The largest remaining piece of private property inside the Green Mountain National Forest has been permanently protected from development and will be open to the public in perpetuity.

Researchers at the school teamed up with NASA scientists this winter to monitor snow, sleet and rain storms from the ground in the hopes of improving winter weather forceasts.

Massachusetts veterans’ services officials said they are looking to expand hours at a state-run cemetery in Agawam, after complaints about an early closing time.

The Massachusetts fishery is in a moment of change. Lobstermen today are facing warming waters that are affecting lobster populations, offshore wind developers encroaching on fishing grounds, and strict fishing regulations imposed to protect critically endangered right whales.