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Phase I of South Coast Rail has been approved by the state's top environmental official.

After being arrested in October 2016 for clapping during a City Council meeting, Evangelos "Gilly" Safioleas was once again escorted from the council chambers in handcuffs for clapping Thursday night.

State utilities regulators have approved a nearly $37 million per year rate hike for Eversource's Massachusetts electric customers that was much smaller than requested, but still drew the ire of the state attorney general.

Several hundred residents filled Acushnet's Ford Middle School Tuesday for a Special Town Meeting addressing two items related to a proposed natural gas pipeline and a liquid natural gas (LNG) storage facility.

Members of Fire District Three have voted in favor of a nearly $2.5 million expansion plan for the Cross Road Station in North Dartmouth.