For the second time in two years, some in town are complaining of an infestation — and officials are scrambling yet again to get rid of the rodents.

Justin Sulham lives a pretty regular life — except for the days when he does his special workouts or when he has a gig.

After aggressively promoting model schools as a way to save on costs, the state agency overseeing the construction process is reevaluating the approach.

The Church of Scientology of Boston has relocated to Quincy, where it will stay for at least two years as it renovates the former Hotel Alexandra in Boston’s South End.

As it heads toward a high-stakes ballot vote in November, the effort to repeal the state’s casino law is drawing a mostly cool reception among area lawmakers.

As state Representative Christine E. Canavan prepares to exit the State House after 22 years next January, a wide-open scramble to determine who succeeds the retiring Brockton Democrat is moving into...

HULL – Joseph Stigliani has more than a morbid interest in the health of the residents of this peninsula town: He operates the municipal Hull Village Cemetery, and he’s running out of space.

Since Governor Deval Patrick appointed Matt Malone secretary of education in January 2013, the former Brockton superintendent has spent three days a week traveling around the state. He has visited...

“It’s funny, people expect you to say things like learning letters, reading, counting numbers - things like that,” Karen Quintana says.

“It’s funny, people expect you to say things like learning letters, reading, counting numbers - things like that,” Karen Quintana says.

Rather than continue to pay millions annually for a second water source it does not use, Brockton should buy the Aquaria Desalination Plant on the Taunton River, start drawing from it, and sell the...

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, who isn’t known for being all that warm and fuzzy in the public eye, quietly launched a charitable foundation of his own not too long ago.

A specialty drug court could open as soon as this fall in Brockton, the hardscrabble hub of the region south of Boston that is consumed, like much of the state, by an opioid crisis.