Scalding summer days mean keeping air conditioners cranked up, but also mean utility customers' electric bills are rising faster than the temperature outside.

For the fourth consecutive month, sales were down at the Massachusetts Lottery in May. Executive Director Mark William Bracken told the Lottery Commission on Tuesday that the agency sold $572.7 ...

Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday announced that she is appointing Eric Paley as secretary of the Executive Office of Economic Development.

Hat's off to Mike Hennessey and the parks team for their caring stewardship of all the public spaces in Newburyport. Mosley Woods is a particular treasure to countless dogs and the humans that bring ...