Extreme cold can be deadly for people experiencing homelessness, especially those with medical or behavioral health needs. Here are critical winter resources available in Boston. www.boston.gov/departments/...

The Patriots are slotted for Sunday. ⏰ 3:00 or 6:30 PM ET 📺 Network TBD

Massachusetts approved major reimbursement increases for child care providers in 2025. Rates moved closer to the true cost of care. Center-based infant care (per child, per day): • Western MA: $72 → $105 (+45%) • Metro Boston: $105 → $121 (+15%)

Massachusetts is officially the best state to raise a family in 2026. WalletHub ranked Massachusetts first overall out of all 50 states, factoring in income, safety, schools, health care, and cost of living.

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

Did you know? Boston residents can sign up for FREE curbside food waste pickup, turning food scraps, paper towels, and compostables into clean energy and nutrient rich compost. 💚

New England is 38–22 in 60 playoff games. That’s a .633 postseason win percentage, the best in NFL history among teams with 15+ playoff appearances.

Since Robert Kraft bought the Patriots in 1994, New England has 34 playoff wins. That’s: • Most in the NFL over that span • Third-most by any ownership group in league history More than: Green Bay (23) Eagles (21) Steelers (20) 49ers (20)

In 2025, the Patriots are the only NFL team with a punter, kicker, and long snapper all drafted by the franchise.

That's my coach.

Patriots Win!

What it looks like flying back to Boston tonight... 💙 📸: @diana_jpgg

Patriots vs. Chargers in the playoffs: Chargers won the first meeting in 1964. The Patriots have won the last three. New England is 3–1 all time against LA in the postseason.

Did you know? Drake Maye’s dad, Mark Maye, was also a UNC quarterback and spent the 1988 season with the Buccaneers backing up Vinny Testaverde.

The 2025 Patriots ranked 3rd in offense and 8th in defense, marking the 10th time in franchise history both units finished in the NFL’s Top 10.

Foxborough in January is different. The Patriots are 23–5 all time in home playoff games, an .821 win rate that’s the best in NFL history among teams with 15+ home playoff games.

Tonight will be the Patriots’ 60th playoff game, the fifth most in NFL history.

Before New England, Hunter Henry spent the first four years of his career with the Chargers and became one of the NFL’s best third down tight ends, converting first downs on 84.4% of his third down catches.

From 4–13 to 14–3. The Patriots finished the 2025 season tied for the best record in the NFL, earned the No. 2 seed, and pulled off a 10-game turnaround, tied for the biggest in NFL history.

Sunday Night Football.

Heads up, Boston drivers. The MBTA uses bus mounted cameras to ticket vehicles illegally parked or idling in bus lanes and bus stops. Fines range from $25 to $125.

Drake Maye plays playoff football today.

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.