New England News

Powerball tickets sales are going through the roof! Many New Englanders are making big plans,hoping to win the powerball, approaching record numbers, soaring over a half billion dollars.With millions purchasing tickets by the minute, Saturday's powerball drawing could be one of the richest in lottery history.

Southern New Englanders can expect another nice day today and a good weekend, according to our weather partners at WPRI.

AT&T's New England team is educating drivers across the region on the dangers of texting while driving, and urging them to take AT&T's "Txting & Drving: It Can Wait" pledge never to text and drive.

"I used to ski way back, but now I have carpenter's knees," says Norm Abram, master carpenter, native New Englander and a star of television's This Old House for more than 25 years.

Class is in session! Casting is complete for the U.K. premiere of Circle Mirror Transformation at the Royal Court Theatre, starring stage and screen favorite Imelda Staunton as a wacky acting teacher.

My company, Yankee Thermal Imaging, makes money by helping New Englanders save money on energy.

Home ownership is still possible in the New England area and more specifically, Massachusetts, but there are some maneuvering that still has to be done.

While many relics of our Puritan past have withered into obsolescence there is one that stands tall in the eyes and hearts of New Englanders - our venerable Town Meeting, the garden of government where the seeds of demo-a cracy are planted.

Nathaniel Philbrick's new book gets at the on-the-ground reality of the American Revolution, which the author writes began as 'a profoundly conservative movement.' John Trumbull's "Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill." It turns out the modern incarnation of the tea party may have more in common with the original Boston ... (more)

KNEX Brands, the only US construction toy company focused on Building Worlds Kids Love , is pleased to announce its partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products to create an exciting new line of building toys inspired by the popular animated comedy series, Family Guy! The partnership combines the award-winning KNEX building system with ... (more)

It may come as a surprise to some, but slavery existed in colonial New England, not just the South.

The evening will cool down to 53. 2. Ultimate Bootcamp at Longwood : Thousands of New Englanders have found results with our fitness techniques so you can be sure Ultimate Bootcamp will work for you too! 3. David Polansky to perform at Boylston Place : Musician David Polansky will perform at EPOCH Assisted Living at Boylston Place, 615 Heath St., ... (more)

With Rhode Island's legalization of same-sex marriage yesterday, New England becomes the first region in the country to go all in for SSM.

Dr. Jonathan Fowler, a St. Mary's University professor, will be speaking on The Battle of Grand Pre Reconsideredon May 22.

I have long held that America's greatest contribution to the culinary world is the sandwich .

The Environmental Protection Agency wants you to take the bus, walk more, and turn your air conditioning "to a higher temperature setting" to combat "smog season." It might help a little, but not a lot: Even the EPA admits that cars, motorcycles, trucks, and buses are primarily responsible for smog.

Many business professionals see their telephone platforms as being ... OK. Fine. Sufficient.

Friendly's , a one-time ice cream icon looking to rejuvenate its restaurant mojo, is launching a "Build Your Own Burger" contest that could yield the winner the ground-beef equivalent of 15 minutes of fame.

Town meeting voters are a captive audience, and in Spencer that's something Town Moderator Peter Adams likes to take advantage of so he can share his love of history.

One Sunday morning, I accompanied Janet to a Boy Scout camp in New Hampshire where she had been asked to conduct a church service.