State officials characterized the drought in Massachusetts as being in a "critical" stage across most of the state Tuesday.

Alex Van Pelt showed on Sunday that he’s not ready to do that. The protective papa of Drake Maye refuses to let the kid play.

To give negotiations between striking educators and the School Committee as much time as possible, Gloucester Superintendent ...

Congresswoman Lori Trahan has won another term leading a key House committee, as Democrats position themselves to steer the ...

Mediation between striking Gloucester teachers and paraprofessionals and the School Committee on new contracts resumed at 11 ...

Nobel Peace Prize nominee and human rights advocate Dr. Sima Samar of Afghanistan will be the featured speaker at a special ...

More relief from college debt is coming for the state’s health care workers from a taxpayer-funded loan repayment program aimed at easing chronic workforce shortages.

I worked in the Gloucester Public Schools as a paraprofessional and as an elementary teacher for about 20 years. I’ve had two children, and a grandchild attend school here. This is what I’ve seen. The ...

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the ...

The bulk of Essex’s 2-hour Special Town Meeting was taken up in discussion of an article proposing zoning districts that ...

Nearly 2,850 students had classes canceled for a seventh school day Tuesday due to the ongoing teachers and paraprofessionals ...