Paulhus has spent the last 39 years fighting to get fluoride removed from Newburyport's drinking water. She writes letters to local newspapers, speaks up at community meetings, and personally, uses non-fluoridated dental products because she believes fluoride is poison.

Federal aid is a major source of revenue for states. According to Pew Charitable Trusts, federal grants represented 36.4% of total revenue for state governments in fiscal year 2022.

Many areas saw just a light dusting of snow Tuesday night into Wednesday, while part of Franklin County was hit with six inches.

Several school districts have closed or delayed opening on Wednesday, January 29 due to the overnight snow slowing the morning commute.

After snow fell across Massachusetts overnight, some school districts canceled classes or delayed the start of school on Tuesday.

A Lynn, Massachusetts, teen was arrested following a domestic dispute, and shortly after placed in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, police said.

Mitchell, who died in 2022, bequeathed $50 million to the day and boarding school, Northfield Mount Hermon announced Thursday. It’s the largest donation in the school’s 146-year history.

President Donald Trump's budget office on Wednesday rescinded an order freezing spending on federal grants, less than a day after Massachusetts and other states sued and a federal judge intervened.

On Wednesday at 3:32 p.m. the National Weather Service issued an updated wind advisory in effect until Thursday at 1 a.m. for Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket counties.

Adult Improv Performance Troupe, 7:30 p.m., Black Box Theater, Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St. $10 suggested donation. The Platter Project exhibit and silent auction; current exhibits on glass art,

The town of Falmouth announced the closure of the John L. Neill youth baseball complex Monday following the discovery that the soil contained excessive levels of lead, arsenic, glass and PCBs. Now, the town is awaiting the results of a risk assessment that will give more specific information about the contaminants.