J ohnson & Johnson is promising to "immediately appeal" a Boston jury's $42.6 million award to a family that sued the company ...

A Vietnamese national living in Braintree has been sentenced to prison for stealing the identity of a dead 13-year-old for several years, eventually using the stolen name to become a Melrose ...

Melrose (13-5) regained possession with seconds left, and the Red Hawks had one final chance to force overtime. But VanDerhoof stood tall in net, turning away Frawley’s last-second shot to seal ...

Another step closer to Williamsport. Needham is one of four Little League teams playing the Section 3 tournament in Sharon. See who they play.

Can Beacon Hill stomp out smoking for future generations? Bills in the state House and Senate seek to do just that.

MELROSE, Mass. _ Mrs. Effie M. (Smith) Thistle, of Melrose, Mass., and formerly of Saugus, passed away peacefully in her 97th year on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, at the Kirkwood House in Wakefield, Mass.