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Boston police have released a photo of a potential suspect, and are asking for the public's help in identifying him.

A brush fire that started overnight burned through approximately 30 acres of woodland near Ames Nowell State Park in Abington.Abington Deputy Fire chief Jack Glynn says winds gusted over 30 mph and kept blowing the flames in different directions.No buildings were lost to the fire, but it took firefighters from five different towns more than eight hours to extinguish it."We use shovels, brooms, water cans -- as we call them -- or backpacks with water in it and hose line. But it's all by hand," Glynn said. "There's no squirting them from trucks."There was also a brush fire this week in th...

He reigned as the undisputed middleweight champion of the world from 1980 to 1987.

Updated: 6:37 PM EDT Mar 14, 2021 Faculty at a state university in Massachusetts are being furloughed for a week as a way to help address budget challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.On Sunday, more than 300 professors and librarians at Salem State University were temporarily laid off.The furlough, which coincides with Salem State's spring break, will last until Saturday, March 20. Spring break was chosen for the faculty furlough period in order to minimize its impact on students, according to school officials.Salem State first proposed the furloughs in June 2020 to address the...

The decision to delay the start of outdoor dining in Boston's North End neighborhood was made due to the number and density of restaurants, officials say.