One analyst said state lawmakers anticipated all along that some communities would pursue only "paper compliance" with the law. A Special Town Meeting on a revamped proposal will be held Feb. 23. Two ...

Middleton has lost a $2 million state infrastructure grant intended to fund long-awaited safety improvements at one of the North Shore’s “most dangerous” intersections after the town was deemed ...

There are 177 communities in the state that either have commuter rail service or are adjacent to communities that do which came under the purview of the MBTA Communities Act. Of the nine towns accused ...

The MBTA Communities Act requires 177 cities and towns in Massachusetts to establish at least one district of multi-family housing located within half a mile from public transportation. Campbell is ...

The USFWS proposed monarch butterflies for a federal listing in 2024. The butterflies weather the winter months at Bay Area refuges like Natural Bridges State Beach, pictured. Brian Baer / California ...

Transit service across Greater Boston was disrupted for a second straight day Wednesday as the MBTA and commuter rail continued to recover from the winter storm that dropped roughly 20 inches of snow ...

DES MOINES — An Ankeny man has been sentenced to six months of probation for violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. According to court records, Joseph Thomas Lamb, 82, intentionally drove into a ...

The Abington Commuter Rail stop is the closest to Rockland, which doesn't have its own. The state designates Rockland as an MBTA community because of its proximity to this station. Five years since ...

Five years after its passage, the MBTA Communities Act is beginning to produce “real but modest benefits,” according to a new analysis that puts the law’s impacts into the context of the region’s deep ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - The MBTA said it was running reduced service on the Red Line Wednesday because of lingering impacts from the snowstorm. MBTA riders said they were frustrated, as their typical commute ...