Gender reveal parties have come a long way from releasing pink or blue balloons. They’ve escalated to using smoke bombs and pyrotechnics to announce the “big reveal,” resulting in injuries, wildfires and death. They need to stop.
A family member of one of the victims killed in a mass shooting that occurred early Saturday morning in Lynn is asking for the public’s help in finding the shooter, saying that police have no leads on who opened fire, a city councilor said.
New England actors with SAG-AFTRA returned to Boston in force for Labor Day — marching through Downtown Crossing with a full band and parade of labor allies.
Boston firefighters knocked down a heavy fire in Dorchester Monday afternoon, as the rear porches of a multi-family home collapsed.
The first lady was experiencing “mild symptoms,” according to her spokeswoman.
Lisa Kashinsky is the author of the Massachusetts Playbook.