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Emma Roberts has shared the first photo of her baby son, Rhodes, who was born last month.

WEYMOUTH — Mayor Robert Hedlund says a new agreement related to digital billboards on a stretch of Route 3 is the last option to fix negative impacts from an existing billboard, prevent a second intrusive structure and protect more than 40 acres of land for open space. “This is the last hope to remediate 611 Pleasant St., prevent another intrusive board at 613 Pleasant St., and derive the benefits that led us into this in the first place,” Hedlund said Monday. Town officials will host a virtual meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday to present the new billboard agreement, signed by Hedlund,...

Weymouth council overrides mayor's veto of billboard regulations WEYMOUTH — Town council has overridden Mayor Robert Hedlund’s veto of new regulations restricting digital billboards on a stretch of Route 3, potentially putting at risk a new mitigation agreement for the existing controversial billboard.  The council on Monday night voted unanimously to override Hedlund’s veto, despite a request from the mayor to hold off until a future meeting when his administration could update the council on the situation with the existing billboard and a pending agreement with Cove Outdoor LLC. La...

While the coronavirus pandemic dominated the headlines in Weymouth in 2020, it was also a year that saw a great deal on the development front, including the compressor station coming online, a groundbreaking for a new Chapman School, the new Tufts Library opening and a changing of the guard at Union Point. In January, the Southfield Redevelopment Authority board of directors voted unanimously to name Brookfield Properties as the new master developer for Union Point, the 1,440-acre former air base in Weymouth, Rockland and Abington. Brookfield Properties, partnering with New England Develop...

In Weymouth, a brute lesson in power politics A Globe investigation finds residents who fought a six-year battle with an energy giant over a controversial gas compressor never had much of a chance, with both the federal and state governments consistently ruling against them By Mike Stanton Boston Globe Spotlight Fellow,Updated December 12, 2020, 1:58 p.m. Email to a Friend As the new gas pipeline compressor station (in background) is set to start operating this week, citizen activist Alice Arena places an elf on a tree in Kings Cove Park in Weymouth.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff WEYMOUTH — A...