore musical friendship 50 years in the mak...

New England has some of the highest energy costs in the country. Cold winters, along with other rising expenses, have rural towns looking fo...

Across New England, farmers are finding that switching to renewable energy isn’t just a nice thing to have, it’s becoming a necessary part o...

New England has some of the highest electricity prices in the country. But this past winter, 140,000 households in Massachusetts got a break...

In the early 1900s a female artist dreamed of creating a museum for her Massachusetts hometown. Now the Fitchburg Art Museum is shining a li...

James Ware was dying of cancer when he he was granted medical parole and was supposed to be released. But two months later, the lack of an a...

Nina Froes, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, served alongside 19 judges at the immigration court in Chelmsford. That court now ha...

Before reggae became a global phenomenon, record store owner Leroy Webb helped foster a home for the genre in Boston.

Produced by the Harvard ArtLab and artist-researcher Jacek Smolicki, the Walking Festival of Sound features a lineup of 19 soundwalks, liste...

While new grads always find the market daunting, added pressures on the employment landscape mean the current crop have their work cut out f...

Over the last few years, shoe technology has advanced tremendously. And it’s changing the sport of running for everyone from the elite athle...