Massachusetts towns that end in “ham.” Ashburnham Bellingham Chatham Dedham Eastham Framingham Hingham Needham Oakham Pelham Petersham Raynham Stoneham Tyringham Waltham Wareham Wenham Wilbraham Wrentham Be honest. Who just learned about Ashburnham?

7AM on the BU Bridge. ❤️

11 years ago tonight, Julian Edelman threw his first NFL pass. It went 51 yards for a TD to Danny Amendola. Patriots beat the Ravens 35-31.

Heads up, Massachusetts drivers. MassDOT says scammers are sending texts claiming you owe unpaid tolls. It’s a scam.

In 2018, Cambridge issued MULTIPLE parking tickets because a parking app auto-added a hyphen to a license plate. MA plates don’t have hyphens. The city accused the driver of “altering” the plate number — until the app developer had to call them to explain the bug.

Can someone bring back Building 19?

New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte signed legislation banning sanctuary cities and requiring cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities. “New Hampshire will never be a sanctuary for criminals.”

Coffee runs Boston. 5% of all credit card transactions are coffee. Dunkin’: 49% Starbucks: 40%

Pink skies at sunrise over Boston. ❤️ 📸: @bonjourboston_lea

Good evening from the Mass Ave Bridge. That makes it 5 Storrow Drive/Memorial Drive incidents 8 days into the new year. 📸: @kellyeshaw1

GameStop has permanently closed in Coolidge Corner, along with locations in Braintree, Burlington, Chestnut Hill, East Longmeadow, Holyoke, Lunenberg, Malden, Methuen, N. Dartmouth, Peabody, Raynham, Stoughton, Waltham, and Westfield.

Someone is using Lego blocks to patch a crumbling brick building in Fort Point.

A makeshift memorial has been set up on a Comm Ave Mall bench in memory of John Axelrod and his dog Tale, fatally struck by a car while walking his dog on Saturday. 🤍🤍

New England fact you didn’t ask for: The Framingham Mass Pike Starbucks ranks in the bottom five customer ratings out of every Starbucks in the United States.

Massachusetts is the best state for cancer research. First in research universities per capita. First in NIH grant funding. Top five in clinical trials per capita.

Major Everett development news. Wynn has signed an agreement to build up to two new non-gaming hotels and fund up to $25M toward a long-awaited commuter rail stop next to Encore.

Boston is dealing with the flu. From Dec 14–27: • Cases up 126% • Hospitalizations nearly tripled • ER visits up 135% Hospitalizations among kids under 5 are up 150% in just two weeks.

And after all that, the sunset tonight... ❤️ 📸: @evillaloca

The Boston Irish Famine Memorial was unveiled 27 years ago for the 150th anniversary of the Great Famine. Thousands of Irish refugees fled to Boston, including Patrick Kennedy, whose great grandson would become JFK.

What’s actually on winter roads? ❄️ Rock salt Liquid brine Magnesium chloride Sand Salt and calcium chloride mix Each works differently depending on temperature and timing.

ALERT: Three different trucks had to back out of Storrow Drive THIS MORNING. That makes it 4 Storrow Drive incidents 7 days into the new year. 📸: @tugorditobello978 @c0mila @valeriierosa @zach.feds FB/Mike Cowels

Good morning from Storrow Drive. 🤍 📸: @tugorditobello978 @c0mila @valeriierosa

How to walk on the icy streets of Boston today. 1 To walk on ice, keep your center of gravity over your front leg. 2 One animal that has this figure out is a penguin. 3 Think of yourself as a penguin and you'll be all right.

Panera Bread bought a majority stake in Tatte in 2015. When founder Ron Shaich left Panera in 2023, he bought it back. He now chairs and invests in Cava, Tatte, Life Alive, and Level99.

Portland’s Ritz-Carlton residential units just got price cuts of ~50% — one-beds now ~$600K (was $1.2–$1.7M), two-beds ~$1M (was $2.1–$2.6M), three-beds ~$1.6M (was $3.3M). Makes you wonder how the new Ritz-Carlton Boston South Station Tower units are selling...

ALERT: Boston health officials have announced that the flu has been linked to the deaths of two children under age 2, bringing the state total to four pediatric flu-related deaths. These are the first pediatric flu deaths reported in Boston since 2013.

Boston Public Schools automatically opens a Boston Saves account for every student entering kindergarten through 3rd grade. Each account starts with $50 for college or career training.

MIT just dropped a free Career Handbook. It’s a guide to building the skills and knowledge you’ll need throughout your career. Download it below 👇 capd.mit.edu/resources/ca...

Fun Boston fact: the smallest Trader Joe’s in the entire country is right here at 899 Boylston Street.

Boston is rolling out curbside EV charging across the city. The goal is for every resident to live within a 5-minute walk of a charger.

Cambridge is getting its first true skyscraper. 121 Broadway, 37 stories and 439 apartments, will be the tallest building in the city.

A proposed Massachusetts bill, modeled after laws in Colorado and Minnesota, would align transportation planning with climate mandates. If plans don’t cut emissions enough, MassDOT would have to invest more in transit, biking, and walking.

Did you know Boston City Council formally discussed congestion pricing in 2024? The proposal would charge drivers a fee to enter certain neighborhoods to reduce congestion. Will these discussions come back in 2026?

Happy New Year from Storrow Drive! ❤️ 📸: @victor_tu.r @Lobsty_lovah

This is a major moment in weight loss. Wegovy is now available as a pill, the first oral GLP 1 for weight loss. Trials showed ~17% average weight loss. Starting price is $149 a month and it’s available nationwide.

If you ride the Commuter Rail, this matters. Fare gates are now live at South Station and ticket scans are required to access the tracks.

New Hampshire now provides a $100,000 death benefit to the families of public school employees who are killed in the line of duty, defined as school shootings.

Heads up, North End. Pizzeria Regina has applied to upgrade its liquor license from beer and wine to full alcohol. A public hearing is set for January 12.

The weather is cold enough for pond hockey in the Boston Public Garden. 🤍 📹: @ekender33

Mayor Wu closed her inaugural speech with a story about her daughter taking uncertain first steps. The metaphor was clear. Progress takes courage, and Boston is ready to take the next step.

The Top Grossing Movies of 2016: 1 Captain America: Civil War 2 Rogue One 3 Finding Dory 4 Zootopia 5 The Jungle Book 6 The Secret Life of Pets 7 Batman v Superman 9 Deadpool 12 Moana 14 X-Men: Apocalypse 18 Jason Bourne 20 The Angry Birds Movie 25 La La Land

This is shopping in Boston in 2026.

Can someone explain this to me?

The South Station Transportation Center wrapped up at the end of 2025, capped by a 51-story tower with 700,000 square feet of offices and 166 homes.

Did you know this? Cambridge is the first United States city to install warning labels on every gas pump about the impacts of fossil fuels.

Boston modernized marriage licenses. The city no longer requires sex or gender identification on the license. Couples who want an updated version can contact the City Registry.

Sunday Night Football.

14-3. 2 Seed. 1 MVP.

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Former Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, now president of the NCAA, is drawing a hard line. If you’ve signed an NBA contract, including a two-way deal, you are not eligible for NCAA basketball. Baker says recent court rulings are destabilizing college sports.