March 5, 2015
Authorities say no one was injured when a portion of the roof of Boston’s vacant Bayside Expo Center collapsed. The Boston Fire Department responded to the building at about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. The roof section that collapsed was about 100 …
March 2, 2015
Parts of the Massachusetts coastline could face a lengthy recovery process after being pummeled by severe winter storms, the state’s top environmental official said on Feb. 27. Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Matthew Beaton was joined by local state …
February 26, 2015
With 1.9 inches of snow overnight on Tuesday, Boston has now received more than 100 inches of snow this winter. The National Weather Service reported Wednesday that the snowfall as recorded at Logan International Airport is now 101.8 inches for …
February 25, 2015
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said Monday he’s gotten encouraging signs from federal officials as he’s begun reaching out to them with Massachusetts preparing a formal request for disaster relief following the spate of snowstorms. Back home after a National Governors …
February 23, 2015
Roofs continue to collapse under record snow across the Boston area, most over warehouses and barns, as the latest weekend storm brings three to five inches of snow, topped off by up to a half-inch of rain in some areas. …
February 20, 2015
The latest menace dealt by New England’s historic snowbound winter — the creak, crack and boom of collapsing roofs — may get worse as the region heads into a weekend forecast of rain. Rooftops, especially flat ones, have buckled under …
February 17, 2015
The National Insurance Crime Bureau advised that as the Northeast continues to get pounded by storm after storm, there’s one more threat that Bostonians need to watch out for: shady contractors or “storm chasers” looking to make a fraudulent buck …